Tap Social Movement

Criminally Good Beer.

We train and employ people in prisons, providing real jobs in brewing and hospitality.

Drink beer that tastes good and does good.

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Craft brewery. Community spaces. Social justice.

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Live music. comedy. events.

Oxford's number 1 spot for nightlife on Tripadvisor.

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Tap Social grew out of a passion for good beer and social justice. We are a craft brewery and hospitality social enterprise that provides training and employment opportunities to ex-offenders and welcoming, inclusive spaces for the whole community.

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Last night we danced to seventies soul with Grannies to the left of us and Goths to the right and everyone else in between on whatever that spectrum is. It sums Tap Social up, it is for everyone and it makes you feel good to be there. The beer is great the place is oozing cool, they keep it fresh with different discos, live music and events, and the food always hits the spot. Above all they are a positive happy bunch of people doing good for ex-offenders and somehow providing the glue that brings everyone from Grannies to Goths together to have a great night. Go feel good at Tap Social.

M-W

Tripadvisor

I would say that [Tap Social] was pivotal in me being able to walk straight from prison into paid employment.... When I was released, the Tap team were able to place me with one of their partner employers, a specialist recruiter to the construction and infrastructure sector. Upon meeting, the people at TAP had already sold the people on the idea that I could be a good fit for them. They spoke highly of me at a time when my self esteem may not have been the highest. Upon being offered the role I was told that TAPs referral was enough of guarantee for them to be confident of offering me a role. Things are all good with me: I'm still working there and l'm in good health. I would like to thank you guys for the opportunity given both at Tap and for the introduction to [the firm]. Suffice to say its proved fruitful – you guys can add to me the proud list of Tap success stories!

JAY

Former Tap Employee

Brewery Tours & Tastings

We offer customisable brewery tours and tastings for groups at both of our brewing sites. Get in touch for more information or to reserve today.

Brew School

Get the budding brewer in your life (or yourself!) a brewing lesson and never go thirsty again! A full day of fun on our 20L brewing kits and a couple of cases of your own beer to take home. Click here to book your place.

Community spaces

We have three community spaces in Oxfordshire and would love to have you in to visit. Check out the Botley taproom (home of our original brew house), the White House by Tap Social (our community cafe, bar and kitchen in central Oxford) and Tap Social Lock29 (our bar within Banbury's Lock29).

Events at the Taproom

We regularly hold live music, film screenings, yoga, food festivals, painting classes and more in our community space. All our events are listed online on our taproom website - take a look!

Private Hire at the White House by Tap Social

We have a beautiful private room for hire at the White House, our community cafe, bar and kitchen in central Oxford. Please get in touch at whitehouse@tapsocialmovement.com for more information.

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Social Enterprise Hub - eScalate Programme OxLEP

We are delighted to be one of Oxfordshire’s 6 social enterprise hubs, a key aspect of the OxLEP’s 3 year business support programme - eScalate. We will be running workshops, networking events and peer-to-peer learning sessions to help social entrepreneurs, charities and purposeful businesses to learn new skills, forge partnerships and increase their social and environmental impact.

We are excited to be working in close partnership with OSEP (Oxfordshire Social Enterprise Partnership) and the other social enterprise hubs in the county to help deliver this programme of events and support for early stage and / or growing social businesses.

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Coming Soon: The Market Tap at Oxford's Historic Covered Market

We are proud to be working with Oxford City Council to bring new life to Oxford’s historic Covered Market with The Market Tap. This project sees the Covered Market hours extended into the evening, and a full programme of events in our new bar on the central square. We are very excited to be collaborating on this project and look forward to working alongside the many wonderful traders there. Check back regularly for updates on this exciting new project!

WEDDINGS

Our community space is the perfect venue for beautiful, bespoke weddings. We'll work closely with you to plan your special day, with our in-house event planner assisting in organising every aspect of your day, from catering to music, florists, photographers, and more.