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2001
Inspired formation by HRH the Prince of Wales, assisted through Business in the Community, the Countryside Agency and the Rural Action Group.
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2002
First Projects:
- The White Hart, Blythburgh
- The Craven Heifer, Stainforth
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2003
Initial funding support from Diageo and the Prince of Wales Charities.
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2004
Visit by HRH The Prince of Wales to The Old Crown in Hesket Newmarket, Cumbria following some advice on community ownership by Pub is The Hub.
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2005
First English regional advisory hubs were formed at a national launch event supported by the Countryside Agency. It marked the continuation of funding from Diageo with new contributions from Punch Taverns, Enterprise Inns and the Post Office.
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2006
Launch of Cumbria’s Pub is The Hub Rural Services Scheme.
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2007
East Midlands Pub is the Hub Project EMDA
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2008
Visit by HRH The Prince of Wales to The Black Swan at Ravenstonedale in Cumbria to see their new shop.
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2009
Cadwyn Clwyd trial pub services project in Denbighshire and Flintshire in Wales.
Pub is The Hub established as an independent, not for profit organisation with Trustees including Geoffrey Bush of Diageo and Simon Theakston as Chair. Continuation of general funding led by Diageo together with the pub industry.
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2010
Big Lottery Fund agrees to support the Local Community Services Champions programme for three years
The Prince’s Countryside Fund helps to initiate the formation of Welsh project.
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2011
Visit by HRH The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall to The Cholmeley Arms, Burton Coggles near Grantham in Lincolnshire
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2012
Welsh Pub is The Hub Co-operation Project is launched with Welsh Government and Cadwyn Clwyd across eight counties.
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2012
London launch of new independent fund for pubs – the Community Services Fund (CSF), as a ‘fund of last resort’, initiated with the support of Paul Walsh, CEO of Diageo and Brandon Lewis MP (Pubs Minister) from the Department for Communities and Local Government.
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2014
(January) Chief Executive of Pub is The Hub, John Longden FRICS FRSA, awarded an OBE in the New Year’s honours list for voluntary services to rural communities in the UK.
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2014
(November) Welsh Co-operation Project comes to an end after initiating 15 pub diversification schemes in Wales.
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2014
HRH The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall visit The Bell in Purleigh, Essex to see their cinema and community centre.
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2014
Over 38 projects helped by the Community Services Fund, assisted by continued support of Diageo, Department of Communities and Local Government, Greene King and Marston’s.
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2014
In the previous 2 years up to 30 communities advised on a variety of ownership options for their pubs.
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2014
The Prince’s Countryside Fund supports Pub is The Hub’s Community Services Fund in England.
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2014
£175,000 raised in total for Community Services Fund projects since the launch.
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2015
(January) Pub is The Hub is invited to a reception at Number 10 Downing Street as one of the winners of the Big Society Awards.
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2015
Visit by HRH The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall to three projects in Wales, one in North Yorkshire and one in Cornwall.
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2015
After two years there are now 15 micro libraries created in Cornish pubs in partnership with Cornwall Council’s library services. Celebrated by a visit from Community Pubs Minister, Marcus Jones MP.
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2015
Confirmation of continuation of three years’ funding for regional advisors for Local Community Services Champions programme by the Big Lottery Fund (in England).
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2016
(January) Launch of new pilot hub with Scottish Borders Council and Scottish Government, with support from the Prince’s Countryside Fund, Diageo and Heineken.
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2016
(February) Visit by HRH the Prince of Wales to the White Horse at Upton in Norfolk – a joint community owned and run pub and shop project with the Prince’s Countryside Fund.
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2016
(April) Launch of Local Community Services Champions programme in East Sussex.
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2016
(July) HRH The Prince of Wales visits the community meeting room and cinema at The New Inn at Llanddewi Brefi in Ceredigion.
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2016
(August) The Community Services Fund has supported 81 projects since its launch in 2012 providing 27 different types of services and activities provided by good licensees.
The Prince’s Countryside Fund supports the CSF with a £50,000 award.
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2016
(October) Pub is The Hub launches its online donations page to help in fundraising for the Community Services Fund.
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2017
(January) Community Pubs Minister Andrew Percy pledged a further £50,000 from the Government to the Community Services Fund to support community services and activities in pubs.
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2017
(February) Heineken invests £50,000 in Pub is The Hub’s Community Services Fund and its annual running costs.
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2017
(March) Wadworth Brewery in Devizes, Wiltshire hosts a 15 Year Celebration of Pub is The Hub attended by HRH The Prince of Wales.
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2017
(June) The Diageo Foundation concludes its 15 years’ of support for Pub is The Hub with a final £41,500 donation.
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2017
(September) Community Pubs Minister, Jake Berry MP called in at the New Inn at Tholthorpe in North Yorkshire to see the how the recent addition of a shop being run in a pub has improved local services.
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2017
(October) A scheme to help rural pubs in Staffordshire to branch out into new local services was launched in partnership with Staffordshire County Council.
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2017
(December) The Prince’s Countryside Fund announces the award of four major grants to Pub is The Hub pub diversification projects in partnership with the People’s Postcode Lottery.
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2018
(June) Pub is The Hub, took MPs on a tour to four pubs in Cornwall last week to showcase the organisation’s work in providing additional community services in rural or remote areas.
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2018
(August) Pub is The Hub spends the morning appearing on BBC Breakfast in an outside broadcast from the Angler’s Rest in Bamford in Derbyshire.
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2018
(August) The Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors (RICS) honoured the Chief Executive of Pub is The Hub in an initiative to celebrate its 150th anniversary year.
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2018
(September) The government confirmed a further £70,000 of funding for ‘Pub is The Hub’ to support their work in encouraging rural pubs to widen their ‘offer’ beyond food and drink that not only helps pubs to thrive but also helps to bring communities together.
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2018
(December) HRH The Prince of Wales paid a visit to the community-owned pub, The Fleece Inn at Hillesley in Gloucestershire to highlight the importance of great pubs within rural communities.
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2018
(December) One of this year’s Pub is The Hub projects, the Bird in Bush at Elsdon, Northumberland, featured in the Christmas episode of BBC One’s Countryfile.
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2019
(March) The Government confirmed further support for Pub is The Hub’s Community Services Fund by announcing a contribution of £188,000 that would support 70 new projects in pubs.
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2019
(March) 50th anniversary celebrations of the investiture of HRH the Prince of Wales.
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2019
(October) Pub is The Hub and Heineken launch the ‘Join Inn – Last Orders for Loneliness’ campaign
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2019
(December) Funding support for Pub is The Hub’s Community Services Fund by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government announced
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2020
Pub is The Hub helps to deliver projects, including village stores, directly inspired by publicans providing additional local services during the first Covid-19 lockdown
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2021
(January) ‘Winter Warmers’ campaign launched in collaboration with arts project Inn Crowd, based on a collection of heart-warming poems about poems, including a ‘National Poem of Thanks to Our Nation’s Publicans’. Its aim was to spread some cheer and positivity to publicans, their staff and people in their local communities during the challenging times of the Covid-19 pandemic.
