The amazing fundraising community village pub, The Burston Crown in South Norfolk has been selected as overall winners of the South Norfolk Community Pub of the Year 2016. Chosen from a shortlist of five regional winners the winning pub near Diss is run by Steve…
Life enhancing digital skills – from the pub
Pub goers at the Royal Oak and Castle at Pevensey in East Sussex are just concluding a seven week computer course courtesy of the Barclays Digital Eagles Team. Running once a week for a 90-minute morning the free sessions covered how to get online; using…
Pub finalists show their appreciation
Guests at the Morning Advertiser’s Great British Pub Awards this week raised a whopping £4,205 for the Community Services Fund. Following a short presentation by Chief Executive John Longden and a film showing the work of Pub is The Hub, the six hundred guests were…
The Pheasant adds to its community appeal
The award-winning community owned and run pub, The Pheasant at Neenton near Bridgnorth in Shropshire has opened a children’s community play area with support from rural pub champions, Pub is The Hub. Neenton residents purchased their derelict village pub in December 2013 and since then…
Swapping pints for cuppas in pub’s pop-up tea room
Mike Downer, landlord of the Royal Oak in Laxfield near Woodbridge has just opened a new pop-up tea room, book exchange and IT Training space in his pub supported and part-funded by Pub is The Hub. Situated in the pub’s dining room, the pop-up tea…
Young Farmers challenge prince to cockerel racing
HRH The Prince of Wales delighted regulars at the New Inn in Llanddewi Brefi in Ceredigion last week by joining in with the Young Farmers’ cockerel racing in the pub car park - a game where a wooden cockerel is reeled in from behind on…
Enterprise Inns supports from the ground up
Enterprise Inns has donated £25k to Pub is The Hub to provide direct support for pubs. Their donation supports the Community Services Fund which was set up by Pub is The Hub in 2013 as a nationally available resource for rural pubs who want to…
New skills and services on the agenda for East Sussex pubs
A scheme to help rural pubs in East Sussex to branch out into new local services was launched yesterday by Pub is The Hub in partnership with Wealden District Council and East Sussex County Council. John Longden from Pub is The Hub set out the…