The Halfway House pub in Polbathic has opened a new play park in the garden for local children and families with support from Pub is The Hub, the rural pub champions. The Polbathic Community Play Park is the brainchild of the pub’s landlords, Russ Matterson…
Pubs are in with the Inn Crowd
Thousands of rural pub customers in East Anglia and the South East are enjoying a chance to see live theatre courtesy of a unique project devised by Creative Arts East and Applause Touring Theatre Company, supported by Pub is The Hub. The Inn Crowd is…
Farmer’s Arms embraces community’s kids
A Padstow pub has installed a community play area for local children with the support of Pub is The Hub's Community Services Fund. Award-winning tenants at the St Austell Brewery-owned Farmer's Arms, Dan Martland and Lisa Clarke have been running the pub three miles outside…
Coffee and cake at The Boars bar
A Norfolk pub has opened a new coffee shop and family area in an old laundry room with support from the Community Services Fund. When the owners of The Boars pub in Spooner Row, Russell and Clare Evans took over the pub last April they immediately…
When the School Boy met Dainty Doris
The School Boy Inn pub at Norton, near Doncaster officially opened their new café and gift shop at the weekend called ‘Dainty Doris’. With a grant of £3000 from the Pub is The Hub’s Community Services Fund, Andy and Kirsty, owners of the freehouse for the last five years, have converted…
OBE opens pub deli…and tearoom!
Philip Hall OBE officially opened the new tearoom and deli 'Foodie Bouquet' along with other essential community services at The Wheatsheaf at West Beckham in Norfolk. Pub is The Hub’s programme of funding for rural pubs has helped to bring Daniella and Stephen Moorby’s vision…
Community owned pub opens a café and shop
A year after the Dog Inn village pub at Belthorn was re-opened by a community group it has now opened a café and shop in the pub. The pub was officially opened at the weekend by Malcolm Harrison, on behalf of Pub is The Hub…
East Sussex pub is in the Inn Crowd
Following the successful live theatre productions in pubs in East Anglia earlier in the year the INN CROWD partnership between Applause Rural Touring and Creative Arts East has moved down the coast to East Sussex. This Friday (11th November) a specially adapted production of Paradise…