Pub is The Hub has launched a new call to action poem and advice guide for Loneliness Awareness Week, which runs from today (Monday, 14 June) until Friday, to encourage more publicans to think about how they can help tackle loneliness in their local areas.…
Volunteer Voices – the benefits of ‘joining inn’ through volunteering
Its National Volunteering Week and with volunteering offering a great way to connect with others and also help support those in need of connection, PiTH’s 'Join Inn - Last Orders for Loneliness' campaign team talk to volunteers about the benefits of helping support essential services…
Diversification of services could be the answer for the future of pubs
John Longden, chief executive of Pub is The Hub, talks about the importance of diversification and social value. It has been a challenging year for everyone with the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the most positive things to come out of this is how pubs and publicans rose…
Suffolk publicans open community café for local residents following successful takeaway launch
Publicans Chris Nilsson and Beverley Cooper have opened a new community café at the White Horse in Corton, Suffolk, to support local residents. The publicans, who have run the pub for five years, rallied to help people in the local area during lockdown by delivering…
Devon publicans open farmshop and café to help support local residents
Devon publicans Selena and Steve Porter have opened a new farm shop and café at the Shipwright Arms in Shaldon near Teignmouth to help residents stay local for shopping as lockdown eases. The couple took on the pub in December 2019 just months before the…
Meet the Regional Advisor: insights from Reg Clarke CBII, PiTH advisor for the South West
Despite the challenges faced since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Pub is The Hub’s wonderful team of regional advisors continue to help great publicans to diversify and provide essential local services. In this new regular series we will be putting a spotlight on our advisors,…
Social Value: What are the key recommendations on how pubs and publicans can help communities with local services?
The social value that pubs and publicans have created by providing local services during the first Covid-19 lockdown has been unveiled by Pub is The Hub in the new evaluation called ‘The Social Value of Pubs and Publicans providing Services in their Communities.’ Key…
Oxfordshire pub offers post-lockdown lifeline to locals with library and IT hub
Oxfordshire publican Dan Redfern is opening a library and IT hub at his pub The Cherry Tree Inn in Stoke Row to help support local residents as the country moves out of lockdown. Dan Redfern, who runs the Brakspear pub with his partner Natalie Redfern,…