The Government has confirmed further support for Pub is The Hub's Community Services Fund by announcing a contribution of £188,000 today. Pubs Minister, Jake Berry, announced that over 70 new projects in pubs will benefit from the funding and will receive Community Services Fund grants…
A new shop at The Lodge pub at North Tuddenham was officially opened yesterday by Norfolk County Councillor Bill Borrett. The shop has been opened in the pub by licensees, Vikki and Gavin Hunt, with support and advice from rural pub champions, Pub is The…
The Lamarsh Lion at Lamarsh in Essex, asked their oldest customer, 86-year-old Mrs Gerry Loudoun-Shand, to officially open their new community café and games room this week. Pub is The Hub advisor, Terry Stork, encouraged the community to convert the barn adjacent to the pub…
The popular live-theatre-in-pubs group, INNCrowd has announced a new tour of rural pubs in Dorset this February. In collaboration with the Dorset charity, Artsreach, The INNCrowd will present some free live spoken word performances for pub customers in the rural communities of Melbury Osmond, Marnhull…
One of this year’s Pub is The Hub projects, the Bird in Bush at Elsdon, Northumberland, will feature in the Christmas episode of BBC One’s Countryfile this Sunday night – 23rd December at 5.20pm. A link to the episode schedule is here. The entire team…
HRH The Prince of Wales paid a visit to the community-owned pub, The Fleece Inn at Hillesley on Friday, to highlight the importance of great pubs within rural communities. He was greeted by the children from Hillesley Primary School before going into the pub to…
The White Lion in Wheatacre, run by an ex-offshore service engineer, has been chosen as the South Norfolk Community Pub of the Year 2018, winning a £500 cash prize for its revival and improvement of the pub’s services in just a year. The cash prize…
The Green Dragon at Market Lavington in Wiltshire launched a free-to-use digital hub yesterday to support community well-being. To mark the launch of the scheme, Helen Bradley and Ruth Hill from the Wordfest Charity presented a short talk about their work in adult literacy and digital…
