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…
Staffordshire pubs inspired to diversify
A scheme to help rural pubs in Staffordshire to branch out into new local services was launched by Pub is The Hub today in partnership with Staffordshire County Council. Pub is The Hub launched its Local Community Services Champions initiative to an audience of publicans,…
Award winning pub picks up community prize
This year's winner of the South Norfolk Community Pub of the Year 2017, the Green Dragon at Wymondham has won £500 towards running a community event as well as the honour of the award. Now in its ninth year, pub goers in South Norfolk are…
New services on the agenda for Staffordshire pubs
A scheme to help rural pubs in Staffordshire to branch out into new local services is to be launched in partnership with Staffordshire County Council on Tuesday 10th October 2017. Pub is The Hub and Staffordshire County Council have arranged a presentation about their Local…
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…
Carleton pub creates a community hub
Paul Selwood and his father Philip who run The Swan Inn at Carleton in Craven, have opened a community hub and coffee shop in the heart of the village that provides a warm and welcoming space from 8.30am to 12 noon, seven days a week. Here,…
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…