A Dorset pub re-opened its village shop this week with the support of Pub is The Hub’s Community Services Fund launched in April this year. Puncknowle village has been without a shop since 2001 and the nearest shop is four miles away, so when licensees, Alex and…
Herefordshire Council teams up with Pub is The Hub
A scheme to help rural Herefordshire pubs to branch out into new services is to be launched in November in partnership with Herefordshire Council. Pub is The Hub will launch its Local Community Services Champions initiative, on 11th November from 10.30am at the Lady Emily Community…
Black Swan steps in to provide school dinners
Pub is The Hub stalwart, The Black Swan in Ravenstonedale in Cumbria has expanded its service for the local community once again; this time with school dinners. Daily lunchtime meals at the Ravenstonedale Primary School are now provided freshly made and delivered by The Black…
The Green Dragon is flying high
Green Dragon in Wymondham has beaten tough competition to be named as South Norfolk Council’s Community Pub of the Year. When Brandon Lewis, Minister for Communities and local Government, with special responsibilities for pubs, was told of the competition he wanted to recognise the support…
HRH drops into The Prince of Wales
HRH The Prince of Wales dropped into a Pub is The Hub project at The Prince of Wales in Kenfig, near Bridgend on Friday to the delight of crowds of local school children and customers waving flags and a local male voice choir who burst…
Setting the standard for community services
With funding from the Community Services Fund, Pub is The Hub, the Royal Standard in Gwinear near Hayle in West Cornwall has opened a community playground in its garden. Licensees, Wayne and Nicola Berry decided to utilise their huge pub garden with an adventure-style playground…
Badger Inn re-opens essential village service
The Badger Inn pub in Lelant near St Ives in Cornwall has re-opened the village shop with the support of Pub is The Hub's Community Services Fund in order to restore a vital community service to the local residents. Serving newspapers, local produce and other essential…
Greene King donates to the Community Services Fund
Greene King, the UK’s leading pub retailer and brewer, has increased its community investment by providing an initial donation of £15,000 in financial support to Pub is The Hub for the recently launched Community Services Fund. Pub is The Hub’s Community Services Fund was established in…