Locals in the village of Alpington and its surrounding villages can pop to the pub for all their essential food items after The Wheel of Fortune opened its village store in support of its local community. The Alpington Community Shop was officially opened by local…
The Lion at Ickleton, near Saffron Walden, Cambridgeshire, has opened a community café to provide a safe space to help people connect and socialise. The pub, which was reopened in June 2025 after members of the local community raised £440,000 for the purchase, puts…
Two Norfolk pubs have been recognised for their business success and support of their local community in the ‘Pub of The Year’ categories at the Broadland and South Norfolk Business Awards 2025. South Norfolk Pub of The Year was won by The Wheel of Fortune…
Publicans Rhiannon Metters and Jason James are making it their mission to support people in the isolated farming community of Tal-y-coed, Monmouthshire. Their pub The Halfway is the hub of this rural community where many people including farmers, live and work alone, meaning they…
The George in Newnham on Severn has created a safe space for local people to come together to help overcome social isolation and feelings of loneliness. This friendly and welcoming mixed-use community hub in the Forest of Dean, which is run by a group…
Publicans and their pubs can be the solution to many of the problems faced in rural areas, Pub is The Hub chief executive John Longden OBE has said. The statement comes in response to the State of the Art Review on Rural Poverty in January…
Publicans Rachael and Jeremy Parke have opened a new village store at The Duck in Stanhoe, Norfolk, to help people living in the local area The village shop named ‘Stanhoe Stores’, was opened with the expert help and a Community Services Fund grant from Pub…
The White Cross Inn in Grosewen, near Caerphilly, is supporting its local community by running a variety of events to help bring people together, raise money for charity and tackle social isolation. Publican Mair Arthur, who has run the freehold since 2011, has worked hard…
