“All of life was here in The Bevy, from young to old, from scruffy to dog’s dinner, from mates chatting to families enjoying each other’s company.”
The Argus Pub Spy, 2017
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Support us
Apart from our wonderful paid staff the Bevy is also supported by a small army of volunteers.
From managing community events to changing light bulbs every task is vital. Our volunteers support the pub but at the same time they support each other and the wider community of Moulsecoomb & Bevendean.
We need people to train as minibus drivers, to help with maintenance tasks, serve food at community events, washing up, painting & decorating, kids parties and helping to teach computer/internet skills.
If you have any time spare please text Ian on 07793 053 832 or send an email to volunteers@thebevy.co.uk
Want to support the Bevy and have more of a say in how it’s run?
You can become a community shareholder for as little as £10. To find out more about community shares this video is a great summary.
If you’d like to talk to someone about becoming a shareholder call 01273 281 009 or email contact@thebevy.co.uk or click here.
Our news
As well as being Brighton’s only community owned pub, is the Bevy Brighton’s first zero food waste pub? Every weekday lunchtime we serve up home cooked community lunches for just £4 thanks to our link up with Fareshare Sussex who redistribute surplus food, feeding bellies not bins. We also receive donations from Infinity Wholesalers. Any…
Wouldn’t it be nice if the news occasionally reflected all the amazing stuff happening around the country? People working their hardest to make a difference in their neighbourhoods; from community cafés, piers, farms, hubs, sports clubs and of course community pubs. But nearly five years on from opening and it’s very depressing that The Bevy…
What a sofa outside a pub has to teach us about good governance What can leaders in the social sector learn about governance from the story of sofa outside a local pub in Brighton? In the third instalment of his governance column, Bob Thust – a member of the Bevy Management Committee – brings to life some…
A Week in the Bevy Last week a derelict pub in Hampshire that almost became another depressing statistic was named as CAMRA’s Pub of the Year. The message that a badly run pub that had been shut, had been turned around and was now thriving should be stuck up the backside of every pub property…
Imbibing for the Community The other night a few of us from the Bevy went to London for the Imbibe Awards. Walking through the doors to this restaurant/night club/Tarzan jungle, I felt like stone-age man blinking into the light. Blimey, the Bevy couldn’t be further away from this party. There was such a bewildering range…
2018 Chair’s Report You know you’re onto something when the doctor recommends you go to the pub. But with a loneliness epidemic that advice might not be as unusual as it sounds. So meeting up with the Friday Friends every week for some food, company, bingo and a laugh is literally just what the doctor…
Can Pubs Cure Loneliness? A report published last year by the Jo Cox Commission, revealed that loneliness was as harmful to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day So with the government appointing its first loneliness minister, what role can pubs play? After spending an afternoon helping out at Friday Friends the seniors lunch club…
The Community Business Revolution Thanks to sponsorship from Power to Change The Bevy were able to put on a Community Business Revolution event at Exeter Street Hall We were blown away by how many people came and were interested, especially those people who have just started, or are thinking about setting up their own community…
UNVIABLE MY ARSE! When I hear a developer or Pubco company saying that a pub is unviable all I can think of is ‘what if this was a football club.’ Your team are rubbish, they are losing every week and are bottom of the league. Worse they are thousands in debt. Close them down I…
2016 Chair’s report A snapshot of one hectic week in the life of the Bevy in September shows just what a community pub looked like. WARM (Widening Access, Research and Mentoring) from Newport visited for the weekend to see how we tick, delivering a Brains at the Bevy talk about their work in further education…
2017 Chair’s report The Bevy community pub is two years old – and when our story is eventually turned into a Hollywood blockbuster, you won’t believe the monumental effort it’s taken to keep it ticking over! We always aimed to be ‘more than just a pub’ and we have definitely fulfilled that. We now host…
The Future of Pubs When people started protesting about the abrupt closure of the Dyke Pub in Brighton the owner asked where were all these people when it was open. Whatever he did, he claimed the pub lost money and as he liked antiques he would sell furniture there instead. While this highlights lax planning…
Mayor of Brighton & Hove – and his kind words about The Bevy It was time to make pizza: mushroom pizza, very thin with a smattering of onion, and finely chopped olive on a margarita base. The locals in bar at the The Bevendean Cooperative Pub certainly liked it and asked for more – I…
A FAREWELL TO FATHER JOHN As the packed pub raised a glass, the vicar of Moulsecoomb said it was like being at his own wake; but there was nothing downbeat about Father John Wall’s leaving bash at the Bevy – the community pub he helped open. It was like an old Mayors roadshow while Brighton’s…
WE ARE ONE! Last week the Bevy celebrated its first birthday, and the week showcased how we are so much more than just a pub. For our birthday party who better than the fab Fish Brothers to entertain a packed Bevy. Our community choir sang on the Monday and on Wednesday evening Lee and Karen…
The Bevy’s success proves the local boozer can be the beating heart of a thriving community LAST Saturday I found myself not at my usual windswept non league football ground but at the theatre. My excuse was that The Bevy had been nominated for “Best community Business” at The Argus’s Community Stars awards at the…
Raising a Glass to The Bevy One of the visions we had when we opened The Bevy was that it would feel like a front room; somewhere you felt immediately welcome when you walked thru the door. Our first ever garden fayre was the perfect example of how we are achieving that. From 3 to…
About us
Re-built, re-decorated and re-opened by an army of volunteers
in December 2014 The Bevy is the first community-owned and run estate pub in the UK.
We are a Community Benefit Society with over 700 shareholders and any money we make is reinvested in the local area, making The Bevy More Than A Pub.
If you’d like to talk to someone about becoming a shareholder call 01273 281 009 or email contact@thebevy.co.uk or click here.
Homegrown Films have produced this engrossing, funny and entertaining documentary detailing the trials and tribulations that unfolded when a group of ordinary, but passionate, locals decided to re-open their local pub.
Tomorrow, staff at @MoulsecoombSch will be taking strike action to fight against the school being taken over by an academy trust.
They would like as many people as possible to join the picket line at the school gates between 7am-9am. More details here:
https://t.co/dpX448qGXE
We led a ‘Listening Walk’ from the Bevy over Bevendean Downs, through Moulsecoomb Woods to @TheKeepArchives. “A novel, social way of reflecting and interacting”. “I enjoyed the experience of listening. It was interesting to privilege sounds rather than visuals or sensations”
3The amazing Bevy are raising £££ to take their community lunches on the road! https://t.co/dxJqFB6LIR
Great news and two thousand thank yous as @thebevy Square Meals: Round Wheels Crowdfunder tops £2k. Please spread the word as there’s still a long way to go https://t.co/Fpds7eu1KX
Help @thebevy deliver 'square meals on round wheels': https://t.co/apB9Yk2HQI #brighton
Get in Contact
Use the form opposite, email contact@thebevy.co.uk or call us on 01273 281009
