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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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