Our Community Pub Campaign featured very briefly on this ITV News feature about community pubs, broadcast Monday night.

BBC News:

Villagers have been raising funds to buy their local pub after the owner decided to sell the only drinking spot in the area.

More than one hundred people in the Saffron Walden area of Essex, including Call the Midwife actor and former EastEnders star, Cliff Parisi, have so far pledged their financial support for the Queens Head in Littlebury.

Their investment would amount to £122,000 which is almost a third of the group’s target of over £400,000.

Greene King said it was a “difficult decision” to put the building up for sale, but added they are “no longer best placed” to run the pub.

See BBC News for the full article.

The Mirror

We were also featured on The Mirror’s news site, and on BBC News

Ex-EastEnders star Cliff Parisi has joined a village campaign to buy the local pub - after its owner decided to sell.

More than 100 people in the Saffron Walden area of Essex, including Call the Midwife actor Parisi, have so far pledged their financial support for the Queens Head in Littlebury. Their investment would amount to £122,000 which is almost a third of the group’s target of over £400,000. The star also pointed out the importance of the pub acting as a meeting place. He said it was “crucial to the social life of the village” and urged people to go to their pub because “an email or text is cold, it’s nice to see people face-to-face”. Chris Shucksmith, chair of the Littlebury Community Pub campaign, said the group are confident they can replicate the success of nearby community spaces.

“Fundamentally, there is nothing wrong with the economics of this pub. Professionally run, serving people what they’re looking for, we think it could be successful,” he said. The 400-year-old building was described as a “focal point” for the village.

See The Mirror for the full article.