Trust the pub to be the life and soul of the community

Patrons of The Lugger Inn in Chickerell are taking on a new mission – to become the Life and Soul Community Trust.

Inspired by the pub’s regular fundraising events, a group of regulars have now formed a trust with the aim of “bringing happiness to others, promoting wellbeing and nurturing strong community spirit”.

“It’s early days,” said pub owner Liam Coles. “We’re all really excited to get started but we also realise the importance of getting an accountable structure in place and a really good network of volunteers before we can do anything.

“This is a new idea based on providing small kindnesses that will hopefully ripple out into the wider community as whole. We want to do this through engagement and by creating happy experiences for people. Fundraising is necessary but it also allows us to put on a number of fun, social gatherings that promote friendliness and wellbeing too.”

The trustees said they have

“been inspired by the simple pleasure small kindnesses and group social activity have brought to the many visitors to the pub over the past two years” adding that they want to “carry on the positive action with the local community at its heart”. Independently run and backed by pub, the newly formed trust says it still needs other volunteers to register with them to provide practical assistance for people.

The Lugger Inn will assist the trust by helping to plan a day at the races on Saturday, May 27.

For more information visit The Lugger Inn’s Facebook and Instagram pages.