Buy the Bevy

Aim

Help us raise £100,000 towards buying The Bevy’s building and securing Brighton’s only community-owned pub for generations to come.

THE COMMUNITY BUILT THE BEVY. NOW LET’S OWN IT.

Twelve years ago, local people came together to do something pretty remarkable. They took a boarded-up pub on a Brighton housing estate and brought it back to life.

After years of campaigning, fundraising and volunteering, The Bevy reopened in 2014 as a community-owned pub. Since then, we’ve built something we’re rather proud of. A proper local, a thriving business and a place where people of all ages come together.

But there’s one thing we haven’t managed to do yet. We own the pub business, but not the building. Now we have the chance to change that.

We’ve been given until 1 October 2027 to buy the building and secure The Bevy’s future in community hands. We need to raise £600,000 to make it happen, through a combination of donations, grants, loans and investment.

Our Crowdfunder target is £100,000. That’s where you come in.

YOUR DONATION. DOUBLED.

We’ve got some brilliant news! A generous anonymous supporter has pledged to match the first £10,000 raised through our Crowdfunder, including donations already made.

Help us reach £10,000 and unlock another £10,000, taking us straight to £20,000!

MORE THAN A PUB

When we say community, we bloomin’ mean it.

There’s Family Thursday, with free food and activities for local families. Our Seniors Club brings older people together for lunch and good company. Music & Memories welcomes people living with dementia, while Disability Disco is run by and for disabled people.

Then there’s Job Club, Book Club, growing our own fruit and veg, volunteering, live music, quizzes, pool, darts and everything else that makes a proper local worth having.

Some come for a pint. Some come with the kids. Some come for lunch, a dance or simply a bit of company.

Today, The Bevy welcomes more than 800 people through its doors every month. Behind it all are thousands of volunteer hours, friendships and neighbours looking out for one another.

Twelve years of blood, sweat and beers. And we’re not finished yet.

ONE YEAR TO MAKE IT OURS

We’ve spent twelve years building a pub that belongs to its community. Now we have the chance to make sure the building does too.

The Bevy is already a busy, profitable, community-owned business. We’re not asking people to rescue a failing pub. We’re asking them to help secure the future of one that works.

Our landlord, East Brighton Trust, has agreed to give us until 1 October 2027 to buy the building, including the pub and three flats above it, for £500,000. We need another £100,000 for essential repairs, maintenance, taxes and professional fees.

Alongside our Crowdfunder, we’re working behind the scenes with businesses, potential investors and funders to bring together the money needed to complete the purchase.

Every pound donated brings us closer to owning the building and reduces the amount we need to borrow. That means more money can go back into the pub and the community around it.

LET’S OWN IT

Whether you’ve been coming to The Bevy for years, visited once or simply believe every community deserves a place like this, we’d love you to be part of what happens next.

Every donation, big or small, brings us closer to buying the building and protecting everything we’ve built together.

So please, give what you can and share the campaign. Tell your friends, your family and anyone who believes in the power of a proper community pub.

No one built The Bevy alone, and no one needs to buy it alone either.

The community built The Bevy. Now let’s own it.

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 1st January 2027 at 10:26am