Pubtopia CIC

Pubtopia CIC - Running our village shop based at The Halfway, Tal-y-coed. Support local, Spark creativity, Build community

Hosting workshops & activities that bring people together, investing back into our community. Pubtopia CIC exists to support the long-term sustainability, wellbeing, and connection of rural communities. Our core aims are to:
Support and strengthen the rural economy by creating opportunities for local producers and suppliers to sell directly to the community

Improve social cohesion and wellbeing b

y providing inclusive, accessible spaces and programmes for connection, learning, and support

Reinvest profits from trading activity into community-led initiatives that address local challenges — from isolation to skill development to wellbeing

We are rooted in Tal-y-Coed but are already welcoming members from the wider area and are committed to increasing our reach to the wider rural Monmouthshire community over time.

28/05/2026

Join us this Saturday to discover fabulous Spring wild ingredients hiding in plain sight all around us!

Starting from the The Halfway, Tal-y-Coed Pub & Community Hub, we will explore a myriad of delectable wild edibles with diverse flavours and uses, in the nearby meadows, hedgerows & woodland, on a gentle 1.5 hour meander.

As we encounter each ingredient, I will teach you how to identify, sustainably harvest, and use them in delicious food & drink recipes, whilst detailing their medicinal properties and associated folklore.

Book your ticket, and find out more, here: https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLX8W9N91TN3K/checkout/ELNIHG5DYKJKM6XRCQQGRK4O?fbclid=IwY2xjawSE82pleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFyRHFhU0NZam0xSkN2Nklkc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHqFUotptaM1HnurUrQf0Aw1O3NAHMRZ0Os03fwTFSyjD84_khq30FwbXole5_aem_DGnn0rF_GhTe6hCl_i9DHw

01/05/2026

Your creations are ready… 👀✨

If you joined our Pubtopia CIC workshop, your ceramics with Melanie Made Mud are now here at The Halfway, Tal-y-Coed and ready to be collected this weekend! We can’t wait for you to unwrap them and see how they turned out 🎨

While you’re popping in…

🔥 Friday – Open from 4pm, with the Roti Shack serving up their incredible Malaysian curries and hand-stretched rotis from 6pm until sell out

🍽 Saturday – Open from 6pm, main menu served 6–9pm

🍗 Sunday – Sunday lunches served 12–6pm (you know the drill… big Yorkies incoming!)

Come grab your creations, stay for food (or just a cheeky drink 😉) – we’d love to see you!

www.thehalfwaypub.com

25/04/2026

If you joined us for the Pubtopia ceramics workshop with the lovely Melanie Maenmed, we’ve got some exciting news… 👀✨

Your beautiful creations have now been fired and will be making their way back to us at The Halfway this weekend, ready for collection! 🏺

As soon as they arrive, we’ll pop an update here so you know they’re good to go.

We can’t wait to see you all again—and honestly, we’re just as excited to see all the amazing pieces you’ve made! 💛

10/04/2026

Fresh bread from 3 Sisters Bread Co. Will be here in the Pubtopia CIC village shop later today 😋

22/03/2026

What an absolutely amazing day we had at our ceramics workshop yesterday! 🏺✨

A huge thank you to the brilliant Melanie & Jonty – you were both incredible, and everyone had such a fantastic time getting creative. The energy in the room was just lovely!

Here are a few photos from the day (sorry we missed the second session – it was all go here! 🙈).
Melanie & Jonty are also involved in Creative Cafés, and they’d love to see you at one of their workshops too – we’ve included their flyer in this post, so have a look and see where you can get involved next! 🎨

Thank you so much to everyone who came along and made it so special – we’ll definitely be doing this again!

🎨 Next up: 18th April – Felt Animal Workshop

👉 Book your spot via the Facebook event (just click “tickets”)

We can’t wait to see you at the next one! 💛

18/03/2026

💜 Dementia-Friendly Session This Friday 💜

Join us this Friday from 12pm–2pm for our dementia-friendly opening here at The Halfway, Tal-y-Coed .

If you’re caring for someone with dementia, have a loved one living with memory loss, or are living with dementia yourself, you are very welcome to come along.

The pub will feel just as it always does — warm and welcoming — with relaxed music and a small, affordable menu available.

Whether you’d like to stay for food or just pop in for a cuppa and some company, you’re very welcome.

We also warmly welcome groups and organisations — if you work in a nursing home, care setting, or support service, we’d love you to bring people along and join us.

A calm, friendly, non-judgemental space for everyone.

We’d love to see you. 💜

01600780396

13/03/2026

Lovely local delivery just in! 🍞

We’re really proud that Pubtopia is now a supplier for 3 Sisters Bread Co. — delicious artisan sourdough made just down the road in Llanarth, so it doesn’t get much more local than that.

You’ll now be able to place orders here for Friday collection, but we’ve also just had a small delivery today:

• Seeded Whole Wheat Sourdough (800g) – 3 available
• Guinness, Cheddar & Chive Sourdough (800g) – a St Patrick’s Day special – 3 available
• Plain Sourdough (800g) – 3 available

If you fancy one, pop in and grab a loaf while they last!

Proper local bread, baked nearby and now available through Pubtopia. 🥖

06/01/2026

✨ We’re back… and we’ve got BIG news! ✨

We know we’ve been a little quiet over the Christmas period — it’s been full-on at the pub (hello festive madness 🍷🔥) and we’ve also had some family stuff going on behind the scenes. Thank you for your patience and kindness 💛
But now for the exciting bit…

🎉 We’re absolutely thrilled to share that Pubtopia has been successful with a GAVO bid for further faster funding! 🎉

This means we can continue — and expand — our creative workshops and trial new dementia-friendly sessions, all hosted right here at the pub.

Community, creativity, connection… this is exactly what Pubtopia is about 🫶

If you don’t already follow us on Facebook, now is the perfect time!

Please also invite friends and family to follow along so they can keep up to date and book onto upcoming workshops. Every follow genuinely helps us grow our community and tackle rural isolation 🌱

📅 Coming up in the next few months (dates to be announced very soon!):

🖐️ Glass workshop
🏺 Pottery workshop
🧶 Felt-making workshop
🦊 Taxidermy workshop

Lots more to come, lots to share — and we can’t wait to welcome you along 💫

Follow, like, share, invite… and help us keep building something really special together 💛

13/12/2025

THANK YOU!
A huge thank you to everyone who came along to our Wreath-Making Workshop today, hosted by Pubtopia CIC here at The Halfway, Tal-y-Coed. What a gorgeous, festive day — full of laughter, creativity, and some seriously impressive wreaths (honestly… some of you should be on Etsy by tomorrow 😄).

Extra special thanks to Sam from Heaven Scent Flowers by Sam for being an absolute star — guiding us through it all and keeping us stocked up with festive inspiration and fabulous foliage.

We’ve loved every minute, and we’re already excited for the next workshop after Christmas!
✨ Details coming very soon… so keep your eyes peeled.

Thanks again, everyone — you made it really special. 💚

11/12/2025

💚 A really important one to share today… 💚

Life in rural Monmouthshire — especially for our amazing farming community — can be incredibly hard going. Long days, isolation, constant pressure… it all takes its toll, even on the toughest of us.

That’s why we wanted to spread the word about an absolutely brilliant support offer from Mind in Gwent. They currently have subsidised counselling sessions for rural & farm workers for just £10.

If you, or someone you know, could do with someone to talk to — a safe, confidential space to offload — this could make a world of difference.

📧 [email protected]
📞 01873 858275

Please share this around our community. You never know who might quietly need it. 💚🌾

Address

The Halfway, Tal-y-Coed
Abergavenny
NP78TL

Website

https://thehalfwaypub.com/pubtopia/

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