Jools Holland has become a shareholder of The Ravensbourne Arms, a shuttered London establishment that is seeking £500,000 to run as a community-owned live music pub.The musician and host of BBC Two’s Later… with Jools Holland has become an early supporter of the venture that will transform the Lewisham haunt into a music venue and pub that will operate under not-for-profit to safeguard its future.The Ravensbourne Arms closed in 2016 and has since remained empty.
Now, the collective Sister Midnight have launched a bid to raise half a million pounds to preserve it by taking it out of the hands of potential private landlords and into those of locals and music fans.Holland, who was born in neighbouring Blackheath, spent his formative years in.
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