Post Office Closures - Useful websites/resources
Information on the closure programme
Post Office Ltd
Postwatch
House of Commons Business and Enterprise Committee report on
Network Change (June 2008)
Campaigning against closures
Help the Aged
Communities Against Post Office Closures,
including getting support in your community, media coverage,
example dossiers submitted by communities to early PO
consultations.
Outreach services
Post Office outreach services
Post Office report (2006) on innovative ways of providing postal
services in rural areas
Churchcare website - Guidelines and Best Practice for the
Provision of a Hosted Post office Service in Churches
and Chapels
Other support
Business Link East
Rural Shops Alliance
National Federation of Sub-postmasters
The Village Retailers Services Association (ViRSA) has compiled a series of advice sheets covering all aspects of setting up and running a community-owned village shop.
http://www.virsa.org/index.cfm/villageshop/Advice.Home
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Rural
Service Support is designed to help rural communities
work together as one in their transition towards the
alternative ways that the service needs of local
residents and businesses can be met in the light of the
post office network changes.
Access to the service is FREE but requires
new users to register.
Key features of the RSSupport service are:
- A panel of real people with
specialist expertise who will interpret and understand
users questions, and reply usually within 24 hours (or
by the next working day)
- A searchable archive of past
questions and answers
- Useful resources including
sample policies, templates, tools and guidelines
- A forum where a large number of
practitioners and policy makers can engage and
exchange ideas, knowledge and experience
- Facilitation and policing of
the system by a nationally recognised/ experienced
organisation
- Online newsletter
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