e
Communities Against Post Office Closures website
BBC News report on subject
USE US OR LOSE US
South Petherwin Post Office-Stores
As you may have read in the press recently, the Department of Works and Pensions are looking to do away with the Post Office Card Account. If you get a letter asking you for your bank details and stating that this is the only way to get your pension, etc, in the future - please either ‘bin’ it or reply back saying you want to keep your card account, to enable you to collect your money at the Post Office.The reason I say this is, if we lose the card account, the Post Office here would have a hard job to stay afloat, so will therefore inevitably close! So please use it whenever you can, posting, banking, paying all your bills that you can through us will certainly help to keep it open. Also, another fact: if the Post Office were to close, the shop itself would not be viable, so therefore both facilities would go. We cannot compete in the shop with the likes of Tesco’s, etc, as they buy in such bulk they sell at a lower price than we can buy it for. But we do have our ‘Special Offers’ which change monthly approximately, and we do offer personal friendly service to all our customers. We also try and sell as much Cornish goods where possible. So please come in and pay us a visit. Hopefully you will be pleasantly surprised at what we carry in stock and pleased with the service you get. Because we are really up against it now and it is no good, when it closes, to moan about ‘Oh we have no shop or post office in the village’ and you have to pay either bus fare, taxi, petrol/diesel, parking fees, etc, to go into town. So please give us a chance. Looking forward to see you.
And a big thank you to the people who do support us.
Pauline Sandercock (The Previous Post Mistress)
Save our post office Page Last Updated 29/09/2008 18:05
Post Office to stay open
The Great news is that South Petherwin Village Post Office has not been listed as one for closure, but the fight is not over and we must continue to support Sarah and Darren in their efforts to keep it viable. The period of consultation has now passed and for the foreseeable future our Post Office is safe. But we must use it otherwise all the hard work will go to waste.
post office closures
South Petherwin Post Office faces an unsure future as the Government still has to decide the fate of over 3000 Sub Post Offices throughout the country. In short if we fail to use it then we are likely to lose it with the consequence that the shop itself may become unviable.
Sub-postmasters throughout the country and the 4 million pensioners who use Post Office Card Accounts have been shocked to discover that the government are proposing to abolish the Card Account in 2010. Indeed some 3000 pensioners have already received letters telling them they must use bank or building society accounts. Abolishing the Card Account and forcing people to go to banks will inevitably mean that many post offices will close.
Post offices play a critical role in rural villages; their closure can result in problems for disadvantaged residents trying to access cash and basic groceries, problems for the elderly, disabled and mothers with young children and a loss of independence and community spirit for residents.
South Petherwin’s Post Office and Stores is at the heart of the village. Sarah Hart and her staff provide a wonderful service which is vital to the community. They need your support. Can you imagine what the village would be like if they weren’t there? Everyone can do something to help. Write to your MP. Write to the Department of Works and Pensions. Write to the press. Talk to Sarah about how you can help. At the very least, make more use of the facilities that they offer - otherwise they may not be there much longer.
At the recent Annual Meeting of the Parish Council, Sarah Hart the Post Mistress, gave what seems a bleak report on the future of the Post Office even though she has yet to find out if the Post Office is one of those earmarked for closure. Mid July is the likely date for any announcements. Due to the restrictions that the Post Office has committed all Post Masters/Mistress to, there is little more that they can do, so it is up to us all to fight for Rural Post Office. Peter Vernon expressed some ideas including the creation of a committee who could then orchestrate the fight against a proposed closure. You can also visit the website of Communities Against Post Office Closures by clicking this link.
If you have any thoughts or ideas on the matter please contact me at rogerpyke@tiscali.co.uk.
Parishioners congregate for a photo call in support of their Post Office .
Again if you have any thoughts or ideas on the matter please contact me at rogerpyke@tiscali.co.uk. and I will relay them to the action group. Remember just buying one stamp at the Post Office counts as one transaction so do it or lose it!
You are visitor
to
this Page
southpetherwin.com
. All rights reserved. Webmaster