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| Our village’s community life is under threat – Post Office Ltd, directed by the Government, want to close our Post Office in Northlew, which inevitably means the shop will have to close too – a devastating blow to our village life and community. |
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| NO POST OFFICE = NO SHOP = NO COMMUNITY |
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| Downloads: |
Post Office Ltd
Devon Area Plan Proposal > |
| Geoffrey Cox's Information Pack > |
| Geoffrey Cox's Consultation leaflet and response form > fill in and give to Wendy |
Sample letters >
This Word Document contains 8 letters written from different points of view. You can pick and choose the issues you want to highlight. NB These letters should not be copied exactly – we don't want the letters to look exactly alike so that they have an excuse to treat them like a petition. |
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| The reasons we cannot live without our Post Office... |
| Please think of as many as you can and if they're not listed here let us know so we can add them to our dossier |
| No postal services - Buying stamps, posting parcels, Special Delivery, Recorded Delivery, Home Shopping returns etc |
| No way for pensioners and those on benefits to get hold of their cash via their Post Office Card Accounts |
| No banking facilities for those with Post Office Accounts or other bank accounts currently supported by the Post Office |
| Now facilities to pay bills such as Council Tax, Council Rent, Gas, Water and Electricity, Inland Revenue, credit card bills etc |
| No prescription collection service |
| No cash withdrawal service for banks supported by the Post Office |
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So what can you do?
Between May 20th and July 1st public consultation will be open; your views can make a difference, so make sure that Post Office Ltd knows what you think.
Really think about the reasons why our Post Office is so vital to you and the community. The more reasons that are given to illustrate that it will be a disaster for our community if it closes, the better. We've got to try our hardest to stop this closure.
| You can: |
| Write to: Tim Nickolls, National Consultation Team, Post Office Ltd, FREEPOST |
| Telephone: 08457 22 33 44 |
| Email: consultation@postoffice.co.uk |
| Contact: the consultation team by clicking here (takes you to their contact form page) |
The more people reply to the consultation, the more importance the regulator Postwatch will place on these views.
As well as making your voice heard in the consultation, you can support Northlew Post Office in other ways. Display posters in your window, use the PO services as much as possible to underline how vital it is, sign the petition, write to our local newspapers, anything that shows the strength of feeling for our Post Office.
For more information on the closure plans, their impact, the process and what you can do to help, download Geoffrey Cox's information pack here
Consultation Process
The Consultation process has already begun. Post Office Ltd spent two months talking to bodies such as the regulator, Postwatch and Local authorities. Now this is complete, an ‘area plan’ was produced with the closure proposals. This can be found here.
Once Post Office Ltd publishes its list of the planned closures it invites comment from the public on them. The Public Consultation begins on May 20th and will last six weeks. This means it will end on July 1st.
After the six-week public consultation process ends, the third stage begins; there will be a four week period where the consultation is taken into account and Postwatch is able to raise with Post Office Ltd issues relating to specific branches. This is where public support for a local Post Office can make a real difference.
Once this final period expires, an announcement will be made on whether the consultation has raised points that require the plan to be modified. All closures must take place a month after this announcement at the latest.
Consultation Timetable
20th May 2008
Start of Public Consultation
9th July 2008
Close of Public Consultation
Early August 2008
Announcement of Decision
September – October
Closures implemented |
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