Link magazine, Spring 2008 [PDF, 4,450k] - South Norfolk Council

10Sustaining our Communities - EnterpriseAn appeal letter from Cllr Michael Windridge,Cabinet Member for Tourism, Heritage,Enterprise and CultureSupportyour localPostOfficewww.south-norfolk.gov.ukMarch 2008Dear ResidentSwan LaneLong StrattonNorwichNR15 2XESupport your local Post Office – currently under threat of closureTel 01508 533633Fax 01508 533695mwindridge@s-norfolk.gov.ukThere are serious implications for the communities of South Norfolk from the currentreview of the rural post office network. Post Office Ltd is preparing a programme of postoffice closures across the UK and we need them to understand how important post officesare in rural communities. The timetable for Norfolk is that any proposed closures will beannounced at the end of March 2008 with a short consultation period after that.Please respond to this urgent appeal. Please make use of your local post office, to keepthose vital services operating in rural areas like ours.South Norfolk MP Richard Bacon is supporting our campaign, which we officially launchedon 29 February. He has urged campaigners to lobby Parliament directly. It is adamning indictment that 5,000 post offices have closed and a further 2,500 are due toclose by 2009. It means over a third of the nation’s entire post office network will be lostfor ever. This puts even Dr Beeching to shame.There are 41 post offices currently operating in South Norfolk, providing essential servicesto local people, local communities and businesses.If your local post office closes, there is growing concern that the village shop will becomeless viable and this too, could go.Please continue to use your local post office - you can also ask them for a SupportYour Local Post Office’ campaign poster, window or car sticker.Let’s keep our rural communities alive!Yours sincerelyMichael WindridgeCabinet Member for Tourism, Heritage, Enterprise and Culturewww.south-norfolk.gov.ukCouncillor Michael Windridge atHempnall Post Offce and Village Stores