Ilsington Village Shop & Post Office
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Ilsington Village Shop & Post Office |
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| The Country Store Shop in Ilsington Village closed at
the end of 2008.
The Ilsington Community Shop Steering Group has been set up to investigate ways of setting up a new Community Shop - i.e. a non-profit making venture run with the aid of volunteers for the benefit of the Community. Initial priorities are to see if the post office can continue to function somewhere in the village and to look at building a new shop as soon as possible. The Organising Committee consists of :- Chairman: Alan Hobbs Secretary: Sue Norris Treasurer: Martin Foster Committee
Members: Neil Blackhurst, Kirsten Day, Rachel Heathman, We are keen to enlist the help of more people to help with this project. If you would like to do so or would just like further information please contact Sue Norris by clicking here. |
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Diary of Events
| Date | Event |
| 30/09/2008 |
Public Meeting organised by owners of shop (David and Andrea) to inform village of plans to close shop. Informal group formed to look at ways of keeping the shop open. |
| 08/11/2008 | Questionnaire delivered to all local residents. |
| 24/11/2008 | Public Meeting held to inform villagers that it was not possible to keep the current shop open and to seek support to form committee to look at ways of building a new shop. The main reason for not keeping the current shop open was the difficulty in raising money without long-term security of tenure. |
| 03/12/2008 | Ilsington Community Shop Steering Group set up. Constitution agreed and officers elected. |
| 15/03/2009 | Post Office successfully relocated to room at side of Village Hall. |
| 20/05/2009 | Public Meeting held to inform villagers of plans to build a new shop as part of an extension to the Village Hall and to seek ideas on what products and services people would like to see in the new shop. Sufficient donations were received to enable an Industrial and Provident Society company to be set up as the first step to creating a community shop. |
| 22/06/09 | The post box that was outside the old shop was relocated to be adjacent to the proposed new shop. |
| 03/10/09 | Ilsington's first Community Market was held in Ilsington Village Hall. This was a great success and raised money towards the Community Shop. |
| 06/11/09 | Planning Permission granted for extension to Village Hall to form Shop and Meeting Room. |
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