26 January 2010

Consumer Focus has recently commissioned us to construct a national inventory of social enterprises that offer post office and postal services. We are working with the Plunkett Foundation to develop this inventory, which will include data for urban and rural social enterprises.

The inventory will include social enterprises offering postal services, which could include social enterprises whether or not sub-postmaster contracts are held, and of all models of social enterprise (for example community-owned shops, Development Trusts, credit unions).

Included within this will be:

• Social enterprises that have taken over post office services (following closures)
• Social enterprises that have introduced post office services
• Social enterprises set up to run post office services
• Social enterprises offering mail services outside of a post office contract (each outlet will have the facility to: buy stamps and at least one of the following: i) post packets/parcels; ii) send things by Special Delivery or Recorded/Signed For)

Please contact Jon Woolfson jon.woolfson@socialenterprise.org.uk with details of social enterprises that fall into these categories.

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