Hesket Newmarket Community Shop

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**We need your help to keep our shop and Post Office open!**

Our well used and popular shop in Hesket Newmarket is facing changing times.

If we don’t do something about it quickly, we risk it being lost to us forever.

We’ve formed a Community Benefit Society to buy the shop, bricks and business, and run it as a permanent community asset for the benefit of all.

Hesket Newmarket shop is more than just a shop; it’s a focal point in the village, it’s a reason to go for a walk, a meeting place for a natter, a source of local information, a stop for tourists, and a provider of everyday items, as well as an essential Post Office used by people from miles around.

Facts and figures

The summary of the Business Plan sets out the funding requirements and financial projections for the next 5 years. The full Business Plan will be uploaded soon.

Summary Business Plan

Public meetings 2024

We have had 5 public meetings since the beginning of the project. Catch up with all of them here:

Meeting 1 (March), Meeting 2 (April), Meeting 3 (May), Meeting 4 (June), Meeting 5 (August)

As the saying goes ‘you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone’.

We need your support to ensure this vital lifeline stays open and remains a service to both locals and tourists. The Society opens for membership via our Share Offer on Tuesday 18th June. All money raised via donations, shares and fundraising will go towards securing this vital community asset.

Get involved

There are plenty of ways you can get involved. You could buy some shares, offer your skills, share your ideas, volunteer or donate. Every small act will take us a step closer to keeping a shop in our community.