Hesket Newmarket Community Shop

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

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

The group set up to save our village shop has come on leaps and bounds over the last year. To date (March 2025) the share offers and fundraising events have raisedjust over £392,000 which is simply incredible!

EXCITING TIMES AHEAD

We are nearly there; the last amount of money needed may have to be secured by taking a loan. Since the loss of potentially £250,00 from the Community Ownership
Fund the community has stepped up and more-or-less bridged the gap between what we may have had from the Government and being able to go it alone.

WE’RE NEARLY THERE NOW

Anyone with any great ideas?? The less we borrow- the less we have to pay back!

Facts and figures

Our Business Plan sets out the funding requirements and financial projections for the next 5 years.

Business Plan

Public meetings

We have had 8 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), Meeting 6 (October), Meeting 7 (December), Meeting 8 (February 25)

Meet our community

Pat

Pat is a retired teacher and is heavily involved in many aspects of village life, frankly a lot of us do not know if she ever sleeps!

Read Pat’s story

Diane

Diane has worked in the shop for over 27 years. She is Hesket’s very own font of all knowledge, and true friend to everyone.

Read Diane’s story

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. 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.