Help is available from Suffolk County Council to support Post Offices in the county who are closing, or have closed as part of the Post Office review of services.

The Suffolk Rural Economy Scheme has benefited from an additional £75,000 funding from Suffolk County Council’s Local Authority Business Growth Incentive (LABGI) grant from Government, which will be used to help post offices that are at risk of closure, and shops which have had a post office within the store closed, and are trying to make up the loss of income. 

Urban post offices are also able to apply for grant funding .  In light of the current post office closure programme there is a risk that a number of Suffolk businesses (particularly shops) will be affected because they host a post office.  This funding will allow businesses to diversify into more profitable markets, allowing them to grow, create and sustain jobs, and keep a village shop in the community selling goods that local people wish to purchase.

Grant applications from communities threatened with post office closure will be welcomed, but grants will not be made to support campaigns to prevent a post office closure.

For more information, and to receive an application form, please contact Dawn Turpin, Economic Development Project Officer at Suffolk County Council on 01473 264817 or email  dawn.turpin@suffolk.gov.uk