Post Office Recruitment
Headley Post Office, part of the Headley Community Shop, is back to full staffing strength with the arrival of Jacqui who joins Debs in providing the weekday counter services. This is particularly timely given the time of year!
Shop Newsletter November 2026
Takings during the year to date have been in line with those during the same months in 2025 except for a marked reduction in takings and footfall during January/ February and September/October’s trading is ahead of the figures for the same period last year. Year to date, the footfall is 6% down which equates to over 1000 customer visits. Happily our customers are spending more each visit by a few percent which has balanced some of the shortfall.
Just a reminder that we will be holding our annual Christmas Fair on Saturday 14 November from 10.00 until 12.30. This will be an opportunity for our customers to preview products specifically purchased for Christmas and also sample items of stock available in the Shop all year round such as cheeses and trout pate. A lot of work is undertaken by our supervisors and Committee members to run this event so please join and support us.
The Quiz Night held on 10 October was very successful. Attended by fifty eight participants, over £1200 was raised. Our thanks to all those who helped support and run the event, particularly our supervisors, Kerina and Sandra who helped set up the event and then run it during the evening. Special thanks also to Tim Bryant for standing in at the last moment as quiz master.
The Macmillan Coffee morning on Friday 16 October held in the Community Room raised over £964. As a reminder, the Community Room is available for hire at £7.50 plus VAT per hour and can be booked through our supervisors.
We are pleased to report that we have recruited a new Post Office assistant, Jacqui, to work with Debs and she started on 2 November. As Jacqui is already fully trained having worked previously in the Thatcham PO, it will save us considerable time and expense in training a new assistant as she will “hit the floor running”.
As you know, we have asked over several months for more customers to support the Shop and we are delighted with the response. Our request now is for more people to help run the Shop as we have a dwindling band of volunteers. If you think that you could help in the shop (training provided) or behind the scenes, we would love to hear from you.
The Management Committee
Previous Newsletters
- News October 2026
- News September 2026
- News August 2026
- News July 2026
- News June 2026
- Special Announcement
Quiz Night 10 Oct. 2026
The Quiz Night held in support of the Community Shop was a sellout on 10th October’26 with refreshments kindly donated by an anonymous customer. This was another fun evening for villagers, their families and friends, raising a record £1,362.52!
Jigsaw Corner
Call in and help us complete the latest jigsaw project.
Various Jigsaws available to swap.
(for a shop donation of 50p)
Macmillan Coffee Morning 2026
The annual coffee and cake event was held on 16th October in the Community Room. This again proved popular raising in total £964.92 for the Macmillan Cancer Support charity
The event was organised by Trish and her team of volunteers. A wide variety of home produced cakes were kindly donated and enjoyed by all. Thanks to everyone who supported the event.