Use Your Local

You might be interested in the UseYourLocal parcel delivery initiative which is trying to revitalise our pubs and clubs. With rural enterprise needing all the support it can get, and Post Offices threatened, this is a refreshingly straightforward way of utilising what we already have.

The website reads: "UseYourLocal Limited was founded in 2008 in conjunction with Scottish & Newcastle UK, the country's leading brewer. It is an initiative to help consumers get more from their local by:

1. Using the UK's network of 90,000 pubs and clubs as collection points for parcels sent to people by friends, family, retailers & e-tailers.
2. Better informing consumers about What's On and Who's Who down their favourite locals.

The site creators at UseYourLocal believe that local pubs & clubs can be a real force for good in our local villages, towns and cities and hope that this is just the first in a series of great ideas aimed at finding creative solutions to help breathe life back into local communities.”

I have just put in my own South Derbyshire Post Code DE15 0PT and I would be spoilt for choice as there are so many outlets handy, not least In Newton Solney where we suffer from the Post Office being closed in the last round of cuts.
Try clicking on the link at the top of the page and see how you can help bring business to our rural pubs.