BREAKING NEWS: Decision to close 3 Welwyn Hatfield Post Offices will be confirmed Tuesday 19th August.  Welwyn Hatfield is once again betrayed by a government who appear to have given up on local people.


Dear Welwyn Hatfield Resident,

STOP PRESS

I hear that the decision is to axe all 3 Welwyn Hatfield Post Offices under threat of closure and that they will be closed in the next 1 to 3 months. The decision will be formally announced later on Tuesday 19th.

This will draw to close the latest of the so called consultations carried out by government and its agencies in recent years and will see our local Post Office network further affected.

Following on from the closure of the most important major service at the QE2 Hospital, these Post Office closures may proceed the next issue which may be the axing of our GP Surgeries. If you have not already therefore signed the www.SaveMySurgery.com campaign, then please turn your attention to it now.

People do rightly ask whether all this campaigning can or will make any difference and the obvious conclusion of the past few years has been that no one seems to be listening. Ultimately it is the case that we need to see a change in government because it has become quite clear that the current one has completely given up on our area.

I'm very unhappy with the way that the Post Office consultation has been conducted. A number of key facts seem to have been ignored and we will once again have to see whether there are grounds for further appeal.

Grant Shapps MP
Welwyn Hatfield
 

Three branches have been marked for closure in Welwyn Hatfield Constituency:

Handside (Marsden Rd - Welwyn Garden City)
Nearest alternate branch: Welwyn Garden City (17-19 Howlands Gate) – 1 mile away
Population Age Profile: 20% Retired, 25% without car or van

Salisbury Square (2 Salisbury Square – Old Hatfield)
Nearest alternate branch: Hatfield (9 Town Centre) – 1 mile away
Population Age Profile: 19% Retired, 29% without car or van

Roe Green (Balfourd, Roe Green Centre, Bishops Rise - Hatfield)
Nearest alternate branch: South Hatfield (12 High View) – 0.7 mile away
Population Age Profile: 17% Retired, 27% without car or van

Timeline:

Public Consultation to begin on 18 June 2008 for six weeks – Ending on 30 July 2008
No changes to be implemented before September 2008

THERE ARE THREE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO SUPPORT
YOUR LOCAL POST OFFICE:

 

1. Sign petition

We the undersigned call on Gordon Brown and his Government to consider the implications on the vulnerable people in Welwyn Hatfield of closing local Post Offices.

 
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2. Print petition


Not everyone has internet access, but it's vital that we gather as many signatures as possible. As your local MP, I'll be working with local people to appeal to the Government to prevent these closures.  The more signatures we have the better, so please click below to download a paper based version of the petition and distribute it to as many people as possible.

Download the paper-based version of the petition here.  Note additional photocopies are also acceptable.


 

 

 

3. Print posters
Show your support for the Save Our Welwyn Hatfield Post Offices Campaign by printing out a poster and placing it on your window at home, work or in the car. Or better still in the window of your local Post Office.

You can download one of the following posters as a PDF and print it out in black and white or colour.
 

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Welwyn Hatfield isn't the first place to fight Post Office closures and we thought
you'd appreciate this great video from an earlier PO campaign.



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