Memorandum submitted by Janet H. Holland
I am writing with suggestions about extending
the use of local Post Offices.
1. NEW AREAS
It would be helpful to disseminate information
about the availability of Government and other services.
They are already the hub of information for
local events.
People in rural communities—particularly
the extremely elderly and those on low income are not getting
into the urban areas to Libraries etc, and are frequently not
on the internet.
This means that those who may be most in need
of information about help available are not getting it.
Rural Post Offices in particular could be a
great help to you.
2. EXTENSION
OF EXISTING
SERVICES
It would be more helpful if more banks could
be encouraged to allow their customers to access their services
through the Post Office—this would cut down on car use and
emissions and save time and energy.
Where there is a tie-up it seems to work very
well.
I am grateful that the government does seem
to have realised how important the Post Offices are to those of
us who live in Rural Areas.
February 2009
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