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Henllan Post Office to receive funding boost

Labour AM Ann Jones has congratulated Henllan Post Office for its successful application to the new Post Office Diversification Fund.

The Post Office is one of the first to be awarded part of a new £4.5m fund to help sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses diversify and improve their facility.

The fund, which will run for three years and is open to every sub post office in Wales, aims to help with business and marketing advice, advertising, training and some set-up costs for new services

Funding can also be applied for improvements such as creating better access to buildings, upgrading computer equipment, improving security or providing better signs for the outside of premises.
Under the scheme 63 post offices throughout Wales have been awarded grants worth over £1.1million.

Fifteen Post Offices have been awarded grants of up to £5,000 each for small capital projects and 48 have been awarded up to £20,000 each for larger capital projects.

Nineteen of the Post Offices have also received up to £15,000 in revenue funding which will help employ new staff or increase staff hours to provide more services.

Ann Jones AM said:

“I am delighted Henllan Post Office is to benefit from this fund. Post Offices are at the heart of the community and are often a lifeline for vulnerable people.

“This money will help us to keep Post Offices open by ensuring that sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses have sustainable and viable businesses, and I am pleased that so many Post Offices in Wales have been able to take advantage of the fund.”

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