Introduction
The village shop is a community-owned shop run by Jude and Sam, the managers, helped by an assistant manager and a team of volunteers.
The shop was opened in the beautiful Butterfield-designed Anglican church of St Mary the Virgin in February 2013 after two years of preparatory work*, fundraising and support from the National Lottery's Big Lottery Fund and the Plunkett Foundation. Services continue to be held in the church so the shop is closed on Sundays and for weddings and funerals on other days.
Members of the local community are invited to purchase £25-shares which entitle them to attend the AGM and vote on any distribution of any surplus made by the shop to the community. The shop is run as a not-for-profit business, though some surplus is retained to sustain the shop’s viability. The shares are non-returnable and non-dividend.
The shop is managed overall by a management committee: Charlie Carter (chairman), Maryleigh Wilson (secretary), Trevor Cresswell (treasurer), Sam Moore, Jude Cresswell, Phil Smith, Nikki Sheehan-Soutter, Will Anstice and Fleur Howles (web manager).
The shop managers are supported by a team of volunteers, who give their time to the shop helping us to serve our community they range from young people from 14 years of age carrying out their Duke of edinburgh voluntary to retired villagers who come along for an hour or two once a week. The shop could not run without its volunteers so we value all 20+ of them enormously.
The church also houses The Butterfield Tea Room, which has the same opening hours as the shop. Tea, coffee, sandwiches, cakes and snacks are available, along with toys to keep small children occupied, making the tea room a great place to meet up for a chat before or after your shopping.
*Read more about 'our story' here, and our month-by-month articles published in the local community magazine, Loddon Reach
Introduction
The village shop is a community-owned shop run by Jude and Sam, the managers, helped by an assistant manager and a team of volunteers.
The shop was opened in the beautiful Butterfield-designed Anglican church of St Mary the Virgin in February 2013 after two years of preparatory work*, fundraising and support from the National Lottery's Big Lottery Fund and the Plunkett Foundation. Services continue to be held in the church so the shop is closed on Sundays and for weddings and funerals on other days.
Members of the local community are invited to purchase £25-shares which entitle them to attend the AGM and vote on any distribution of any surplus made by the shop to the community. The shop is run as a not-for-profit business, though some surplus is retained to sustain the shop’s viability. The shares are non-returnable and non-dividend.
The shop is managed overall by a management committee: Charlie Carter (chairman), Maryleigh Wilson (secretary), Trevor Cresswell (treasurer), Sam Moore, Jude Cresswell, Phil Smith, Nikki Sheehan-Soutter, Will Anstice and Fleur Howles (web manager).
The shop managers are supported by a team of volunteers, who give their time to the shop helping us to serve our community they range from young people from 14 years of age carrying out their Duke of edinburgh voluntary to retired villagers who come along for an hour or two once a week. The shop could not run without its volunteers so we value all 20+ of them enormously.
The church also houses The Butterfield Tea Room, which has the same opening hours as the shop. Tea, coffee, sandwiches, cakes and snacks are available, along with toys to keep small children occupied, making the tea room a great place to meet up for a chat before or after your shopping.
*Read more about 'our story' here, and our month-by-month articles published in the local community magazine, Loddon Reach