Dobcross Village Store

30/05/2026

What a Whit Friday! 🎺

We had a fantastic day during Whit Friday 2026, meeting lots of new customers, catching up with familiar faces, and sharing plenty of laughs along the way.

A huge thank you to all our volunteers for their hard work, and to everyone who stopped by and supported the store. The community store is what it is because of you.

If you enjoyed your visit, we’d be very grateful if you could take a moment to leave us a review on Google.

Now that the dust has settled, we’d love your feedback. What worked well, and what could we do better next year?

Let us know in the comments 👇

19/05/2026

🌿 Dobcross Village Store Membership Just Got More Accessible! 🌿

Following the success of our initial Founder Members’ investment opportunity, we’re delighted to announce that share membership in Dobcross Village Society Ltd is now even more accessible for our community.

✨ Shares are now just £1 each
✨ Minimum investment: 25 shares (£25)
✨ No maximum investment
✨ Still keeping our community first principle of one member = one vote
✨ Membership available to those aged 18 and over

We hope this opens the door for even more villagers to get involved in helping secure the future of our much loved community store and Post Office.

📩 To find out more or to download a membership form, visit:
dobcrossvillagestore.com

09/05/2026

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who baked, volunteered, donated and of course ate cake at today’s Teddy Bear Cake Sale 🧸🍰

Thanks to your amazing support, we raised an incredible £400, which has been split between Hog Manor Hedgehog Rescue and Maggie’s Oldham ❤️

It was such a lovely day, and we had a brilliant time seeing so many of you come together and support two wonderful causes.

Thank you again from all of us at Dobcross Village Store! ❤️❤️

03/05/2026

What an amazing month we had in April at Dobcross Village Store! 🎉

Our monthly members draw took place on Saturday, and we’re delighted to share the winners:

🥇 1st Prize £170 cash: Steve N
🥈 2nd Prize 8,500 loyalty points: Josh
💛 £85 donated to a local village cause chosen by the DVC

A bit of fun, and the whole village benefits. Thank you to everyone who took part!

🎟️ Tickets for the new month are now available
£2 each, members only

And don’t forget our monthly loyalty card bonus draw (no ticket needed!):

✨ Jenny W has been selected this month and wins an extra 500 points!

To be included, just make sure your loyalty card has been used within the last 6 months.

Good luck for May everyone! 🍀

06/04/2026

Members Half Year Update

Join us on Sunday 12th April at 1pm at Dobcross Band Club for our Members Half Year Update.

We’ll be covering:
✅ Latest trading updates
✅ Details of our new share offer
✅ Reviewing and updating our strategy moving forward

Potential new members are very welcome come along, meet the team, and see what we’re all about!

📍 Dobcross Band Club
🕐 1pm start

We’d love to see you there!

26/03/2026

A late night couple of helpers have been in and replenished the squishy shelf ❤️❤️

19/03/2026

Huge congratulations to our incredible team of volunteers on winning the Spirit of Saddleworth award! 🎉

Your hard work, dedication, and passion for the shop truly deserve this recognition. Every hour you give makes a real difference, and it certainly doesn’t go unnoticed.

Our community shop simply wouldn’t survive without you, thank you for everything you do 💛

07/03/2026

🧸💛 Rescue Teds have arrived! 💛🧸

Our Rescue Teds shelf is now in the shop, giving pre-loved teddies a second chance at love.

Pop in, choose a teddy that needs a new home, and take them home for cuddles. In return, we suggest a £2–£4 donation to charity, popped into the charity pot. Every teddy adopted helps support a good cause.

These teddies may be pre loved, but they’ve still got lots of cuddles left to give.

If you have any clean, good condition teddies you’d like to donate to the Rescue Teds shelf, we’d love to hear from you too.

Choose a teddy.
Give them a home.
Help a charity. 🧸💛

06/03/2026

Buy your first class stamps now before the price increase ✉️📮💌

The cost of a first-class stamp has now more than doubled in the past six years after eight rises

20/02/2026

📚✨ Meet our newest addition to the Community Corner… our Book Nook! ✨📚

Pop in, choose a book, and when you’re finished, leave your thoughts for the next reader on one of our review labels.

It’s a lovely little way to share stories, spark conversations and help someone discover their next great read. Another way we’re bringing our village together, one book at a time 🤍

We’re also looking for book donations to help keep our shelves full. Please no cookbooks or non-literary books. Thank you for supporting your village store 💛