East Boldre's new community shop and Post Office opened  today, following a challenging 5 year project, spearheaded by Rebecca Gabzdyl since January 2019, to create a community shop and Post Office in East Boldre.​

Hundreds of people turned out to celebrate the launch, marking the culmination of the project to acquire, repair and fit out premises from which to run a community shop and Post Office. 

​Over the past 18 months EBCS has raised over £700,000 to acquire, repair, adapt and fit out the village's former Baptist Chapel to create Chapel Stores. The site has been transformed into a spacious shop and Post Office and was officially opened by former Dire Straits guitarist, John Illsley.​