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03/05/2026

📣 We’re hiring! 📣
Community Shop Manager
Pitton Community Shop

Based in Pitton, near Salisbury
Salary: £24,000 for 30 hours per week
Permanent contract

We require an experienced, proactive and enthusiastic Manager, with excellent customer service skills, to manage our new community shop, Post Office and café in Pitton.

Pitton Community Shop is run by a not-for-profit Community Benefit Society and will be staffed by a mix of paid and volunteer staff.

We are looking for a manager with:

Retail experience at a management level
Excellent customer service skills
Post office experience (though training can be provided)
Experience of managing and motivating staff and volunteers
Excellent organisational skills
A good track record in achieving targets and delivering success

The Manager will be required to work 5-6 shifts across a 7-day trading week.

What will we offer you?

· 4 weeks annual leave plus statutory holidays
· 10% discount in the shop
· Training to support your continued development
· The opportunity to grow the community shop from scratch

How to apply
To apply please send your CV and a covering letter to [email protected]

If you would like to have an informal conversation about the post before applying please email the above with contact details. Further information is available on our web site https://pittoncommunitystore.org/job-opportunities/ Link in bio.

Closing Date: 22nd May 2026

Interviews will take place in early June.

27/02/2026

COMMUNITY SHOP UPDATE!

The Shop Build:
The build is progressing more slowly than expected due to the awful weather we’ve been having. We are therefore around 10 days behind plan though we have initiated some plans to catch this time up. It is good to see that the floor has been laid today. We all have our fingers crossed for a few dry weeks which will let the builders forge ahead.

Shop design and equipment:
Lots of work is underway to design the inside of the shop (with the help of interior designer JJ Wilson from 2B11). JJ has kindly donated much of his time to help keep the costs down. We are also developing the shop branding and logo which will be used in and outside the shop and across web and social media. We are very pleased to announce that Pitton Social Club will contribute funds raised from this year’s fundraising event to the cost of signage for both the shop and village hall. Various items of equipment, such as fridges and freezers, IT equipment for the office and a dishwasher have already been ordered. These are being part funded by Wiltshire Council’s UK Prosperity Fund, which means we need to purchase these well in advance of the shop being completed. Other key items such as a coffee machine, shelving and café seating will be purchased by mid March and we are exploring some good quality second-hand items to reduce costs. We initially thought that storing the big pallet items ordered early would be costly but Ross Nicholson at Spire Removals and Storage, Old Sarum, has come to our rescue and very kindly donated warehouse storage and delivery. We are very grateful for his help.

Online Survey:
A few weeks ago we sent out a link to an online survey, which asked what you would like to buy in the shop.
We had 92 responses and these will be extremely helpful as we start to identify products. We were pleased to see that over 90% of the people who responded said they were happy to pay a little more for produce which is locally sourced, organic or high welfare, as this aligns perfectly with our vision for the shop and our aim to provide an outlet for local farmers and other producers.

20/01/2026

Building work has just started on a new community shop, post office and café in Pitton. The new shop is being built as a new extension to the village hall and plans to open in September.

The majority of funds to pay for the work have been raised from the residents of Pitton, Firsdown, Farley and East Grimstead via a community share scheme. The project also received a grant from Wiltshire Council’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund for Rural Hubs, which will pay for part of the build and will also cover equipment, fixtures and fittings for the shop and café.

MP for Salisbury John Glen said: “This project is a model of what can be achieved when the community pulls together. I hope it will thrive and provide inspiration for other local villages, which are exploring similar initiatives.”

06/11/2025

We are delighted to announce that the Pitton Community Shop has been awarded a grant of £97,000 from the Wiltshire Shared Prosperity Fund for Rural Hubs.

When we add this to your pledges of £210,000 this means we will have enough funds to to complete not just the build, but the full fit out of the shop. This includes fridges, freezers and shelving, IT equipment for the office, and tables, chairs and a good coffee machine for the cafe. Two other small grant applications are in progress to cover the last remaining £8,000 for stock and working capital.

The Wiltshire Council grant required that we demonstrate that the project had support from the community and could fund the majority of the project. Your pledges of £210,000 allowed us to evidence both of these things and we are immensely grateful for your support in making our new community shop a reality.

We will be launching the Community Share Scheme, to allow you to turn your pledges into share purchases, from the 10th to the 30th November. We have planned two public meetings in Pitton village hall on Saturday 8th November at 11 a.m. and Sunday 9th November at 4 p.m. where you will will have an opportunity to pick up a share prospectus and ask any questions about the share scheme or the shop plans. Providing we collect your pledges by the end of November the project is still on track to open the new shop in September next year.

Alongside this the committee are working hard to put everything else in place including policies and procedures, fit out plans and discussions with the Post Office. If you are able to help us on any of these, please contact Brian Cudby on [email protected] or Lorna Taylor on [email protected].

Thankyou to those who have already offered help with fit out plans, recruitment, site preparation and reviewing documents.

Again - THANKYOU!

18/10/2025

Thank you to John Glen MP for stopping by and supporting our endeavour.

25/09/2025

Great news on Pitton Community Shop!

Thank you so much to our amazing community across Pitton, Farley, Firsdown and East Grimstead!

We have now reached our target of £210,000 in pledges towards the community shop.

This means we can move forward with building the shop and we are already working on the next steps.

We will keep you informed at every step. In the meantime thank you again!

28/09/2024

Community store update!

Last week we gained planning permission from Wiltshire Council, with a condition that we include a bicycle rack. A huge milestone passed! We are grateful to those of you who left supportive comments on the planning portal, as it demonstrated that there is a good deal of community support for the project.

We are waiting to hear the result of our application to the Wiltshire Shared Prosperity Fund, where we applied for funding to cover half of the cost of the detailed planning stage.

Legal work to agree the lease of the land from the village hall and work to gain the necessary permissions from the Charity Commission is progressing well. Our thanks go to the village hall committee for moving this forward promptly.

We were pleased to give an update to Firsdown Parish Council last week and we also received a donation from them towards the project. Their support is very much appreciated.

We have organised a fun Race Night on 12th October to aid our fundraising. We do hope you can come along! 🐎

16/09/2024

Come along on 12th October for all the excitement of a night at the races! 🐎

On the evening you can bet on the horses (and win cash prizes), or just watch the races while enjoying a light supper and quiz. All the funds raised will go to the Pitton Community Shop project.

We are ’selling’ horses in advance for £5 each, so if you would like to be a racehorse owner for the evening (and win a prize if your horse wins) please let me know by 9th October so that your horse can be entered on the race card. You also have the opportunity to name your own horse (nothing rude please!).

If you would like to sponsor a whole race, which can be named after your business or club, the cost will be £20. There are no prizes here but your venture will get a bit of free advertising in the announcements.

We hope to see you there!

12/08/2024

Funding update!

We are grateful to all those who invested in the Pioneer Community Share Scheme. We managed to raise the target of £31,000 in three weeks which allows us to move ahead with our planning application.

09/08/2024

The planning application for Pitton Community Store is now live in the Wiltshire planning portal!

If you would like to comment here is the link:
https://development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0iQ3000007RZgpIAG/pl202406217?tabset-8903c=3

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