NATIONAL PRESS RAISING THE PROFILE OF COMMUNITY-OWNERSHIP
Thoorncombe in Dorset received high profile media attention this week. The Sunday Telegraph featured an article on the recently opened Community-owned shop, drawing parallels between the current shop crisis in the Radio 4 'Archers'
and the potential of community takeover. The article explains how rural communities are not powerless if their local services are threatend with closure, but can take action for themselves to restore the heart of the village.
The article can be viewed here -
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/6520830/Community-owned-shops-helping-to-save-village-life.html
