Uley Community Stores’ members donate £500 to Foodbank

For the second year running local Foodbank benefits from Uley Community Store success  Many Uley residents who purchased shares in their village shop have donated their annual loyalty vouchers to Stroud District Foodbank(SDF). 320 Uley residents hold shares in Uley...

Ice and fiery determination

Faced with an Achilles tendon injury, local Emily Pape continues in her quest to raise £3000 to run the London Marathon in aid of Motor Neurone Disease – an in memory of her friend Sue Powell. With only five weeks to go, here’s an update. Donate...

Running London for Sue

We are always pleased to hear stories about locals raising money for good causes and when Emily Pape told us about her ambition to run the London Marathon this year in aid of Motor Neurone Disease and in memory of Sue Powell we had to help spread the word. Emily needs...

A new Uley recipe book

A 14 year old youngster from Uley has been specially selected to attend the 23rd Scouts Jamboree in Japan in 2015. More than 30,000 scouts from 162 countries will attend the event, learning and sharing about each others’ cultures. It’s an amazing opportunity but she...

Second year proves successful for community shop

Uley Community Stores celebrates its 2nd year of trading with a boost in profits Uley Community Stores (UCS) is celebrating two years as a community-led enterprise by announcing a 15% increase in takings. The community store and Post Office was saved by residents in...

Uley Community Stores: We are not ‘For Sale’

14 May 2014 Local, community-led shop and Post Office affirms “it’s business as usual” despite proposed sale of property Uley Community Stores (UCS) today moved to reassure residents that the shop and post office is not affected by the sale of the property in which it...