WORLDWIDE support has gathered for a campaign to save Guernsey Post.

The Save Our Post Office Guernsey group on Facebook, which has more than 680 members, was set up following the Office of Utility Regulation’s recommendation that the company be opened up to competition.

Campaign creator Aindre Reece-Sheerin (pictured), a disability equalities consultant, said it had struck a chord with those who had joined.

‘I’ve had emails from all over America and from other post workers in the UK and Ireland.’

He said that he became a supporter of Guernsey Post after doing the company’s Dignity at Work course.

‘It set off something in my mind. It is a forward-thinking company that is inclusive of any employee regardless of impairment. I fully support the idea that the OUR has to have an input, but to me, it is not achieving a balance. If it is doing something right, why does it require a slap on the wrist?’

Mr Reece-Sheerin said Guernsey Post had met all its targets set by the OUR and managed to give money back to the States.

‘All of the money is staying in the island and being re-invested.’

He claimed the OUR’s ‘interference’ was untimely and unnecessary.

‘What other States department or part-owned company can meet the same credentials?’