Parish Post — Distribution management for community publications

A simple way to run your parish magazine.

Parish Post helps churches and community groups look after subscribers, organise distributors, and keep magazine delivery rounds running smoothly — without the fuss of spreadsheets and group chats.

What is Parish Post?

Most parish and community magazines are still run on paper lists, scribbled notes and one very patient volunteer. Parish Post is a small, focused tool that takes the day-to-day admin off that volunteer's plate.

It keeps track of subscribers, assists the distributors who deliver the magazine, and helps the administrator see at a glance who has paid, who's been missed, and what cash is on its way back in.

Parish Post is currently in use by Hunsdon Village News — a parish magazine in Hertfordshire — and is being gently extended so other churches and community groups can use it too.

What it does

Just the things a parish magazine actually needs.

Households & subscribers

Keep a tidy list of every household that receives the magazine, with subscription status, address and notes.

Distributor rounds

Give each distributor a clear, ordered round on their phone — tick off deliveries as they go.

Subscriptions & cash

Record renewals, log cash collected on the doorstep, and pass it cleanly to the administrator.

Print sheets

Generate printable round sheets for distributors who prefer paper to phones.

Simple messaging

Distributors and the administrator can pass short notes without resorting to a group chat.

Built for volunteers

Friendly, calm, low-jargon. Designed for the people who actually deliver the magazine come rain or shine.

For the administrator

A clear desk - and more

Households, distributors, rounds, issues and renewals — all in one quiet place. No spreadsheets, no hunting through emails.

Households list with statuses, distributors and copies — Households — search, filter and keep every subscriber in order.

Manage route screen building delivery order — Build each distributor's round, one stop at a time.

Messages between administrator and distributors — Quick notes back and forth with your distributors.

Dashboard with subscription status and financial summary — An at-a-glance dashboard of current subscriptions.

For distributors

Their round - in their pocket

Each distributor sees just their round on their phone — in order, with status, and a tap to mark each delivery done.

Confirm delivery and payment — Tap to confirm delivery.

Subs received receipt — Cash collected, recorded.

Messages to admin — A quiet line to the admin.