RAVS is the Council for Voluntary Service for Roxburgh working together in partnership with Councils for Voluntary Service (CVS) across the region as part of the Borders forum CVS.
The Hawick base of RAVS is funded by EU funding awarded as part of the CVS South of Scotland Network to provide community development support with a dedicated worker in Hawick (Geraldine Strickland), and supporting regeneration together with the Hawick Partnership.
The Hawick office assists groups with development, from idea to project, development of project, funding and information relating to charitable purposes.
The Head Office of RAVS is at 1 Veitch's Close, Jedburgh TD8 6AU. Telephone 01835 863554. Email info@ravs.org.uk.
The six key aims which apply to all CVS in Scotland are:
- Understanding the Voluntary Sector
- Communicating with the Voluntary Sector
- Representing the interests of the Voluntary Sector
- Providing support servicesPromoting good practice
- Growing the Voluntary Sector
- Full details can be seen on the RAVS web site www.ravs.org.uk
Reaching Out - Hawick Congregational Church
Received around £15,000 in European funding to make substantial improvements to their hall - Chairman, Jim Porteous said "RAVS' help has been invaluable. They were not only able to point us in the direction of possible sources of grants but also to help us with formulating our requests for aid, so that we presented our case in the clearest and most easily understood manner".
