RAVENSTHORPE COMMUNITY CENTRE (RCC)

To visit our official website click on the link: (www.rccl.org.uk)

PURPOSE:
• To meet the educational, social and leisure time needs of the Ravensthorpe community.
• To liaise and co-operate with the voluntary and statutory sectors on a local and national level in a common effort to advance the needs of the community and improve the conditions and quality of life.
• To promote good citizenship and mutual tolerance between the different communities living within Ravensthorpe.

BACKGROUND:
• Ravensthorpe Community Centre has been established for over two years.
• The Centre secured funding from Dewsbury Partnership Single Regeneration Budget (DPSRB) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to purchase and refurbish the former St John’s Ambulance HQ in order to
provide for the long term educational, social and leisure time needs of the Ravensthorpe Community.
• The Centre is now a focal point for a range of activities, facilities and workspace.
• Ravensthorpe Community Centre is on two floors and currently has a large hall, several offices, IT suite, training rooms, crèche, canteen, access ramps to all entrances/exits and ample on site parking.

ACTIVITIES:
Current activities at Ravensthorpe Community Centre are:
• IT, ESOL, Food Hygiene and Aerobics classes
• Youth and Karate Clubs
• Study Support
• Joblink surgery
• Kirklees Racial Equality Council advice surgery
• Crafty Girls
There are active user groups based at the Centre, which include The Ravensthorpe Women Improvement Society and the Over 50’s Group.