BCVS announce plans to launch Give Local Bassetlaw and Give Local Bolsover campaigns to mark 50th Anniversary
BCVS is based at The Old Abbey School in Worksop which was restored by the Worksop Priory and Gatehouse Community Trust in 2012, with support and funding from Coalfields Regeneration Trust and the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Established in February 1973, Bassetlaw Community and Voluntary Service (BCVS) is this year celebrating its 50th anniversary.
At BCVS, we have been the beating heart of the community and voluntary sector in Bassetlaw for 50 years and to mark this anniversary we will soon be launching a new campaign to encourage local people and businesses who can afford to do so to ‘Give Local’ in support of local charities and the amazing work they do.
From credit crunches to COVID-19, welcoming Ukrainian guests to the area and coordinating the cost of living response and support for local people, BCVS and the wider Voluntary and Community sector has worked tirelessly to ensure they provide the best support possible for local people.
BCVS was established in 1973 as the infrastructure support organisation for Bassetlaw, originally known as Bassetlaw Council for Voluntary Service.
In 1973 BCVS was based in the Priory Gatehouse on Priorswell Road, Worksop. After this, they spent some time at an office on Park Street, Worksop and briefly an office in Retford, and then moved to their current location on Priorswell Road in 2012 in addition to opening a new office in Bolsover in 2022.
BCVS has supported and championed the groups, people, and voices of Bassetlaw for fifty years, and for the past three years, for the District of Bolsover and will therefore also be launching a separate Give Local Bolsover campaign to benefit local Bolsover charities.
Andria Birch, CEO, BCVS said:
“We are proud that BCVS has provided much needed support for local people and groups for the last 50 years and want to do all we can to support the local voluntary and community sector to continue to do what it does best for the next 50 years.
We know local people are very generous in responding to international crisis and sadly this is needed more than ever as we see the tragedy taking place in Turkey and Syria caused by recent earthquakes. We will continue to do all we can to support the Disaster Emergency relief efforts whilst also maintaining support for local people.
Later this month and in addition to supporting the disaster relief efforts, BCVS will launch our ‘Give Local’ campaign to help local people and companies that would like to Give Local to help local charities through the tough times ahead.
The funds that are raised will be used to support local groups with a focus on health and wellbeing, volunteering and in response to cost of living pressures on local families so please watch this space for the launch. ”
For further information, about BCVS and all the amazing work that they do, please visit www.bcvs.org.uk or email bcvs@bcvs.org.uk
BCVS is an infrastructure organisations with a mission to support the development of a sustainable, inclusive and healthy VCSE sector in Bassetlaw and Bolsover. They do this via proactive support for VCSE Groups, People and Voices which enable communities to be better for everyone.
Website: www.bcvs.org.uk