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About RAWM

RAWM exists to enable a sustainable, influential, effective and inclusive voluntary and community sector in the West Midlands area.

The following strategic aims have been identified for the period 2010 – 2014:

To promote and maximise the contribution of the voluntary and community sector in improving the quality of life for disadvantaged communities in the West Midlands area (voluntary and community sector contribution)
To be recognised as the support agency for voluntary and community organisations in the West Midlands area (the support organisation)
To develop and maintain new programmes to meet present and future needs (service development)
To be a financially viable, fit for purpose organisation (fit for purpose).

Each aim is supported by a set of objectives, which determine the activities undertaken to deliver them.

To actively promote a voluntary and community sector perspective on key strategies
To maximise the contribution of the voluntary and community sector to key social, economic and environmental strategies
To influence ways in which government programmes, resource allocation and related procedures are developed.

To promote RAWM and its achievements
To work in partnership and build networks
To act as a recognised communications channel, able to exchange and disseminate information.

To respond to the present & future needs of voluntary and community organisations in the West Midlands
To lead on voluntary and community sector involvement in the new geographical structures
To act as accountable body and be responsible for delivery of sector specific funding programmes.

To create a culture of continuous improvement in the organisation
To develop a structure to deliver a range of income generating activities unconstrained by charitable objectives (trading)