The scheme includes a family history centre and other facilities

The Heart of Hawick project will provide a community facility with an arts and media focus.

Pupils at Hawick High School and Burnfoot and Trinity primary schools have had embedded their surnames into specially-crafted cobbles.

They will be compressed into a wall on the Heritage Hub building.

Additional space will also be available in the seating area of the civic space for future visitors to add their own personalised cobbles.

Lindsay Wood, business manager for the Heart of Hawick, said it was important to have local surnames visible on the project.

We feel this is a great opportunity for locals to have a permanent place in a project they have so heavily been involved in Lindsay Wood Heart of Hawick

She said: "Since we started we have involved over 150 primary and secondary children and consulted regularly with the community to find out exactly what they want in the heart of their community.

"We feel this is a great opportunity for locals to have a permanent place in a project they have so heavily been involved in."

The primary seven children started their visits to Hawick High School in October, to work with artist Jane Gaze from Walkerburn.

Jane has worked on various projects with youngsters, but this is the most extensive one to date.

She said: "The intention is to replicate the traditional causeway paving which can be seen in many locations around the Borders including the older areas surrounding Hawick.

"The cobbles are ceramic-fired to stoneware temperature which makes them extremely durable and permanent."