Make It Happen 2011

For the seventh year running we have joined forces with The Melton Times to give local good causes the chance to apply for part of £10,000 we have allocated to try and help the local community.

From a total of 40 applications, Ragdale’s staff chose 21 local groups to be recipients of a share of the community chest. Over the last seven years, we have given a total of over £72,000 to a wide variety of local groups, giving them the chance to ‘Make it Happen’. Kylie Pentelow, BBC East Midlands news presenter and Ragdale regular presented the cheques.

This year the money went to:

• Melton Mowbray Child Contact Centre
• St John Ambulance
• Melton Baptist Church
• Shopmobility Melton
• Friends at Melton
• Melton Learning Hub 
• Voluntary Action Melton’s gardening scheme
• Dove Cottage Day Hospice
• Melton Breast Cancer Support Group
• Home-Start Melton & Rutland
• Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People
• The Alzheimer’s Society in Melton borough
• Clockwise Credit Union
• Vale of Belvoir Out of School Club
• The Warning Zone 
• Asfordby Amateurs Inclusive
• Melton Mencap and Gateway
• Melton Mowbray Photographic Society
• Oasis Family Centre
• The Ear Foundation
• Asfordby Amatuers Junior and Youth Football Club 
  
  

Above is a group photograph of all the representatives from each charity displaying their certificate which was handed to them, along with the cheque, on Thursday 1st December during a presentation evening at Ragdale Hall. Accompanying them in the picture is Kylie Pentelow (BBC East Midlands News), Michael Cooke (Melton Times) and David Hamdorff and Michael Isaacs (Ragdale Hall).

Click here for more information on each charity and brief information of what the money will be used for.

Video clip of the presentation night

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