APPLICANT'S NAME: Charnwood Cruse Bereavement Care
SUM APPLIED FOR: £800
PROJECT BRIEF: to provide a helpline and counselling for grieving adults and children.
HOW WILL YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN? The charity is run by unpaid volunteers who receive training to support people through difficult times
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT: A grant from Make It Happen would help about 30 people a month.
WHO TO CONTACT: Call volunteer counsellor Tina Booth on (01664) 840959.


APPLICANT'S NAME: Melton Child Contact Centre
SUM APPLIED FOR: £500
PROJECT BRIEF: to support its work which allows absent parents to meet with their children regularly in a secure setting.
HOW WILL YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN? The project operates on Saturday afternoons between 2pm and 4pm in the centre of Melton.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT:at least 120 annual family visits.
WHO TO CONTACT: Call chairman John Carne on (01664) 480731 or write to PO Box 6110, Melton, LE13 1YW.


APPLICANT'S NAME: Melton Pyramid Project
SUM APPLIED FOR: £900
PROJECT BRIEF: to support its after-school clubs.
HOW WILL YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN? If successful, the cash would be used to run three clubs for 10 weeks each with trained staff and volunteers
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT: about 30 six and seven year old primary school age children to help boost their self-esteem.
WHO TO CONTACT: Anna Duval on (01664) 485303 or e-mail Anna@voluntaryactionmelton.org.uk


APPLICANT'S NAME: Melton Gardening Scheme
SUM APPLIED FOR: £500
PROJECT BRIEF: to support its trained volunteers who tend the gardens of older and disabled residents.
HOW WILL YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN? Community development worker Catherine Hallinan said: "The beauty of this scheme is that the volunteers also benefit."
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT: about 30 people
WHO TO CONTACT: call (01664) 485307 or e-mail catherineh@voluntaryactionmelton.org.uk


APPLICANT'S NAME: St Mary's Church
SUM APPLIED FOR: £500
PROJECT BRIEF: for 12 new surplices for children in the choir as the old ones are worn out.
WHO TO CONTACT: call (01664) 850045 or m.l.grigg@ntlworld.com


APPLICANT'S NAME: Wymondham Area Sports and Social Partnership has applied for
SUM APPLIED FOR: £1,000
PROJECT BRIEF: to rescue the sports field in the village.
HOW WILL YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN? The money would help with maintenance and go towards the purchase of equipment.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT: as many as 700 people.

APPLICANT'S NAME: Home-Start Melton and Rutland
SUM APPLIED FOR: £500
PROJECT BRIEF: to run two pamper mornings to say thank you to its 40 hard-working volunteers.
HOW WILL YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN? It hopes to have therapists providing massage, reflexology, manicures and so on, finishing with a buffet lunch. The scheme supported 109 families in 2007.


APPLICANT'S NAME: Melton Project
SUM APPLIED FOR: £450
PROJECT BRIEF: for two seats for its sensory garden in 66 Dalby Road, which offers respite care
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT: about 25 children and their families
WHO TO CONTACT: administrator Oli Berdej on (01664) 411645


APPLICANT'S NAME: Thorpe Arnold Village Hall
SUM APPLIED FOR: £1,000
PROJECT BRIEF:to extend, repair and modernise the hall
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT: potentially benefitting 1,000 people.
WHO TO CONTACT: chairman A. J. Whinnett(01664) 563412 awhinnett@aol.com


APPLICANT'S NAME: Melton Town Estate
SUM APPLIED FOR: £758.66
PROJECT BRIEF: to provide a new park bench seat for parents and grandparents at the Leicester Road Sports Ground playground.
HOW WILL YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN? The play area itself is due to be upgraded as part of phase two of the charity's Big Picture Appeal
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT: all the people using the park's facilities
WHO TO CONTACT: Feoffee John Southerington (01664) 411600 john@southeringtons.co.uk


APPLICANT'S NAME: Melton Mowbray Cricket Club
SUM APPLIED FOR: £1,000
PROJECT BRIEF: towards the cost of refurbishing its clubhouse on the All England sports ground on Saby Road
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT: up to 150 people.
WHO TO CONTACT: Rupert Smallshaw 07949087833 rupertsmallshaw@hotmail.com


APPLICANT'S NAME: Dove Cottage day hospice at Stathern
SUM APPLIED FOR: up to £1,742,
PROJECT BRIEF: for a ceiling hoist for its complementary therapy room.
HOW WILL YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN? Manager Chris Gatfield said: "This will make it so much easier for both our nurses and our guests"
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT: more than 60 a week
WHO TO CONTACT: Chris Gatfield (01949) 860303 chris@dovecottage.org


APPLICANT'S NAME: Melton Breast Cancer Support Group
SUM APPLIED FOR: £300
PROJECT BRIEF: to take its members on a day trip next summer
HOW WILL YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN? give members the chance to spend some quality time together, deepen friendships and share problems and experiences.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT: Up to 30 people.
WHO TO CONTACT: Treasurer Janice Marriott (01664) 813552 mail@mbcsg.org.uk


APPLICANT'S NAME: Melton Mencap
SUM APPLIED FOR: £500
PROJECT BRIEF: to help members, some of whom have physical as well as learning disabilities, experience the sport of fencing safely.
HOW WILL YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN? A group want to try a number of different sports to increase the amount of exercise they have and improve their own health.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT: Up to 20
WHO TO CONTACT: Yvonne Mellor (01664) 564237 07921927367 melton.mencap@care4free.net


APPLICANT'S NAME: Melton Mowbray Netball Club
SUM APPLIED FOR: £850
PROJECT BRIEF: to help provide training for the volunteers in a level 1 coaching qualification, first aid in sports and equity in coaching.
HOW WILL YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN? the volunteers work with children from age nine and upwards through to adults in netball skills. They also coach the Melton youth games netball teams.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT: Up 63 members as well as the youth games squads.
WHO TO CONTACT: Helen Herries (01664) 562401 hherries@brooksbymelton.ac.uk


APPLICANT'S NAME: St John Ambulance Cadets
SUM APPLIED FOR: £600
PROJECT BRIEF: to support indoor and outdoor team building activities among the Melton cadets.
HOW WILL YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN? The cash would help buy items such as ropes, OS maps, compasses, timber and so on.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT: Around 25 cadets
WHO TO CONTACT: Andrew Holt on (01664) 858571 andrew.holt@leics.sja.org.uk

APPLICANT'S NAME: Melton Youth Cafe
SUM APPLIED FOR: £600
PROJECT BRIEF: so it can offer Make A Meal cooking sessions
HOW WILL YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN? want to be able to give young people cooking lessons on Friday nights.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT: 20 plus
WHO TO CONTACT: For more details call Andrea Fiford on 07931 980209 www.meltonyouthcafe.co.uk

APPLICANT'S NAME: Leicestershire and Rutland Hospice Loros
SUM APPLIED FOR: £2,000
PROJECT BRIEF: towards the care it provides to people with a terminal illness.
HOW WILL YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN? All its service to sufferers are free but it takes £6m a year to run and £4m comes from donations and fundraising
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT: 40 plus
WHO TO CONTACT: Call Nancy Taylor on (0116) 231 8431.


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