Judges set to allocate £10k Ragdale funding from 75 applications

This is the 18th year the Melton Times has partnered with the award-winning Ragdale Hall Spa to support community groups, charities, schools and sports clubs in the Melton area.

Judges sat down this week to allocate the £10k funding pot, provided by the spa again, from the 75 applications – by far the most received in recent memory.

All of this year’s beneficiaries will be notified by the end of this week and representation invited to our annual cheque presentation at Ragdale, on the evening of Tuesday June 9.

We will continue to highlight all the applicants, starting this week with Swallowdale Primary School, in Melton, who want funding for an outdoor sensory trail for pupils.

Friends of St John’s Church Melton Mowbray Mowbray would like £300 to buy tables, chairs, bins and a screen for their newly-opened community hall next door.

A grant of £500 is requested by the Leicestershire Search and Rescue volunteer search and rescue team to spend on their vehicles, tracking equipment, training and welfare costs.

Ab Kettleby villagers have applied for £500 to help them provide a much-needed dedicated children’s play area for a growing number of families to use.

Emmaus Leicestershire & Rutland have applied for funding to help buy a reliable second-hand van to allow them to transport furniture to support ex-homeless people and those at risk of homelessness.

A donation of £500 is requested by Dove Cottage Day Hospice to help fund their Complementary Therapy Service equipment and consumables – guests and carers can use it free of charge.

The Belvoir Wassailers, a small male voice choir based in the Vale of Belvoir which performs to raise money for local causes, want £300 to pay for sheet music for the coming performance season.

Melton Learning Hub would like £400 to go towards buying bicycles and safety and storage equipment for students aged 12 to 16 to help improve their physical wellbeing.

A grant of £500 is required by the 4th Melton Mowbray Scout Group to help replace and upgrade essential water‑activity equipment, such as protective helmets, wind vests and specialist rope.

Old Dalby Church of England Primary School want £500 to support the development of an outdoor classroom for a range of activities, including science, reading, art, and wellbeing.

A donation is sought by Melton Mowbray Photography Club, which was formed in 1946, to help with room hire at St Marys Place, the cost of guest speakers and judges plus ongoing costs such as web hosting and other IT-related expenses.

Julie McGarry has applied for £400 to buy equipment for her not-for-profit yoga classes at Plungar which are benefiting villagers of all ages in a rural community.

1st Long Clawson Scout Group want £400 to go towards buying two new tents to ensure their engaging outdoor activity provision can continue for the 59 youngsters.

Mowbray Rangers Under 10 Lynx football team would like £495 to buy a new playing kit for the boys, some of whom have played for the team since they were aged five.