Combined Insurance teamed up with the Hartlepool Mail to launch the £10,000 Make it Happen Community Awards on 1st September 2005.

Later in the year, a panel of judges will decide which of the awards entries are most beneficial to the community and most deserving of the cash, then award winners will be invited to a special award ceremony.

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These awards are now closed for entries.

A panel of judges decided which of the entries were most beneficial to the community and most deserving of the cash and the winners were invited to a special presentation ceremony.

24 groups from the Hartlepool area were chosen to share the £10,000 prize pool.

The awards ceremony was held at The Grand Hotel on Tuesday 22nd November 2005. Each group was presented with their winning prize along with a commemorative plaque by Martin Scott, Hartlepool Football Club Manager and George Munro, Vice President & Divisional Manager of Combined insurance.

To view a picture of an award winner select the camera icon next to their name:

	Brierton Community Sports Centre Badminton Club
	Elmtree Community Action Group
	The Learning Library
	Peterlee Youth Centre Rainbow Riders
	Walking Tall
	Edenhill and Chapel Hill North Residents' Association
	Superstar Family Fundraisers
	Foggy Furze Folk Club
	Heugh Bowmen
	All Our Yesterdays
	Solid Rock Youth Project
	Hartlepool Hard of Hearing Club
	1st Wingate Guides
	Hartlepool Sea Cadets
	Wheatley Hill History Club
	Peterlee Gymnastics Club
	Friends of Hart Primary School
	Hartlepool Dyspraxia Support Group
	Hartlepool M.E. Support Group
	The Indoor Bowls Whist Club
	Hartlepool Community Choir
	Hartlepool Alzheimer's Day Centre
	Manor College of Technology
	Friends of St Joseph Court
	Hartlepool Special Needs Support Group

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