Galway Launch
Combined Insurance has teamed up with the Connacht Tribune to launch the €20,000 Make it Happen Community awards give-away on 1st June 2007.

The scheme gives away a share of a €20,000 prize pool to people, groups and charities who want to benefit the community in the Galway area.
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.
Connacht Tribune Website: http://www.connacht-tribune.ie

Entries for this awards programme give-away are now closed.

The awards ceremony took place on 20th September 2007 and community groups across Galway saw their dreams come true, as the Make It Happen scheme shared out €20,000 in an emotional ceremony held at The Courtyard by Marriott Hotel, Galway.

Each group was presented with their prize along with a commemorative plaque by Minister Eamon Ó Cuív, Galway’s  Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs; David O’Connell, Editor from the Connacht Tribune and John P Hughes, General Manager from Combined Insurance.

See the awards ceremony press coverage:

Abalta Special School
Ala Adult Community Theatre and Education Project
Ballinarobe Arch Club
Ballinasloe Active Retirement Association
Bridget Ann Nee
Caring for Carers
Community Catering
Console
Curtoon Lavally Golden Age Club
Dunmore Carers Group
Dunmore Macra na Feirme
Fusion Youth Club
Galway Carers Support Group
Galway Head Injury Support Group
Galway Red Cross
Glenamaddy Community Development Company
Gort Parent Baby and Toddler Group
Gort Youth Project
Hope House
Leitrim Kilcooley PTAA
Maam Women’s Group
Monica Gannon
Multiple Sclerosis Tuam Branch
Pat Dillon Sunflowers Chernobyl Charity
Pauline Henry & Annette Masterson
Signout Youth Café, Na Calai CDP
St. Patrick’s Scout Group
Study Buddies
The Meadow Cross Cultural Association
CD’s Helping Hands
Cope, Waterside House.
Fairgreen Hostel, Cope
GRÁ
Osterley Lodge
Sonas Day Care Centre, c/o Cope

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