Combined Insurance has teamed up with the Kildare Nationalist to launch the €10,000 Make it Happen Community awards give-away on 7th December 2005.

The scheme gives away a share of a €10,000 prize pool to people, groups and charities who want to benefit the community in the Kildare 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.

Find out more about the Kildare Nationalist >>

Find out more about the history of the Make it Happen Community Awards >>

Entries for this awards give-away is now closed. 

The awards ceremony took place on 6th April 2006 and community groups across Kildare saw their dreams come true, as the Make It Happen scheme shared out
€20,000 in an emotional ceremony held at the Keadeen Hotel, Kildare.

Each group was presented with their cash prize along with a commemorative plaque by Kildare's footballer Antony Rainbow; Combined Insurance Regional Managers: Tom Beary, Donal Nolan, Kieran Brennan and PJ Harrington and Combined Insurance local District Managers: Aisling Deegan, Tony Comber and Charlie Mernagh.

13th Kildare Scouts
3rd Kildare 1st Celbridge Scout Troop
Artastic
Athy Carmelite Lourdes Committee
Athy Community Development Project
Athy Heritage Centre Museum
Athy Toastmasters Club
Athy Travellers Support Group
Athy Youth Project
Bright Sparks Childcare Centre
Carers Support Group
Cill Mhuire Respite Centre
Clane Youth Club
Community Day Services
Confey Music Club
Curragh Youth Project
Declan Murray
Griese Players Drama Group
Irish Wheelchair Association In Clane
Kare Adult Local Service
Kildare Branch Of The Arthritis Foundation Of Ireland
Kill Local History Group
Le Cheile
Maynooth Football Club
Monasterevin Day Care Centre
Moore Abbey Services
Naas Lions Club On Behalf Of Nas Na Riogh Housing Assoc
Naas Tidy Towns Committee
Newbridge Brass & Reed Band & Majorettes
North Star Swimming Club
Organisation Of National Ex-Service Men & Women
Platinum Clubhouse
Racing Academy At The Centre Of Education
Rathangan Parish Welfare Association
Scoil Mhicil Naofa
St John's Church, Nurney
St Laurence’s Hurling Club
St Mary’s School For Deaf Girls
St Patrick’s Park Residents Association
The Irish Association Of Gifted Children
The Order Of Malta Cadet Corp, Monasterevin
Vernon Mulqueeney

Find out about other communities where Combined is Making it Happen