Written by Alison Fleming, UTV

You can almost tell the seasons from the annual People’s Millions campaign. When it opens for applications, Easter’s not far away and once filming starts autumn is drawing in. Broadcasting the reports means we’re on the countdown to Christmas – and announcing the winners is like being Santa.

UTV’s Alison Fleming has a wealth of People’s Millions experience to pass on

In the eight years that I’ve been working on People’s Millions, I’ve seen projects as diverse as a specially adapted boat for people with disabilities, allotments, outdoor gyms and a whole new interior for one Co Derry/Londonderry nursery school. But there’s one thing all these projects have in common: they’ve changed the lives of their communities. If this is something you’d like to do then People’s Millions and UTV can help, and here’s some guidance learned through years of practice about what makes a…