NOW it’s your chance to decide which good cause or community project will win a share of £50,000.

The Halstead Gazette has teamed up with Greenfields Community Housing and Braintree Council to give away £50,000 to four projects in our Grab a Grant competition.

The prizes are £10,000 each for a project in the Braintree, Halstead and Witham areas respectively, and £20,000 for an outstanding project from anywhere within the Braintree district.

A judging panel has considered the dozens of applications for Grab a Grant and shortlisted six bids in each of the four categories.

Now it is up to the public to vote for their favourite, with the projects getting the most votes in each of the categories winning the grants.

There are a number of ways in which to vote, but each person can only vote for one bid in each category, and multiple votes will be discounted.

Voting closes at 5pm on Friday, December 12, and if two or more bids are tied, then the winner will be decided by a draw of lots.

The winners will be announced at an awards presentation on Friday, December 19.

So don’t delay, get voting today and help make a difference to your community.

To vote in our Grab a Grant competition, click VOTE