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My Melton is a local campaign based in Melton Mowbray Leicestershire. The campaign focuses on improving and promoting the borough of Melton Mowbray for young adults aged 16-26.

Origin

My Melton was established on 19th February 2019, following BBC Newsbeat's Know Your Place report. The report, released on the 6th February 2019, stated that Melton Mowbray was the worst place to live in the UK if you are a young adult aged 16-26.

In lights to this criticism, the founder Kelly Davies arranged a meeting with former MP Alan Duncan and other young adults in the target age group to try and establish a dialogue between the government and locals.

Noteable Achievements

In September 2019, My Melton won the award for best community group/project at The Melton Times Best Of Melton Awards. Davies has also gone on to star in the channel 4 documentary series The Undateables with her episode airing on April 1st 2020.