THE deadline is approaching to enter the Swindon Businesswomen's Breakfast Club Make It Happen awards this year.

The prize is up to £500 for women to help develop their career, for example by undertaking a qualification or a course.

SBBC also provides mentoring and throws a year's free club membership into the bargain.

Applicants must write down their current situation, their background and education, their plans for the next five years and how they are aiming to get there.

What difference the award would make must also be explained, and also why any help from employers, if any, is not enough to attain the goal.

Send applications to Maureen Inwards (SBBC), c/o Intergraph UK, Delta Business Park, Great Western Way, Swindon, SN5 7XP.

Applications should be no more than two sides of A4.