Hi everyone - I have finally got my head around this - this is the code that eventually worked: 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use FindBin qw( $Bin );
use lib "$Bin/../lib";
use Data::Dumper::Concise;
use TopTable::Maketext;
use Config::ZOMG;
use Path::Class::Dir;

my $tt_config = Config::ZOMG->new( name => 'TopTable' );
my $config_hash = $tt_config->load;

my (@locales, %inhertiance, $config);
$config = $config_hash->{I18N}{locales};
foreach my $locale (keys %$config) {
  push(@locales, $locale);
  $inhertiance{$locale} = $config->{$locale}{inherits} if defined $con
+fig->{$locale}{inherits};
}

my $dir = Path::Class::Dir->new( "$Bin/..", "root", "locale" );
TopTable::Maketext->load_lexicon(
  locales => \@locales,
  directories => [$dir],
  gettext_style => 1,
  inheritance => \%inhertiance,
);

my $lang = TopTable::Maketext->get_handle( "en_GB" );
printf "%s\n", $lang->maketext( "menu.title.league-tables", "Division 
+Three" );

1;

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This gives the correct value of: 
League Tables for Division Three

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Thank you for putting up with me spamming here!

In reply to Re: Catalyst: accessing maketext from a model by mkchris
in thread Catalyst: accessing maketext from a model by mkchris

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