A year of success for Marple Carnival 50-50 Club!
Saturday 21st June should have been Marple Carnival Day but unfortunately not this year, in 2025, due to the new Community Hub that is being built in Memorial Park. Apart from the Carnival being a great fun day for everybody, the money collected during the Carnival Parade is always used to support local community groups - funds that would have been sorely missed by many of them this year.
Thankfully however, in July 2024 we launched the Marple Carnival 50-50 Community Fund. Over the last 12 months this has enabled us to continue supporting many local groups with monthly donations. On what would have been Carnival Day 2025 we were delighted to round off the first year by donating £180 to New Horizons to help 'keep them afloat' from the 50-50 Club Fund.
Presentation to New Horizons by Marple Carnival Community Fund on 21 June 2025
Other groups that have benefitted since last July are: Mellor Country House, Friends of Etherow Park, Dragon Miniature Railway, The Garden House, Friends of Chadkirk Chapel, Marple Dementia Drop In, Art Stop CIC, Autisk, Compstall Cricket Club, Marple Men in Sheds and Marple Bridge Association. The total donated in the year is a fantastic £1955! See below for more details.
Being a member of the 50-50 club gives you the chance to win some money in our monthly draw as well as helping to support many local groups with much needed funds. Please visit our 50-50 Club Page for information about how it works and how to sign up.
June 2025 Award:
£175 to Marple Bridge Association
Marple Carnival 50 50 Community Fund were proud to present a donation of £175 to the Marple Bridge Association to help them with the cost of plants etc, to improve the ambience of the Town Street area.
May 2025 Award:
£175 to Compstall Cricket Club
Marple Carnival 50 50 Community Fund were proud to present a donation of £175 to Compstall Cricket Club to help them with their efforts to improve the outdoor community seating area.
April 2025 Award:
£175 to Marple Men in Sheds
Marple Carnival 50 50 Community Fund were proud to donate £175 to Marple Men in Sheds to help with the costs of providing the many beautiful planters that you see around the town. They do a great job for the community.
March 2025 Award:
£175 to Art Stop CIC
Marple Carnival 50 50 Community Fund are proud to have helped to fund the beautiful art installation in the passageway by the side of Iceland and Super-Drug. It's the brainchild of Tracy McGuinness-Kelly from Art Stop Studio based in the Goyt Mill.
Please go and have a look yourselves, you will love it!
February 2025 Award:
£175 to Marple Autisk Group
On Saturday 8 March the Marple Carnival 50 50 Community Fund donated £175 to the Marple Autisk Group, who meet on a monthly basis at Marple Con & Social Club, providing great support and fun things to do, for autistic children and those with special educational needs (SEND). It's very family orientated and a great asset to our community.
January 2025 Awards
Community Fund Awards totalling £435 were made in January:
Marple Carnival 50 50 Community Fund were proud to award donations of £145 each to 3 more local groups.
The pictures below show Community Fund organiser Kevin Murray presenting the donations to The Garden House, which will help them to operate this great community asset. To Marple Dementia Drop-In, who meet every Friday in Marple Sports Club to support local families impacted by dementia, and to Friends of Chadkirk Chapel, who do a fantastic job. A visit to this beautiful local asset is well worth it, and you can enjoy a drink and a piece of cake while you're there!
October 2024 Awards
Community Fund Awards totalling £465 were made in October:
Marple Carnival 50 50 Community Fund were proud to present donations of £155 to each of 3 local groups.
The pictures below show Sharon, from Mellor Country House, Brian, from Dragon Miniature Railway at Dobbies Garden Centre, and some of the volunteers from Friends of Etherow all receiving their donations from Community Fund organiser Kevin Murray.
