Each year the Carnival donates its’ procession collection monies to groups who support our local community

2013 – focus: the groups who support the youngest in our community

• Sparrows playgroup
• Methodist mother and toddler
• Free church playgroup
• Sunbeams playgroup
• Brownies
• Mersea dance
• MIYPS

2014 – focus: the groups who support the eldest in our community

• 74 club
• Mersea Community Support
• Blind spot
• Mersea Island Bosom Pals
• Mersea judo club (chosen by the winners of the Window Competition – ShabbyAnd)
• Mersea Brownies (chosen by the winners of the Window Competition – Myrtle & Rose)

2015 – focus: the groups who support teenagers in our community

• Explorer Scouts
• Mersea Judo Club
• Kids Inspire
• Mersea Sea Scouts
• Mersea Junior Rugby Club
• Oyster Under 16’s football club
• 1st Mersea Guides
• Only Cowards Carry Weapons
• Alzheimer’s Society   (chosen by the winners of the Window Competition – Forget-Me-Not)