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)