Fund Raising

Although the future of the carnival is still in the balance, members of the Ryde Carnival Association have been working very hard behind the scenes to raise funds towards future carnivals.  From Games Nights to selling advertising space in our programme we are raising awareness in the Ryde community that if things don’t get better the carnival will disappear into oblivion.

Our chairperson Mel Payn ran a games night at her house which raised £85.00. 

The 60s and 70s Nostalgia Night on the 31st May was a big hit with the local community, we raised £390. We would like to thank our sponsors for the evening The Ryde Castle Hotel, who hosted the event.

After another successful sponsored “Bag Pack” at Ryde Somerfield’s on 28th June raised £500 for the Ryde Carnival Association funds. Five members of the committee worked very hard again from 10.00am that morning until 4.00pm packing shoppers bags for them, we would like to thank everyone who donated money for the work carried out.

Our publicity officer Claire Kay has been able to secure 17 adverts from local companies in Ryde and beyond. These businesses have enabled us to cover the full production costs of this years’ Programme without using money from our budget for this year. By purchasing these adverts these local companies are showing their support for this wonderful event. The Ryde Carnival Association in support for these businesses have added their businesses to our route map and are giving them 12 months Free advertising on the website, this is the Associations way of thanking these businesses for their continued support.

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