Our Charities

Our Chosen Charities & Local Good Causes

After receiving a huge number of applicants, we are delighted to share our chosen charities and local good causes that we will be donating to in 2025! Every year members of the these groups do their bit to contribute towards the success of Swanage Carnival, by helping behind the bar or shaking a bucket – there’s so many ways to support the South’s Premier Carnival and we couldn’t do it without them!

How To Donate

Our bucketeers will be out and about all week during events so don’t forget to bring along those coins you’ve been saving all year for Swanage Carnival. If you’ve gone cashless, there’s still plenty of ways in which you can donate! Scan the QR code on the collection buckets or on Carnival signage around the Showground.

Donations are already open for this years Carnival both on our App and on our website here:

Charities and local causes benefiting from our 2025 Carnival

  • Corfe Castle FC
  • Dementia Friendly Purbeck
  • Friends of MS Purbeck
  • Friends of Swanage Library
  • Girlguiding Swanage District HQ
  • Herston Village Hall
  • Lewis-Manning Hospice Care
  • Mount Scar Cygnets Playgroup
  • MYTIME Young Carers
  • National Coastwatch Institution (NCI)
  • PurbeckParkys (Parkinson’s Cafe)
  • Swanage Cricket Club
  • Swanage Linking Lives
  • Swanage Sea Rowing Club
  • Swanage Skatepark Community Project
  • Swanage Tennis Club junior fund
  • Swanage Town & Herston FC
  • The Dorset Deaf Children’s Society
  • The Lexi May Trust
  • Veterans Forge

Chairmans Charity : Swanage Disabled Club

Swanage Disabled Club is a local charity organisation who are trying to make things better for older disabled people in the Swanage area.

They do this through running clubs, outings and providing transport for groups. They offer transport for wheelchair users for both social and health-related appointments.

Annual Charity : Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance

Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is one of Swanage Carnival’s annual charities.  The charity was established to provide relief from sickness and injury for the people of Dorset and Somerset, by the provision of an air ambulance. The charity receives no direct funding from the Government or the National Lottery and relies on the generosity of the public and organisation such as Swanage Carnival for support. With operational costs of over £3.5 million a year and the approximate cost per mission of £3,000, our annual support helps maintain a vital service in our community.

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Swanage Community Defibrillator Partnership

The Swanage Community Defibrillator Partnership (SCDP) is a vital initiative aimed at enhancing health and safety in the Swanage and Purbeck areas of Dorset. This partnership, supported by local organizations, focuses on providing and maintaining strategically placed defibrillators for public use in emergencies. The SCDP also emphasizes community education by organizing awareness workshops to teach people how to respond in emergencies and use Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs). These efforts aim to empower residents and visitors with life-saving knowledge.

Our event sponsors

Elm Care
hklaw
Barratt Homes
York House Residential Care Home
Harlees Fish & Chips Ltd
The Cellar bar
Dream Cottages
Jurassic Doors
The Sandbanks Ferry
W&S Recycling
The Fish Plaice
Molson Coors
Langdale Boundary LLP
Jonathan Ross
The Grand Hotel
Granny Sallys Confectionary
Howdens
MKL
Purbeck Ice Cream
Dave Lucas
Ipconsult
Gerry and Jack Edwards
Norden Farm Shop and Campsite
Raspberry Rose
Swanage Spankers
Amber Bay
The Black Swan
Cost Cutter
Cumulus
Swanage Sparks
Moonfleet Cars
Curiosity
FiFi's
Swanage Beach kiosk
Swanage Foot Health Clinic
Puzey & Co
3D Security Systems ltd
Piggy John Entertainments
Corbens
Hull Gregson Hull
Innovation Unisex Hair & Beauty
Miles and. Son
The National Trust
Redhill Windows
Salo Creative
Surfari
Swanage Antiques
Sea Breeze
The Salt Pig
WPM Residential lettings
PJ Notley Ltd
W F Snook & Son
Faith Perkins
Keith Dixon
Our Local Hoteliers

Our supporters

ACO Security Consultants
Andy Knill
Barry Audley
Burnt Toast
BH Sound & Light
Country Foods
Derek Pattenson
Derek Smith
Dorset Council Services
Dorset Police
Dorset Police Marine Unit
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Rescue Service
Helen Ffitch
Isle of Purbeck Golf Club
Juice Broadband / Wide FM Ltd
Jurassic Events Medical Ltd
Land and Wave
Lucys Farm
Pier Head Watersports
Purbeck House Hotel
Samway's Scaffolding Services
Stage Light Sound Ltd
Swanage Bay Fish
Swanage Bowling Club
Swanage Coastguard
Swanage Conservative Club
Swanage Information Centre
Swanage Royal British Legion
Swanage Library
Swanage Lifeboat
Swanage Town Council
Travis Perkins
The Mowlem Showbar
Wessex Fire and Rescue Service
White Horse Inn
All our Programme Advertisers

And the many shops, traders and hotels who made donations to Swanage Carnival

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Raising thousands of pounds each year for our chosen charities and good causes

In 2024 Swanage Carnival celebrated another successful year, giving away a staggering £30,900 to 23 selected organisations. The donations were awarded at our annual presentation night and we have been delighted to learn how these hard raised funds have been put to great use in our community.

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