Soham Carnival (Soham Benevolent Association

28/09/2026

A very special thank you to Alison and Mollie and all your staff from The Ship, Soham.

For so many years, you have generously run the b**r tent at Soham Carnival, then hosted our beneficiaries’ evenings afterwards.

Your support, time and generosity have meant so much to us, and we are incredibly grateful for everything they have done over the years.

From everyone at the Soham Benevolent Association, thank you for all the memories, laughter and support.

Wishing you both every happiness and all the very best for the future and look forward to welcoming you to next year's Soham Carnival in a different capacity.

Cheers to you both!

28/08/2026

What a beautiful email to have land in your inbox. Thank you Ely Foodbank for the email. And you are so welcome, it's lovely to see what the money goes to and to know what it means to you and all your families.

26/08/2026

26/08/2026

On July 7th the Carnival Committee met at The Ship, Soham to hold their Beneficiary evening. Here is the full list of charities and organisations who all received donations.

Ely Foodbank £1500
Jigsaw Magazine £250
Cambridge Acorn Project £250
Bumbly Bees £250
St Andrews C of E restoration £500 PosAbility £200
Synergy majorettes £150
KD Academy £100
Soham Scouts and Guide Hut £100
Friends of Soham Village College £250
Friends of Soham Lodge £200
Soham Community Association £250
Soham North Chapel £100
Soham Mens shed £150
RBL Soham £150
Hedgehogs Corner £250
Soham Community Monday Club £100
Soham Over 60's £150
K*k Sool Won - Soham £150
Soham Army Cadets £150
Twilight Tuesday WI - Soham £150
Soham Comrades Band £150
Soham Windmills Playgroup £250
jam sandwich Club £150
The Shade Primary school £150
The Weatheralls Primary school £200
Crescent Ammenities Fund £150

24/07/2026

10/07/2026

So deserving Tia!

08/07/2026

Last night the committee met at the Ship along with our beneficiaries. We handed out just over £6000 in donations to over 20 local charities.
Thank you so much for all your hard work you all do within Soham. And thank you to everyone who donated money on the day of the carnival. Without you local groups and charities wouldn't be able to provide the wonderful work they do.

30/06/2026

We are thrilled to share the band line-up for our upcoming B**r and Music Festival.

This year we are also excited to share that we will also have the The Little Mobile Bar Company with their Gin and Prosecco horse box throughout the festival.

30/06/2026

We now just 2 weeks away from our B**r and Music Festival. We've listened ....

- we have an AMAZING range of b**rs and ciders
- we have an AMAZING line-up of bands
- we have a small selection of rides for younger children (less than 10 yrs)
- we have a face painter (saturday)
- we have b**rs and ciders available as usual
- we have cold l***r
- we have the lovely Alison from Gin & Prosecco serving a range of other drinks.
- we have soft drinks
- we will have alcohol free b**r (limited supply)
- we are re-looking at our selection of wines (red, white and rose)
- we have the greek van food which was highly popular in previous years
- we have The Forge serving a range of loaded fries
- we have Herbies Food van serving burgers of your choice.

what we cannot change :
- we can only make this event viable by charging entry. every year our costs increase from year to year. We are a charity raising money for local charities. 100% of monies raised (after costs remove) goes to local charities.
- the fencing remains in place this year due to our alcohol and events license (sorry!).

The weather forecast at the moment is looking ideal at mid 20's C and no rain (subject to change beyond our control!). Let's make this the best ever for soham and the most money raised going to local charities.

18/06/2026

What would you like to see next year at the carnival? We have a few ideas but would like to hear what you want.
We are thinking, petting zoo, foam party for the children, wrestling matches, face painting, stilt walkers, circus acts... What else can we add?