President: Mr Colin Fordham
Chairman: Mr Kim Botting
Website: www.carnival.soham.org.uk
E-Mail:
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Tel: 01353 624493
Proceeds will be donated to local charities, organisations and groups based within Soham
Enter a Carnival Parade Float!
Brighten & colour the streets of Soham with a Carnival Parade Float at this years Soham Carnival & Heavy Horse Show 2013. There is no set theme for the parade. Local schools, clubs & businesses in the surrounding area are most welcome to enter. There will be prize money and trophies to be won in a number of categories, such as: Best Club Float, Best School Float, Best Newcomer Float, Best Youth Organisation Float, Best Business Float and Best Float of the Day. All non-prize winning entries will receive £25 for taking part. For more information on how to enter or for help in finding transportation and a trailer please Telephone: 01353 624493 or alternatively E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
How to Book a Stall at the Carnival?
If your organisation or business would like to hold a stall at this years Soham Carnival on 27th May 2013, please send your organisation/business name, contact name, telephone number & e-mail address either by post to: Mr Kim Botting, 44 Martins Close, Soham, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5ES or via E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . To ensure confirmation that your stall has been booked, please apply no later than Monday 29th April 2013. The cost of each stall is £15 or £10 for a pitch (if you want to provide your own). Please make cheques payable to ‘Soham Benevolent Association’. To download a stall booking form please click on the links below:-
60th Soham Carnival & Heavy Horse Show 2013 - Stall Booking Form
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60th Soham Carnival & Heavy Horse Show 2013 - Stall Booking Form
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How to Nominate 'Soham Townsperson of the Year 2013
To nominate an unsung hero who you think deserves to be 'Soham Townsperson of the Year 2013 please Telephone 01353 624493 or E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. your name, postal address, telephone number and/or e-mail address and the person you would like to nominate and why you think they deserve to win.
Please Help to Sponsor the Heavy Horse Show 2013
Soham Benevolent Association, the organisers of Soham Carnival & Heavy Horse are currently looking for sponsorship for its popular Heavy Horse Show. The event costs around £2,000 to stage, but sponsorship could be as little as £100 to sponsor a class. If your business would like to help, there will be an opportunity to place an advertising banner or company logo on the main show ground as well as having your company listed as an official sponsor on all the showground posters and programmes which are distributed freely to everyone on the day. If your business would be willing to help, please Telephone: 01353 624493 or alternatively E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your company details and the amount you would like to sponsor.
Would your organisation benefit from some of the proceeds of the Carnival?
Each year, the proceeds from the Soham Carnival & Heavy Horse Show are donated to worthy causes within the Soham area. The Carnival Committee are now looking for applications from local organisations and community groups who wish to benefit. If you are interested in applying, please either write to: Mr Kim Botting, 44 Martins Close, Soham, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5ES or alternatively E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. outlining the work you do and what any additional funding will be used for.
A Brief History of The Soham Benevolent Association
The Soham Benevolent Association was formed in 1954 after the success of the first ever Soham Carnival & Heavy Horse Show which was held in 1953 to celebrate the Queen's coronation. The long standing aim of the Association has been to provide a great day out for all the family by organising the annual event whilst also raising funds for local charities. The Carnival was originally held on Whit Bank Holiday Monday which has now been transformed into Spring Bank Holiday Monday, the last Monday in May each year. It has the traditional atmosphere of a country show and the venue, the Recreation Ground, is a particularly pleasant setting.
Over the years since 1953 the entertainment has varied considerably and many thousands of pounds have been donated to a wide range of deserving local causes to benefit the whole community. These include Papworth, Addenbrookes and Newmarket Hospitals, East Anglian Children's Hospices, Arthur Rank Hospice, Soham Staploe Medical Centre, Magpas, Soham Swimming Pool, Ross Peer's Sports Centre, St. Andrew's Primary School, The Weatheralls Primary School, Soham Village College, St. John Ambulance Soham Combined Division, Soham Scouts & Guides, Soham Holiday Playscheme, Soham Association of Commerce & Trade Christmas Light Fund, Chernobyl Children Lifeline East Cambridgeshire Link, Soham Museum Project, Soham On-Line Community Website and many, many more.
The SBA provided the money to pay for the children’s play equipment on the Recreation Ground as well as the Town signs located at Downfields and Townsend, which were made by staff and students from Soham Village College. Golden Jubilee Mugs were given to pupils who attended all the Soham Schools in 2002 and a syringe driver was presented to Nurses from Soham, Fordham and Isleham in memory of Jack and Margaret Ennion, Jack having been a founder member and President for many years.
Grace Elizabeth Peeling passed away on Sunday 10th June 2007, after an extremely tragic, short illness. She was 26 years old and very much in the prime of her life. Her cremation took place on Friday 22nd June 2007 and was a private family service and ceremony.
Grace and her elder sister Siobhan were both students at Soham Village College. Their mother, Elaine was a Governor there for many years, and along with her husband Fred, retired recently from full time teaching at Bottisham Village College. At the time of her death Grace was studying for an MA in Education at Brunel University in London. Her specific area of interest was Special Needs Education with particular reference to Autism and Asperger Syndrome. Following a Degree in Installation Art at Huddersfield University, Grace worked for two years in the Supportive Education Department at Cambridge Regional College prior to starting her MA at Brunel University.
If you knew her you would know that Grace was a wonderful, angelic person who loved to live life to the full and certainly did way beyond her years. Her charming and energetic personality won her many friends at school and beyond. The hundreds of sympathy cards that have been received by her family are evidence of that and she will be missed by so many people.
If you would like to make any kind of donation, The Peeling family would prefer you to donate to The Grace Peeling Memorial Fund & Library overseen and run Red2Green.
Red2Green is a registered charity which runs projects across Cambridgeshire providing leisure, educational and work opportunities for over 600 people with a wide range of disabilities, including mental health problems, learning disabilities, sensory impairments, physical disability and social communication disorders.
In the early days of Red2Green, Grace was a volunteer for the organisation and throughout her life she felt for those whom society often rejects. The Grace Peeling Memorial Fund exists to support Red2Green clients with Autism Spectrum Disorders to move towards independence. Clients can apply to the fund at any time for money to support their journey to independent living. For example, the fund could buy a suit for a client to attend a job interview, pay for a course or pay travel costs.
The Grace Peeling Memorial Library contains books, both fact and fiction, about Autistic Spectrum Disorders. The library is run by and for Aspirations clients to aid their understanding about themselves. The fund and library were set up by the family and friends of Grace Peeling from money donated at her funeral and the generosity of Grace's family and friends means that the fund will exist as a permanent memorial to her.
Cheques should be made out to Red2Green and have 'Grace' written on the back.
Red2Green, Harvey's Barn, Park End, Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridge, CB25 0NA
Forever A True Friend
Christopher Scurrah
Grace dearly loved the town of Soham and it's residents and she will be missed by so many people here
As a tribute to her, Soham On-Line Community Website is now dedicated to the memory of Grace Peeling
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