✨ What a wonderful Maldon Carnival! ✨
Following the much-loved tradition, Maldon Carnival brought our community together once again for a truly memorable celebration. The illuminated procession lit up the streets with dazzling floats, colourful costumes, music and fantastic community spirit.
A huge thank you to everyone who took part, helped organise the carnival or came along to support it. You made this year’s celebration so special! 💛 🎆
🏆 Celebrating Our Carnival Day Winners
What a fantastic Carnival Day in Maldon! The town was filled with colour, music and community spirit as everyone came together to celebrate this much-loved tradition.
A huge congratulations to all our winners. Your creativity, hard work and enthusiasm helped make the day extra special, and we’re so proud of everyone who took part.
We’d also like to thank every participant, volunteer, supporter and visitor who helped make Carnival Day such a wonderful occasion. Whether you took part, cheered from the sidelines or helped behind the scenes, you’re all part of what makes Maldon Carnival so special.
🏆 Most Enthusiastic
Congratulations once again to all our winners—and thank you for helping us celebrate our amazing town! 💛
🎄 Join Us for Christmas Bingo
Get into the festive spirit with Maldon Carnival’s Christmas Bingo nights! Bring your family and friends for an evening of bingo, prizes and Christmas cheer. There’ll be a raffle, tea and coffee, and you’re welcome to bring your own nibbles.
Bingo at Maldon
Market Hill, Maldon, CM9 4PZ
Bingo starts at 7:30pm
Bingo at Great Totham
1 Maldon Road, CM9 8NH
Bingo starts at 7:30pm
Includes entry, plus the middle and end flyers.
Come along, enjoy the fun and help support Maldon Carnival!
🎅 Maldon Carnival Santa’s Grotto 🎄
Come along and enjoy some festive family fun at Maldon Carnival’s Santa’s Grotto! Meet and greet Santa, write a letter to him, and enjoy Christmas activities and card making.
Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ
There’ll also be tea, coffee, hot chocolate, hot dogs and cold drinks available.
£7.50 for each sibling
For enquiries, contact Christine on 07724 371775.
We look forward to seeing you for a magical Christmas visit! ✨
Friends & Neighbours Essex
Connecting care homes
and communities
In Maldon, we have strong engagement with 19 care homes. Our initiatives bring residents, care home staff and the local community together through shared experiences and lasting relationships.
- Care homes engaged in Maldon
- 19
- Resident participations in 2025
- 3,482
- Planned events in 2025
- 248
- Christmas gifts delivered in Maldon in 2025
- Over 800
In 2025, our initiatives enhanced residents’ lives across 248 planned events. The 3,482 total includes residents who took part in more than one activity; it is not a count of unique residents.
Our initiatives
From cake and conversation to adventures beyond the care home, our initiatives create opportunities to connect.
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Bake Offs
We organise care homes to host and visit one another for cake-themed entertainment and socialising.
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Wishing Washing Line
We advertise residents’ wishes in the Tesco superstore in Maldon. The community then grants as many of these wishes as they can.
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GrandFriends
We develop relationships between childminders and care homes, building lasting intergenerational relationships between care home residents and early years children.
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Fitness
We gift seated exercise classes to care homes. These help staff learn how to further support residents’ wellness and allow residents to improve strength and dexterity.
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Walk and Talk
We arrange transport and venues so residents can go on an adventure. Transport is a real obstacle for care homes, and we overcome that barrier for them.
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Ice Cream
During the warmer months, we coordinate visits from ice cream vans for residents to enjoy.
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Seasonal parties
We host Easter, Summer, Halloween and Christmas parties. These seasonal celebrations are well loved by everyone.
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Christmas Gifts
We display a gift tag for every care home resident in Maldon so Tesco customers can buy a gift. In 2025, for Maldon alone, we delivered over 800 gifts in time for Christmas.
Relationships that make a difference
All of our initiatives reduce the feelings of loneliness and isolation that care home residents may experience. We encourage the local community to be part of residents’ lives and build relationships wherever possible.
We support care home staff with a network of like-minded people to share ideas and concerns with.
We are a needs-led charity which prides itself on acting on the wants and needs of the most precious generation.
Supporting our community
Support Maldon Fire Fighters Charity
Please support Maldon Fire Fighters Charity and help those who dedicate their lives to keeping our community safe.
Every donation makes a meaningful difference to firefighters and their families.
There is still time to be part of this year’s carnival procession, whether as a volunteer or participant. To join the procession, please complete a procession form. If you can help on the day, please contact Keith on 07814 732256 or Christine on 07724 371775.
Carnival Procession
The procession starts at the junction of
Cross Road and Fambridge Road at 6.pm
The procession travels up Fambridge Road, into the High Street.
The Courts Majorettes and Bands will finish in Lower Plume and
The floats will disperse in Cross Road.
Parking is available at Promenade Park, Butt Lane Car Park,
White Horse Lane, or High Street East.
Limited hard parking spaces available in the prom car park.
Council offices have limited parking.
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