Somerset Carnivals are highly regarded as the largest illuminated procession in the world. The carnivals take place every November in Bridgwater, Burnham-on-Sea, Glastonbury, North Petherton, Shepton Mallet, Wells, and Weston-Super-Mare.

2023 will be Hillview Juvenile Carnival Club's 50th Anniversary of entering carts into this magnificent event. The club is run entirely by volunteers who give up their time and skills to provide an amazing show every year for the people of Somerset and beyond. We are one of only 2 Juvenile clubs left!

The whole Carnival experience gives our children amazing life skills, from helping out with the build, supporting fundraising and the resilience of performing on the cart for 2 hours at a time, often in very cold wet weather. It's something the whole family become involved in, and becoming part of the Carnival family/team.

It cost £000's every year to produce and run the cart, and is funded entirely through donations and sponsorship from individuals and local business' Fundraising over the past few years has been extremely difficult due to Covid, and with the ever increasing cost of materials, the pressure is on to raise as much as we can. One local long running club has already had to hand up their carnival hats this year, and we don't want this to happen to us.

We the committee, members and children of the club would be extremely grateful for any donations that you could share with us to support this year's build, and invite you to come and see our entry at one of the processions this November.