FUNDS raised at this year?s Tavistock Carnival were presented to a variety of charities at a ceremony in the town?s Alexander Centre.

Carnival organisers Tavistock Lions Club gave their main donation, £2,500, to Devon Air Ambulance. Club president Graham Ugle is pictured handing the cheque to air ambulance representative Lyn Paver. Also shown with members is town mayor Norma Woodcock.

Other organisations to benefit were: Abbey Surgery £250; Buckland Monachorum Pre School Group (Maxwells) £100; Children with Leukaemia (Pethick Transport) £100; Dartmoor Rescue Group £100; Fire Services Benevolent Fund £100; Friends of St Eustachius £100; Friends of the Wharf £100; Gulworthy Primary School £100; Lamerton Primary School and Little Lambs? Playgroup £100; Molly Owen Centre (Hayward Transport) £100; Mrs N Richards (visiting Pensilva queen) £25; Mrs R Wilkins (visiting Bere Alston queen) £25; Police Benevolent Fund £100; Princetown carnival committee (visiting queen) £25; Princetown School PTA and Pre-School and Playgroup £100; Robey Trust £100; St Peter?s Junior School £200; St Rumon?s Church of England Infants School £100; Tavistock and District guides £100; Tavistock Area Support Group (ring and ride) £100; Tavistock Hockey Club £100; Tavistock muscular dystrophy £100; Tavistock Musical Theatre Co £100; Tavistock Rugby Club £100; Tavistock Rugby Club (Langdons Transport) £100; Tavistock Under 5s £100; The Margaret Green Foundation (Market Inn) £100; Woodside Animal Welfare Trust £50; Youthwize £100.