Each year, the mayor chooses to champion and raise funds for local charities.
This year, Mayor Maria Cleminson has chosen to support Abbey People, a community charity that works to improve the lives and wellbeing of Abbey residents. She also supports the Museum of Cambridge and the Museum of Technology.
Recent mayoral charities
- In 2025/26, Mayor Dinah Pounds supported the University of Cambridge’s Traumatic Brain Injury Research programme and Cambridge Living Streets
- In 2024/25, Mayor Baiju Thittala supported Cambridge Street Aid and Give us a Lift.
- In 2023/24, Mayor Jenny Gawthrope Wood supported the Red Hen Project and the Cambridge branch of Parkinson’s UK.
- In 2022/23, Mayor Mark Ashton supported Cambridge Aid and Romsey Mill.
- In 2020/21 and 2021/22, Mayor Russ McPherson supported Magpas Air Ambulance and SERV Suffolk & Cambridgeshire.
