Cherry Lodge Cancer Care fundraisers continue to put on an interesting and succesful range of events, getting 2024 off to an excellent start with the Summer Soulstice/Cherry Lodge Heart & Soul Ball on 17th February. This was followed, on Friday 23rd February, by the first Arkley Club Cha Night of the year. Iris’s Easter Flower Arranging Workshop, held on Thursday 21st March 2024 at Barnet Grange Care Home, was very much enjoyed. Thankfully, the weather stayed dry for the Cherry Lodge Easter Sponsored Walk ‘n’ Talk event in Oakhill Park on Sunday 24th April 2024.
Next up for CL fundraisers is the 2024 tcs London Marathon on Sunday 21st April. We have seven runners taking part to raise money for Cherry Lodge – please sponsor them as generously as you can. Summer Soulstice is holding a festival Warm-Up event at the Black Horse pub, Barnet on Saturday 4th May 2024, with soulful beats from 4pm until midnight, wood-fired pizza and cocktails. Enjoy a fantastic comedy line-up at Laugh out Loud on Saturday 11th May 2024. Thinking further ahead, tickets are available via this link for Summer Soulstice 2024, to be held on Saturday 15th June.
From coffee mornings and lunches to running events and bike rides, there is a whole range of activities you can enjoy while also supporting Cherry Lodge.
On this page of the website you can see our events programme presented in two different ways. Use the drop-down menu immediately below this text to select either ‘Agenda’ (an interactive list with dates, which is the default option) or ‘Month’ (an interactive calendar that shows the planned events month by month). Each of these options provides an overview of our scheduled events.
You can find out more detailed information about an event in the following ways. If you are using the Agenda view, click on an event to see a display box and a Read More button to take you to the event page, where you will find full details including a map. If you are using the Monthly Calendar, hover your cursor over an event date to see a display box and then click to go to the event page.
Jun
23
Sat
Buy your Summer Soulstice 2018 tickets now to avoid disappointment! Tickets for this annual festival of soulful music and family fun are expected to sell out ahead of the day – and there will be no tickets available to buy at the gates!
Click here for the link to buy tickets. Currently available to buy online are Event Only etickets costing £36 or £1.50 for Under 13s. Limited Camp Soulstice Add-On etickets are also available at £18 per night (£12 for Under 13s). All prices include VAT but exclude booking fees.
Visit the Summer Soulstice website to read about this year’s main-stage artists: The Real Thing, S.E.L/Soulful Emma-Louise, Howard Johnson and Daisy Hicks. There will also be 30+ DJs in three arenas of music, with some of them already announced.
Since the first festival in 2007, Summer Soulstice events have raised an amazing £262,200 for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care – a wonderful way for the Soulstice crew to remember their friend Andy Weekes and to raise funds to provide information and support services for people affected by cancer.
Please visit the Summer Soulstice website for full information about this year’s event, to find out the back story, and to enjoy photos and film from previous years.
Jun
27
Wed
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care is pleased to present our annual midsummer lunch and entertainment for ladies. This event will take place at Old Fold Manor Golf Club on Wednesday 27th June 2018.
Tickets (in advance only) cost £34 per person and are available from Tina on 020 8441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk. Drinks will be offered from 1pm with lunch starting at 1.30pm.
The ticket price includes a welcome drink, an excellent two-course meal in attractive surroundings, musical accompaniment from top pianist Paul Jaffa, and an amusing after-lunch talk “In the Footsteps of a Wedding Toastmaster” by guest speaker James Higgs.
These popular ladies lunches are an excellent opportunity to get together with friends to have a good time and help raise funds for Cherry Lodge’s many services.
Jun
30
Sat
Enjoy a great day out with all your family at Meadow Park, Borehamwood on Saturday 30th June 2018. There will be free fairground rides, arena acts, refreshments and lots more! This fun-filled Families Day is part of Elstree and Borehamwood’s Annual Civic Festival.
Please come along to the Cherry Lodge Cancer Care stall, which will be manned by cheerful staff and volunteers from our Borehamwood shop. There will be lots of items for sale at just £1 each, a well stocked general tombola and a teddy tombola for the kids. Please help us raise much needed money to provide free information and support services for local people affected by cancer, including family members and carers.
Jul
7
Sat
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care invites you to enjoy ‘A Taste of the Caribbean’ on Saturday 7th July 2018 from 7.30pm to 11.30pm. Do come along and party in Norman and Myra’s lovely spacious home at The Avenue in Potters Bar.
This is a ticket-only event. Tickets cost £22 and include a welcome rum punch, hot buffet and dancing to the sounds of the Caribbean. There will be prizes for the best Caribbean costumes.
For tickets please contact Myra on 01707 664322 or Tina on 020 8441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancare.org.uk
The Caribbean food will be by Panda Berry, North Finchley and the music by Matt C at MegaSounds.
Jul
12
Thu
Shocked by news of the burglary at Soulstice HQ, The Highstone Dance Academy is putting on a fundraising Danceathon to recoup some of the stolen money. The event, from 4pm to 6.30pm on Thursday 12th July 2018, is being held in association with the Coffee Bean coffee shop and with permission from The Spires, Barnet.
The Highstone Dance Academy is a large dance school based in Hadley Highstone, High Barnet. Dancers from the school have always opened Summer Soulstice with a dance performance and the school has a big connection with the fundraisers at Soulstice.
At the Danceathon, pupils from the Highstone Dance Academy will be doing a non stop dance marathon under the guidance of their teachers.
All proceeds of the afternoon will go to the Soulstice Crowd Funding page to replace some of the stolen £45,000+ and consequently will help Cherry Lodge Cancer Care to continue to provide its valuable cancer information and support services completely free of charge to people affected by cancer, including family members and carers. The Coffee Bean have also agreed to donate their proceeds from the event.
If you have any time to spare between 4pm and 6.30pm on Thursday 12th July, do please go along to The Spires to watch the dancers and make a donation. Donations can be made to the Highstone Dance Academy or put in the box on the counter in the Coffee Bean.
Jul
15
Sun
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care has several runners taking part in the Virgin Sport British 10K in London on Sunday 15th July 2018. This is a fun event and a great way to raise funds for Cherry Lodge’s much needed cancer information and support services.
Running for us in this event will be:
James Pepe
Tim Whiting
Victoria Pepe Whiting
Please sponsor our runners as generously as you can.
This year’s iconic race will start on Piccadilly, take in Piccadilly Circus, a run up and down Regent Street, along Pall Mall to St James’s Palace, Trafalgar Square, Charing Cross Road, along the Strand and Embankment to Westminster Bridge, across the bridge and back, past the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey, down Victoria Street and back to finish in Whitehall.
This will be a great day out for runners and spectators alike, featuring a very British Street Party with music at every kilometre point along the route. Why not make plans to go into town, enjoy the fun and cheer on our runners.
Please contact Tina on 020 8441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk for more information.
Aug
26
Sun
On Bank Holiday Sunday, 26th August 2018, there are some big reasons for supporters of Cherry Lodge Cancer Care to go to Barnet’s Black Horse pub:
• ENJOY an 8-hour-long, free session of soulful grooves, funky jams and bank holiday beats with DJ’s Double J, Jester Groove, James Anthony, Mr. Green and guests. (More information on the Summer Soulstice website.)
• SHOW your appreciation of all the hard work put in by the Soulstice Crew to make this year’s Summer Soulstice festival such a great success. (Click here for photo gallery.)
• THANK the Soulstice Crew for their ongoing support and dogged determination not to let the burglary and loss of £45,000 stop them in their tracks.
• CELEBRATE the success of Summer Soulstice’s crowdfunding initiative and the generosity of hundreds of donors who have helped compensate for the stolen money and are helping Cherry Lodge Cancer Care continue to provide its much needed, free information and support services.
• CHEER when the Soulstice Crew hand over their 2018 Big Payback cheque, scheduled to take place between 5.30 and 6.30pm when the Mayor of Barnet, Reuben Thompstone, will be present.
Sep
1
Sat
Amanda and Charlie are raising money for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care in memory of Nicola Bretherton, who was a member of Cherry Lodge. On 1st September 2108 they will be taking part in a 50k TrekFest Challenge in the Peak District National Park, including the summit of Kinder Scout (636m; 2,087ft).
Click here to access Amanda and Charlie’s JustGiving page, where you can read their story, find out why they are fundraising for Cherry Lodge, and make a donation. Please support them as generously as possible – 50k (31 miles) over hilly terrain is a long way to walk in a day!
Sep
8
Sat
Update: Thank you to everyone who has shown their support for this event, which is now SOLD OUT.
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care will be holding its 2018 Autumn Quiz on Saturday 8th September. This event is expected to sell out well ahead of the date, so book now to avoid disappointment!
The venue is Mary Immaculate & St Peter’s Church Hall, 63 Somerset Road, New Barnet, EN5 1RF. Doors will open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Tickets cost £14 per person (including supper) and the maximum number of people per team is eight. All tickets must be pre-booked; no tickets will be sold on the night. There will be a licensed cash bar (no bring your own) and also a raffle.
This Autumn Quiz night presents a great opportunity to have fun with friends, answer (or attempt to answer) a range of interesting questions, enjoy a fish ‘n’ chips or vegetarian supper – and raise money to help fund Cherry Lodge’s much needed cancer information and support services. For information and tickets, please contact Tina on 020 8441 7000 or email Tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk.
Sep
13
Thu
Alan Cox Associates will be holding their 9th Annual Charity Golf Day on Thursday 13th September 2018. As previously, the event will be held at Hadley Wood Golf Club and all proceeds will go to local charities: Cherry Lodge Cancer Care, Noah’s Ark Hospice, and Barnet OAPS Christmas Lunch. This is sure to be a fantastic day for all taking part.
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care thanks Alan Cox Associates for their ongoing support.
Sep
17
Mon
Summer Soulstice is putting on its first charity Golf Day on Monday 17th September 2018 at The Shire golf course on St Albans Road, just outside Barnet. This event has been set up to help recoup funds raised for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care at this year’s very successful Summer Soulstice festival in June and then stolen in the post-festival burglary.
This is a chance to play on a fantastic Masters course, designed by the late, great Seve Ballesteros. Most of the 100 spaces for players have already been snapped up but if you would like to play, please email Giles (gilespratt10@gmail.com) as soon as possible. Places cost £75 per head; £300 per team.
Please note that Google gives an incorrect post code for The Shire: the correct post code is EN5 4RE.
Sponsor a hole: If you or your business would like to sponsor a hole (£100 each) or donate an auction prize, please email Tina or phone her on 020 8441 7000.
Click on the image below to enlarge and read the full programme for the day.
Sep
30
Sun
On Sunday 30th September 2018, Shannon Carling will be taking part in the Ealing Half Marathon to raise money for Cherry Lodge Cancer. Please sponsor her as generously as you can via her JustGiving fundraising page.
The Ealing Half Marathon, now in its seventh year, is a mass participation event held on fully closed roads. The 13.1 mile race will be run in a single lap, starting in Lammas Park (Ealing W5 5JH) and taking in parts of Central Ealing, Montpelier, Pitshanger, West Ealing, Hanwell and St Stephen’s before returning to Lammas Part for the finish.
Oct
3
Wed
Kate Burdett (aka Murphy), a member of Cherry Lodge Cancer Care, has signed up for a novel fundraising challenge to thank Cherry Lodge for its ongoing support (see her story below).
During a two-week period starting on 10th October 2018 (a week later than originally planned), Kate is undertaking a ‘Channel Challenge’ involving swimming 22 miles at her local swimming pool – a distance equivalent to crossing the English Channel! Please visit Kate’s JustGiving page to sponsor her and raise funds to help Cherry Lodge Cancer Care continue its good work.
Kate’s Story
“As many of you are aware I have battled cancer and am currently winning! After lots of surgery I have what will hopefully be the last big one coming up next year and want to give something back while I’m fit and able before the big op. Cherry Lodge in Barnet is an independent cancer charity who have supported me since my initial diagnosis and continue to do so.
As a thank you I am raising money for them by completing a Channel Challenge in October which will involve swimming 22 miles over a two week period at my local pool. I hope you are able to support me and this wonderful charity! Many thanks x”
Oct
10
Wed
Kate Burdett (aka Murphy), a member of Cherry Lodge Cancer Care, has signed up for a novel fundraising challenge to thank Cherry Lodge for its ongoing support (see her story below).
During a two-week period starting on 10th October 2018 (a week later than originally planned), Kate is undertaking a ‘Channel Challenge’ involving swimming 22 miles at her local swimming pool – a distance equivalent to crossing the English Channel! Please visit Kate’s JustGiving page to sponsor her and raise funds to help Cherry Lodge Cancer Care continue its good work.
Kate’s Story
“As many of you are aware I have battled cancer and am currently winning! After lots of surgery I have what will hopefully be the last big one coming up next year and want to give something back while I’m fit and able before the big op. Cherry Lodge in Barnet is an independent cancer charity who have supported me since my initial diagnosis and continue to do so.
As a thank you I am raising money for them by completing a Channel Challenge in October which will involve swimming 22 miles over a two week period at my local pool. I hope you are able to support me and this wonderful charity! Many thanks x”
Oct
13
Sat
Thirty walkers (including two children and two dogs) will be raising money for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care by joining our group of participants at Trent Park, Cockfosters on Saturday 13th October 2018.
Our group will set off together to walk – or run if they like – the 5k course on the day of the North London Autumn 5k and 10k Run. This annual event at Trent Park is super friendly and a lot of fun. It is a great opportunity to get together with friends and family to take exercise and enjoy beautiful woods and parkland. There will be a Cherry Lodge picnic at the end of the walk.
For more information and tickets, please contact Tina on 020 8441 7000 or email Tina. As this is a fundraising event as well as an opportunity to enjoy yourself, Cherry Lodge is asking for a minimum sponsorship pledge of £50 per person.
The following people have set up JustGiving pages and would appreciate your support. Please click on their names to visit JustGiving and donate: Christine Butt; Nicola Harrison; Tina Papasavva; Gemma Patten.
