Events Programme
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.
We congratulate our six runners who successfully completed the 2024 tcs London Marathon on Sunday 21st April – there is still plenty of time to applaud their effort and 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. There will be another lively Cha Night at the Arkley Club on Friday 17th 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.
Tickets for this fabulous day of soulful music and family fun have now sold out. This is the fourth time in the last five years that the Summer Soulstice festival has been fully booked in advance – you were warned! Note that no tickets will be available to buy at the gates on the day, so if you don’t have a ticket already, please do not turn up.
Some 4,500 people will be gathering on Saturday 24th June 2017 for an amazing Main Stage line-up, featuring live performances by Shaun Escoffery, Steve Arrington, Aisling Iris and Push, plus 40 DJ’s and great entertainment for all the family.
Since the first festival in 2007, Summer Soulstice events have raised an amazing £215,000 for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care – a wonderful way for the Soulstice crew to remember their friend Andy Weekes and to raise funds to help 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.
Enjoy a great day out with all your family at Meadow Park, Borehamwood on Saturday 1st July 2017. There will be free fairground rides, arena acts, refreshments, Star Wars characters and a lot more! This action-packed 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 staff and volunteers from our Borehamwood shop. Help us to raise money for our important work while having some fun at the tombola. You will also find a good selection of merchandise on sale.
Barnet Bowls Club is supporting Cherry Lodge Cancer Care by inviting you to come along to the club for a free weekend taster lesson. This is a great chance to find out if lawn bowls is for you. Also, donations in support of Cherry Lodge will help fund our much appreciated local cancer information and support centre.
The venue is Barnet Bowls Club, Old Courthouse Park, Manor Close (off Wood Street).
Introductory lessons are being held from 1.30 pm on:
- Saturdays 20th and 27th May
- Sunday 11th June; Saturday 17th June
- Saturday 1st July
To book a place, please contact the coach: Chris Gale on 07746 381 506.
For more information please visit the Barnet Bowls Club website.
On Sunday 2nd July 2017, Cherry Lodge Cancer Care and Parkinson’s UK will be hosting a fundraising brunch at a beautiful private house and garden in Potters Bar. Please join us from 12.30pm for delicious food, complementary therapies, stalls, raffle and more.
Tickets, costing £15 per head including brunch, are on sale now from Cherry Lodge. Please call Tina on 020 8441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk to buy tickets and to obtain details about the venue.
Proceeds will be split between Cherry Lodge Cancer Care and Parkinson’s UK.
We are very pleased to advertise the Summer Festival of Barnet Parish Church, which will be taking place on Saturday 8th July 2017, from 12 noon to 4pm. All profits will be shared between St John the Baptist Church and Cherry Lodge Cancer Care.
There will be an opportunity to climb the church tower as well as a good range of activities on the church Green, including: a Bouncy Castle, Teddy Zip Wire, and Punch and Judy shows. For refreshment, there will be Beer supplied by The Mitre, a Pimms and Prosecco Tent, and soft drinks – and plenty to eat from the Hog Roast and BBQ.
The main sponsors are Ye Olde Mitre Inn, together with Statons and Santander as co-sponsors.
You are invited to an Evening of Poetry and Music, presented by Sarah Majid and Dennis Evans, on Saturday 22nd July 2017, starting at 6.30pm. The event will take place at Howard House and all proceeds will go to help Cherry Lodge Cancer Care continue to provide its many information and support services for people affected by cancer.
This promises to be a very enjoyable evening with an interesting programme of song and verse. Sarah Majid and friends will be singing a selection of unaccompanied songs in 3-part harmony, including popular Scottish and Irish folk songs and some sung arrangements of poems by Shelley and Rossetti. Dennis Evans, together several fellow poets, will be reading a varied selection of published poems and new poetry.
Entrance will cost £5 per person and all proceeds will be donated to Cherry Lodge Cancer Care.
The Captain of Finchley Golf Club has selected Cherry Lodge Cancer Care (and Muscular Dystrophy UK) to benefit from his Charity Golf Day, to be held, in conjunction with Pink Panthers, on 4th August 2017.
The event is open to all Finchley Golf Club members, guests and supporters of the Captain’s charities. This could be a great opportunity for non club members to try out a beautiful and challenging 18-hole, par 72, parkland course renowned for its pristine and fast greens.
The cost is £60 per person or £240 for a team entry – and there are still PLACES AVAILABLE!
This promises to be a great day, including:
- an optional early 9 holes
- buffet breakfast
- 18-hole team event
- carvery dinner
- great prizes and raffle
For entries or more information, please email secretary@finchleygolfclub.co.uk or peter.cansick@btconnect.com or call 020 8346 2436
Arrangements are now all in place for the 2017 Alan Cox Associates charity golf day at Hadley Wood Golf Club on 7th September 2017.
This special golf day is always a big draw and raises a lot of money for charity. As in previous years, Cherry Lodge Cancer Care will be a major beneficiary.
Please support Cherry Lodge Cancer Care and enjoy food, fun and frolics from 4-8pm on Sunday 17th September 2017. The event is being held at the North Enfield Conservative Club, 278 Baker Street, Enfield, EN1 3LD.
You will be able to: enjoy a yummy hot and cold buffet with lovely desserts; sing along with the King of Herts Chorus barber-shop choir, gaze in awe at the Roy ‘n’ Rita Latin Dance Spectacular; join the Charleston line dance after All That Jazz; and dance along with – or just listen to – our DJ for the evening.
Tickets cost £21 per person, from Tina. Call 020 84441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk
THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT – promises to be a great evening!
Invite your friends and come along to the Cherry Lodge Barn Dance at Arkley Village Hall on Saturday 14th October 2017. This is sure to be a fun-filled evening, to be enjoyed by those who love to dance and also those who might prefer just to listen and watch. Get into the spirit of things by wearing cowboy clothes – or simply smart casual if that suits you better.
All money raised will help Cherry Lodge Cancer Care continue to provide its many information and support services free of charge to anyone affected by cancer. Tickets cost £15 and include a ploughman’s supper (free for under 12s).
For information and tickets please contact Tina on 020 8441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk
October is national Breast Cancer Awareness month, which Cherry Lodge Cancer Care marks each year with its Pink Barrow Tombola in The Spires Shopping Centre in Barnet.
This year’s event will take place on Saturday 21st October from 11am until 4pm. Cherry Lodge Cancer Care will be helping raise awareness of breast cancer as well as raising money for our information and support services.
Please come along to The Spires and enjoy the fun. There will be lots of fabulous pink prizes to be won – and all you need do is to pick a ticket with a number ending in zero or five!
To help you look good in the new fashion season you are invited to come along to the Dawn Ledgard Autumn 2017 Clothes Sale. These popular seasonal sales offer a good value opportunity to buy from an extensive range of beautiful designer clothing, jewellery and accessories.
As usual, this sale will be held at the Hadley Wood Association Centre (behind the Tennis Club). As past customers know, buying here is much more convenient than a trip into the West End. It is also much more enjoyable and reliable than buying online. Why not bring a friend and take a break to chat over coffee?
Donations of £1 at the door, plus commission on sales, will be given to Cherry Lodge Cancer Care to help fund our valuable services for people affected by cancer.
Enjoy a Halloween themed evening of Brews and Soul at Barnet’s Black Horse pub in Wood Street on Saturday 28th October 2017, from 7.30pm until 1am.
Have fun with our Gruesome or Awesome Dress Code – with a free bottle of Prosecco and Soulstice goodie bag to be awarded for best fancy dress.
Frighteningly good music will be provided by Soulstice resident DJs, Double-J and Jester Groove, plus that man Fat Freddie M.
The Black Horse staff will be offering a wide selection of cask beers along with a great wine list and an ever-changing choice of craft beers, including the now famous Soul Brew.
Visit the Summer Soulstice website for full details. Buy Fat Monster Brews tickets online or in person direct from the venue. Tickets cost £5 in advance, plus a limited number of £10 tickets on the night (unless previously sold out).
A percentage of the proceeds from Fat Monster Brews will go towards costs for next year’s Summer Soulstice festival.
Enjoy seasonal fireworks and help support Scouts and Cherry Lodge Cancer Care with your entrance fee (£6 per adult; £4 for children from 5 upwards; under 5s free).
The event is being held at East Barnet Shooting Club in Albert Road, New Barnet (near the Railway Bell and the Builders Arms). The gates will open at 7pm and the display will start at 7.45pm.
Visible Changes hair and beauty salon at 125 High Street in Barnet is supporting Cherry Lodge Cancer Care by putting on a coffee morning on Friday 10th November 2017, from 10.30 to 12.30.
Please drop in at the Visible Changes salon to enjoy coffee, delicious cakes and a chat with friends.
Visible Changes are experts in the art of hair colouring and also offer other hair styling and beauty treatments including waxing, nails and eyebrow shaping. Special vouchers, offering 15% off between 10th and 17 November, will be available from the salon at the coffee morning or can be obtained from tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk.