A big thank you from Cherry Lodge Cancer Care to our five runners in the 2021 Virgin Money London Marathon, held on Sunday 3rd October 2021. It was wonderful to see the Marathon Mass Event return to the streets of London following last year’s cancellation due to the coronavirus pandemic. In normal times, the London … Continued
Summer Soulstice 2022 is scheduled to return to Old Elizabethans Memorial Playing Fields, Barnet on Saturday 25th June. This award winning festival, held each year in memory of Andy Weekes, has been raising money for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care since 2007. Please visit the Summer Soulstice website for details. Already signed up to appear are … Continued
Currently on sale at the Cherry Lodge Cancer Care shop is a big selection of very attractive Philip Morris fabrics. Thank you very much indeed to the generous supporter who recently donated four sackfuls of brand new fabrics to raise money to help fund our charity’s much needed cancer information and support services. These lovely … Continued
Cherrry Lodge Cancer Care is very pleased to spread the word about the support groups, classes and workshops offered by Paul’s Cancer Supprt Centre. They are for “anyone with cancer” and are delivered via Zoom. UPDATE (February 2022): The information below is being kept ‘live’ on the CL website to provide background information about the many … Continued
The Cherry Lodge Cancer Care shop is once again normally open for business from 9am to 5pm from Monday to Saturday. We have a great range of items for sale and a great team of staff and volunteer shop helpers. However, one of the effects of the Covid pandemic is that some of our formerly … Continued
The Cherry Lodge Cancer Care Information and Merchandise Stall returned to The Spires on Wednesday 21st July 2021. Tina and her team of helpers, including staff and volunteers, did a great job on what turned out to be an exceptionally hot day. As The Spires’ official charity, Cherry Lodge is being given new opportunities to … Continued
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care is immensely grateful for the ongoing support of Summer Soulstice, our largest and most loyal third-party fundraiser. Very sadly, for a second year, it was impossible for Barnet’s much loved annual day of soul music and family fun to take place on QE Boys’ Memorial Fields. However, the Soulstic crew once … Continued
The Cherry Lodge Cancer Care Information and Merchandise Stall made a very welcome return to The Spires on Thursday 17th June 2021. This was CL’s first event at The Spires after being given offical recognition of our charity’s long-standing special relationship with Barnet’s premier shopping centre. CL staff and volunteers were on hand from 10am … Continued
Summer Soulstice Virtual 2021 kicks off at 6pm on Friday 25th June and continues until Sunday evening. Since their very first festival in 2007, Summer Soulstice has raised more than £425,000 for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care. Visit the Summer Soulstice website for more information. Enjoy a great weekend of Soulstice music streamed via https://www.summersoulstice.co.uk https://www.mixcloud.com/SummerSoulstice/ … Continued
The Summer 2021 issue of “Cherry Lodge News” has recently been sent to everyone on the Cherry Lodge Cancer Care mailing list. It is also possible, via this website, to download a pdf of the newsletter to read onscreen or to print out. Note that if you no longer wish to receive a copy of … Continued
Macmillan Cancer Care and Bupa are working in partnership to support people who are struggling with the emotional impacts of cancer. They are offering six free one-to-one counselling sessions, via phone or video call, to people with cancer. If you are interested, please call the Macmillan Support Line on 0808 808 00 00 and ask … Continued
Whoever coined the description ‘non essential retail’ and included charity shops under that umbrella term surely made a big, big mistake. What could be more essential than a shop where you can buy winter and summer clothes, books, crockery, quality art jigsaw puzzles, leather purses, maps, shoes, clocks, pots and pans, hats and even more? … Continued
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care is delighted to announce that the CL shop in Church Passage, Barnet will reopen on 12th April 2021. Our shop staff and volunteers have been back at work since 6th April, working hard to get everything ready. They are very much looking forward to welcoming customers back to the shop and … Continued
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care now has the funding to offer an exciting new healing option: Sound Healing with Alistair Smith of Sound Coherence. Sessions will be via Zoom and last for an hour. As well as finding out about Sound Healing and how it works, you will learn a simple self-help technique and also experience … Continued
The second Cherry Lodge Cancer Care Zoom Quiz, held on Sunday 28th March 2021, was another great success, raising a fantastic £1,100 to help fund Cherry Lodge’s many cancer support and information services. Thank you very much indeed to our very experienced and professional Quiz Master, Jem (Jeremy Silverstone of Purple Marketing Communications), to Tina … Continued
The nurses at Cherry Lodge Cancer Care are very pleased to recommend the Move4U exercise programme, which has proved very beneficial to Cherry Lodge members in the past. This individually tailored, 12-session programme is run under the auspices of the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation, the NHS North Central London Cancer Alliance and the NHS North Central … Continued
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care is immensely grateful for the wonderful ongoing support we receive from Summer Soulstice. Since 2007, when the Soulstice crew put on their first family music festival in Barnet, they have given us an amazing £425,000, making them by far our biggest third-party fundraiser. Over the years, this award-winning festival, held each … Continued
If you like cooking – or even if you don’t – you might want to try these free, online cookery classes for people affected by cancer. They have been recommended by Kirsty, Cherry Lodge Cancer Care’s Outreach Nurse. Online Cookery Classes with World Cancer Research Fund and Life Kitchen World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) have … Continued
Over 70 households took part in the Cherry Lodge Cancer Care Zoom Quiz held on Sunday 7th February 2021, raising a fantastic £865 to help us provide our free, much needed cancer and information and support services. If you enjoyed the CL Quiz, hosted for us by Jem (Jeremy Silverstone), you might like to join … Continued
The Winter 2020-21 issue of “Cherry Lodge News” (published in February 2021) has recently been sent to everyone on the Cherry Lodge Cancer Care mailing list. It is also possible, via this website, to download a pdf of the newsletter to read onscreen or to print out. Note that if you no longer wish to … Continued
The first Cherry Lodge Cancer Care fundraising event of 2021 was a very enjoyable Zoom Quiz held on Sunday 7th February. The evening was a great success on all counts, for which special thanks are due to Tina and to our Quiz Master, Jem (Jeremy Silverstone of Purple Marketing Communications). Seventy-one household tickets were sold … Continued
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care continues to be hugely grateful to the Psychobilly community for its ongoing support. Our photograph, taken outside the Cherry Lodge centre on Friday 5th February 2021, shows Steve (Ginger) and Amanda Meadham handing over a big cheque for £5,570 pounds to Tina Papasavva, Cherry Lodge’s fundraising coordinator. These are very difficult … Continued
Hazel’s Kitchen is a well-established family catering business specialising in Caribbean and English cuisine. It is centred on Bushey Heath, and since early in the first lockdown last year has been providing a home delivery service over a wide area of North London and Hertfordshire. Home delivery is available on Thursdays and Fridays. We highly … Continued
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care held our annual Lights of Love ceremony on Sunday 13th December 2020. The date and timing of this year’s event were as planned, but the venue had to be changed at the last moment to inside the Cherry Lodge centre, Howard House. It had been hoped to hold the ceremony as … Continued
Laughter erupted in Barnet and far beyond on Saturday 12th December 2020, when supporters of Cherry Lodge Cancer Care gathered via Zoom for a second great comedy night experience from Collywobblers Comedy Club. As promised, we were treated to acts from a line up of top class comics, all of them working from home, which … Continued
Note: This Recent News post was written to celebrate the reopening of the shop on 2nd December 2020. Very sadly, the introduction by the government of new Tier 4 anti-Covid restrictions means that it must remain closed from Monday 21st December until further notice. The Cherry Lodge Cancer Care charity shop, in Church Passage, Barnet, … Continued
Breast Cancer Haven is a long established and well trusted charity providing free support to anyone with a breast cancer diagnosis. Cherry Lodge’s Outreach Nurse, Kirsty, has recently been contacted by a colleague at Breast Cancer Haven to tell her about the services they are currently offering. Members of Cherry Lodge are invited to take … Continued
Hazel’s Kitchen is a well-established family catering business specialising in Caribbean and English cuisine. It is centred on Bushey Heath, and since early in the lockdown has been providing a home delivery service over a wide area of North London and Hertfordshire. Hazel’s food is healthy, nutritious and good value for money. Click here for … Continued
The trustees of Cherry Lodge Cancer Care have now abandoned their plan to hold a 2020 Annual General Meeting in December. This action is permissable under government guidance to charities during the coronavirus epidemic. We consider that even a small, socially distanced AGM at Howard House would still present too much of a health risk. … Continued
The resurgence of the coronavirus this Autumn has sadly led to the cancellation of yet another popular event on the Cherry Lodge Cancer Care fundraising calendar. Plans to hold a Christmas Market at our usual venue, St James church, New Barnet, on 28th November 2020 were clearly no longer viable. We are extremely grateful to … Continued
