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.
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.
The 2019 Virgin London Marathon will take place on the streets of London on Sunday 28th April. This iconic marathon is a major event on the international sporting calendar and is also an important fundraising opportunity for charities like Cherry Lodge Cancer Care.
Running for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care in the 2019 London Marathon will be:
- Molly Burgess
- Tony Chapman
- Jennifer Oxley
- Kieran Storey (fundraising with Molly)
- Michael Storey (fundraising with Molly)
To support our runners and make a donation to help fund Cherry Lodge’s vital services, please visit their online fundraising pages by clicking on the names in blue in the list above. Kieran, Michael and Molly are fundraising together in memory of their grandad.
Alternatively, please contact our runners directly, or, for more information about any of the people running for us, please call Tina or Nisha on 020 8441 7000 or e-mail tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk.
Our runners would also definitely appreciate your support on the day. Why not go along to the race route on Sunday 28th April to cheer on the Cherry Lodge team and enjoy the fantastic atmosphere? More information about the race, including general advice for spectators, can be found on the Virgin London Marathon website.
The Cherry Lodge Cancer Care 2019 Spring Quiz will be held on Saturday 4th May 2019, from 7pm to 10.30pm, at our usual quiz venue: Mary Immaculate & St Peters Church Hall, Somerset Road, New Barnet EN5 1RF.
Our regular quiz evenings are extremely popular – and this coming event sold out very soon after the date was first announced. We extend our apologies to all enthusiastic quizzers who were too late to book a place. To avoid future disappointment, you might like to note that our next quiz – a new Summer Quiz – has been scheduled for Saturday 10th August 2019.
Our Annual General Meeting will be held at the Cherry Lodge Centre, Howard House, 23 Union Street, Barnet on Tuesday 14th May 2019 at 7.30pm. Anyone with an interest in Cherry Lodge and our work is invited to attend.
After the business of the AGM, there will be a talk by Lorna Joussain from Duffield & Harrison on the topic of ‘Enduring Power of Attorney’.
If you wish to attend, please RSVP by 13th May to Tina Papasavva on 020 8441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk
Book your places now for what promises to be a very enjoyable ‘Ladies Lunch’ in aid of Cherry Lodge Cancer Care. Please support Cherry Lodge by coming to this event, which will take place on Tuesday 11th June 2019, from 1pm to 4pm, in the attractive surroundings of Old Fold Manor Golf Club, Hadley Green.
Tickets cost £34 per person (in advance only). To book, please contact Tina on 020 8441 7000 or by email.
Included in the ticket price is a complementary drink, served from 1pm, and an excellent two course meal. There will then be an after lunch talk by health and nutrition guru Cathy Martin about weight reduction, perseverance and learning to love who you are.
In Cathy’s words: “My health and fitness journey started 10 years ago when I was a size 24. I lost the weight and have kept it off through diet and exercise. I now share my experience and support others on their journey.”
Barnet’s fabulous Summer Soulstice festival – held each year in memory of Andy Weekes and raising money for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care – will return on Saturday 22nd June 2019.
Join the Soulstice crew at OEs’ Memorial Playing Fields, Mays Lane for 12 hours of soulful fun and frolics from 11am until 11pm. Enjoy great main-stage acts from Aswad, Alison Limerick, Andy Abraham, Louise Golbey, Natasha Watts, and Sa-ha-ra, plus music from 30+ DJs in three arenas of music. There will also be licensed bars, cocktails, food outlets, merchandise stalls, free kids play zone, entertainers, gazebo/picnic area, limited camping and car parking. All offering a fantastic day out for all the family.
Book now to avoid disappointment – there is a good chance of a sell out. Also note there will be no tickets available on the day. Click here to buy tickets. Currently available are Event Only etickets costing £35 for adults, £20 for teens (13-17 years) and £2 for kids (1-12 years). The last date for buying Camping Add-On etickets has now passed. Note that conditions apply. All prices include VAT but exclude booking fees.
Please visit the Summer Soulstice website for full information about this year’s event, to read the back story, and to enjoy photos, film and music from previous years. Since putting on their first festival in 2007, the Soulstice crew have given more than £300,000 to help fund Cherry Lodge’s much needed information and support services for people affected by cancer.
This event is now SOLD OUT.
‘Come and Get Pampered’ at the Cherry Lodge Cancer Care centre on Sunday 30th June 2019, from 2pm to 5pm.
Treatments cost just £10 each – and all proceeds will help fund our much-needed cancer information and support services. Choose from: Mini manicures and pedicures; Facials; Mini makeovers; Blow drys; and a selection of Complementary therapies. There will also be delicious cakes on offer while you wait or afterwards.
For bookings please contact Tina on 020 8441 7000 or by email.
Five members of BNI (Business Network International) will be supporting Cherry Lodge Cancer Care by taking part in the Asics London 10k on Sunday 21st July 2019.
This iconic event, organised by Virgin Sport, is a great opportunity to raise money to help fund Cherry Lodge’s much needed, free cancer information and support services. The race will start on Piccadilly, take in Piccadilly Circus, a run up and down Regent Street, along Pall Mall to St James’s Palace, back to Trafalgar Square, up and down Charing Cross Road, down the Strand to Temple, then along 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.
Please sponsor our runners as generously as you can:
Suzanne Finighan
Elliot Mayer
Harsha Rathnayake
Two of the runners, whose names appear in blue in the list above, have set up online fundraising pages, which you can access by clicking on their names. To sponsor one of the others, please contact them directly or contact Yvonne (Cherry Lodge’s Volunteer Coordinator and a member of BNI) by phone on 020 8441 7000 or email yvonne@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk.
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care will be holding a Summer Quiz on Saturday 10th August 2019. This is a new event added to our events programme in response to the great popularity of our Spring and Autumn Quizzes.
This event is now SOLD OUT.
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 £14.50 per person (including a Ploughman’s 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 Summer Quiz night presents a great opportunity to have fun with friends, answer (or try to answer) a range of interesting questions, enjoy a chat over supper – and raise money to help fund Cherry Lodge’s cancer information and support services. For information and tickets, please contact Tina on 020 8441 7000 or email Tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk.
You are invited to join members of the Soulstice crew at the Black Horse pub, Barnet on Bank Holiday Sunday, 25th August 2019. Eight hours of soulful grooves, funky jams and holiday beats will be presented by DJs Ash Selector, Double J, Jester Groove, Mr Green, Matt C and Brian Mac. Also on offer will be a barbecue and a wide choice of great beers and wines.
As always, this will be a very important occasion for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care as the Soulstice crew will be handing us another big cheque to help fund our very important work. This year’s cheque will be for a record £45,000 – an amazing achievement. Thank you all!. Summer Soulstice is Cherry Lodge’s biggest third party supporter and has been supporting us since 2007. Please see the Summer Soulstice website for more information.
The cheque handover is scheduled to take place between 6 and 6.30pm.
The Enfield and Hoddesdon branches of TTG (The Timber Group) are raising money for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care by means of a novel Charity Cycle Race. Starting on Monday 16th September, TTG employees at these branches will be competing against each other to get to ‘Paris’ first. They will be covering the equivalent road distance on an exercise bike. Members of the public are invited to jump on and join in the race!
Please visit the TTG fundraising page to make a donation to help Cherry Lodge Cancer Care continue to provide its information and support services completely free of charge to people affected by cancer.
After the event, the exercise bikes will also be donated.
Summer Soulstice will again be suppporting Cherry Lodge Cancer Care with its second annual Golf Day on Friday 27th September 2019.
This event offers golfers a great opportunity to play at The Shire London, one of the finest courses in the country, designed by the late, great Seve Ballesteros. The programme on the day will be: registration at 9am followed by full English breakfast; shotgun start at 11am for 18 holes (best two from Stapleford); meal and prize giving at 5.30pm.
Prizes will be awarded to the best team and the best individual as well as for the longest drive and for getting nearest the pin.
Contact Summer Soulstice as soon as possible to enter a team of four (maximum handicap 24) for £400 including meals. Sponsorship opportunities at the event are also available. See @SummerSoulstice #SSGolfDay2019 for updates.
This charity walk has been organised by Barnet Mayor’s Appeal in support of Cherry Lodge Cancer Care and Homestart. It will be led by Paul Baker, a City of London guide specializing in tours in the Borough of Barnet.
You’ll hear about the background to this major battle in 1471 during the Wars of the Roses, how and why it took place, who were the main participants, how the battle developed, and how the weather played a huge part in the outcome of one of the most important battles in English history. You’ll also hear about the three kings of England who came to spend the day in Barnet.
It’s a fun walk around the battlefield and there will be some audience participation. The walk lasts two hours and costs £10 (£5 for under 12s). Please email Paul on pbaker54@hotmail.co.uk to reserve a place – the full price in cash will be due on the day. Places are strictly limited to 30 so please book early to avoid disappointment.
October is national Breast Cancer Awareness month and, as usual, Cherry Lodge Cancer Care will be putting on a fantastic Pink Barrow Tombola in The Spires Shopping Centre, Barnet.
Our 2019 event will take place on Saturday 19th October, starting at 11am and lasting well into the afternoon. Cherry Lodge Cancer Care will be helping increase awareness of breast cancer as well as raising money for our information and support services, which are provided free of charge to anyone affected by cancer, including family members and carers.
Please come along to our pitch just outside Waitrose and enjoy the fun. There will be lots of attractive pink prizes to be won – and all you need do to win is pick a ticket bearing a number ending in zero or five!
Autumn is upon us and you are warmly invited to attend Dawn Ledgard’s Autumn 2019 Clothes Sale on Wednesday 23rd October. These popular seasonal sales offer a great opportunity to buy beautiful designer clothing, jewellery and accessories while making huge savings compared to high street and mail order prices.
As usual, the sale will be held at the Hadley Wood Association Centre (behind the Tennis Club at 7 Crescent East). As past customers know, buying here is much more convenient, reliable and enjoyable than a trip into the West End. Why not bring a friend and combine shopping with a 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.
Lianna Mazure is braving the skies to raise money for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care and also for brain cancer research. Her jump, organised by UK Skydiving Adventures, Cambridge, was scheduled to take place on 25th October 2019 but Lianna has been advised to delay the jump until she recovers from an untimely back injury. A new date will be announced here as soon as she is given the go ahead.
Lianna is taking on this impressive challenge to raise money in memory of her wonderful friend Paul Radville. Fundraising will continue while she recuperates. Please visit Lianna’s JustGiving page to read her very moving tribute to Paul, who ‘at the age of 30 … was cruelly taken by brain cancer after a long and gruelling battle’. Lianna tells how during Paul’s illness, she ‘watched someone who was the greatest clown I had ever encountered become the most inspirational and admirable person I have ever met’.
Lianna is fundraising for two very good causes: a brain cancer research charity, and Cherry Lodge Cancer Care. Research into brain tumours is very seriously underfunded and Lianna is asking you to help redress this. She is also fundraising to help Cherry Lodge continue to provide its information and support services completely free of charge to people affected by cancers of all types. Cherry Lodge Cancer Care will pass on half the amount raised by Lianna’s Skydive to her chosen brain cancer research charity.
Lianna first heard about Cherry Lodge when she recently attended a local BNI (Business Network International) meeting as a guest, and heard our representative, Yvonne, speak about our services.