Events Programme
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care fundraisers work hard to put on an interesting and varied programme of events. Coming up next is A Taste of the Middle East at the Landsby on Monday 11th November 2024.
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.
Counting down to another lively Cha Night – for a great evening come along to The Arkley Club, Barnet – on Friday 24th November 2023, from 7.30pm until midnight. Everyone is welcome and all proceeds will help fund Cherry Lodge Cancer Care’s much needed information and support services.
Listen and dance to a fantastic mix of 60s and 70s Soul, Stax, Motown, Ska, Reggae and Philly Sound from the club’s regular DJs.
Entry is £5 at the door, with the option of making a card payment direct to Cherry Lodge’s bank account. Top-up donations will of course be welcome.
Cha Nights at the Arkley Club are held in memory of Bob Parrott.
We are delighted to announce that Cherry Lodge Cancer Care’s very popular Christmas Fair is back this year and promises to be even better than ever! It will take place on Saturday 25th November 2023 in the very spacious St James Church, New Barnet, from 11am to 4pm. Included in the entry fee is a free ticket to the CL Christmas Hamper Raffle.
Please come along to support our charity and help keep our cancer information and support services completely free of charge. Browse and buy from the many stalls offering a great range of high-quality items suitable for Christmas presents or simply to give yourself a boost. Visit the very tempting Festive Cafe, which will be run as usual by our dedicated team of volunteers. Children will love the Lucky Dip and enjoy meeting Olaf the Snowman.
For more information contact Tina on 020 8441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk
As in previous years, Barnet schoolchildren are fundraising for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care by singing carols and other festive music in The Spires Shopping Centre.
Please show your support on Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th December 2023, between 10am and 2pm. Listen to the singing and help local children raise lots of money to help keep all Cherry Lodge’s much needed cancer information and support services completely free of charge.
First up this year are The Mums’ Singing Club, followed by groups from the following schools: Monken Hadley, Cromer road, Broadfields, Foulds, Queenswell, Christchurch, Livingstone and Danegrove.
For more information please contact Tina on 020 8441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk.
As in previous years, Barnet schoolchildren are fundraising for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care by singing carols and other festive music in The Spires Shopping Centre.
Please show your support on Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th December 2023, between 10am and 2pm. Listen to the singing and help local children raise lots of money to help keep all Cherry Lodge’s much needed cancer information and support services completely free of charge.
First up this year are The Mums’ Singing Club, followed by groups from the following schools: Monken Hadley, Cromer road, Broadfields, Foulds, Queenswell, Christchurch, Livingstone and Danegrove.
For more information please contact Tina on 020 8441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk.
The Chairman and Trustees of Cherry Lodge Cancer Care are pleased to invite anyone with an interest in Cherry Lodge and our work to attend our charity’s first open Annual General Meeting since 2019.
The 2023 AGM will be held at the Cherry Lodge Centre, Howard House, 23 Union Street, Barnet on Tuesday 12th December, starting at 7.00pm. CL Chairman Dr Margaret M. Clark will present the 2022 Annual Report and our auditor, Andrew Geary, will give a summary of our charity’s financial activities during that year. Both Margaret and Andrew will answer questions from the audience.
After the business of the AGM is completed, light refreshments will be served and attendees will have the opportunity to mingle.
If you would like to attend, please RSVP by 11th December to Tina Papasavva on 020 8441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk.
The Summer Soulstice/Cherry Lodge Cancer Care ball is back on the calendar!
Our Heart & Soul Ball will be held on Saturday 17th February 2024 from 7pm until late, at the Double Tree Hilton Hotel, Borehamwood, WD6 5PU.
This will be a glittering evening, with great dance music (courtesy of our friends at Summer Soulstice) and sumptuous food. It will also help raise money to help fund Cherry Lodge’s much needed services for people affected by cancer.
The good value ticket price of £65 per person includes: a welcome glass of prosecco; a tempting three-course dinner; music from Soulstice DJ’s; and a special live music act from brilliant Soul Singer Tisha Monique.
The dress code is Black Tie.
For tickets and information, please contact Tina on 020 8441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk
Arkley Club Cha Nights are back in 2024! For a great evening of music and dancing join us at The Arkley Club, Field End, Barnet on Friday 23rd February 2024, from 7.30pm until midnight. Everyone is welcome and all proceeds will help fund Cherry Lodge Cancer Care’s much needed information and support services.
Listen and dance to a fantastic mix of 60s and 70s Soul, Stax, Motown, Ska, Reggae and Philly Sound from the club’s regular DJs.
Entry is £5 at the door, with the option of making a card payment direct to Cherry Lodge’s bank account. Top-up donations will of course be welcome.
Cha Nights at the Arkley Club are held in memory of Bob Parrott.
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Make the most of beautiful Spring flowers and support Cherry Lodge Cancer Care at professional florist Iris’s Easter Flower Arranging Workshop. This friendly event, open to all, will take place on Thursday 21st March 2024, from 2pm to 4pm. Be sure to note our new venue: Avery Collection, Barnet Grange Care Home, 59 Wood Street, Barnet, EN5 4BS.
Professional florist Iris will delight you with her flower arranging skills and then give you a step-by-step, easy-to-follow guide to help you achieve great results of your own.
The ticket price of £12.50 includes the flower arranging workshop plus tea and cakes. Please contact Tina to book your place.
Please note that the event will be held by the entry to the Oakhill Park Pitch and Putt, which is off Parkside Gardens near the car park – NOT the cafe on Oak Hill Road.
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care’s Sponsored Easter 2024 Walk’n’Talk on Sunday 24th March (the weekend before Easter) promises to be a great morning out with friends, family and pets. It also provides an excellent opportunity – for walkers and their sponsors – to help fund CL’s much appreciated cancer information and support services.
Oakhill Park, East Barnet (EN4 8JP) in springtime is a perfect place for a leisurely, companionable walk. Particpants in our sponsored walk, starting at 11.15, will cover a gentle 1-mile course at a speed that suits them. Our lovely nurse Kirsty will be there walking too. Afterwards every walker will be presented with a medal. To register your place in advance and to obtain sponsor forms, please contact Tina by email or call her on 020 8441 7000.
There will also be live music and a stall selling cakes and Easter merchandise.
The tcs 2024 London Marathon will take place on Sunday 21st April.
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care has a team of seven* runners raising money for us by taking part in this iconic event. The money they raise through sponsorship will help Cherry Lodge continue to provide our much needed cancer information and support services completely free of charge.
Running for Cherry Lodge this year are:
Clicking on on the names in blue (above) will take you to our runners’ fundraising pages. There, you will find more information about the runners and can make a simple, safe, online donation to sponsor them. Alternatively, contact a runner to sponsor them directly, or contact Tina by email or call her on 020 8441 7000.
*Update on 18th April 2024: Very unfortunately, Liam Pratt has been signed off by his doctor is unfit to run. We send our commiserations to him.
Join the Soulstice crew and other supporters of Cherry Lodge Cancer Care on Saturday 4th May 2024 for a soulful Warm-Up at the Black Horse pub in Barnet.
Boogying, Soul and Good Times from 4pm until midnight, with Soulstice DJs, wood fired pizza and cocktails.
Tickets cost £5 – book in advance via Skiddle.
Enjoy a great night of JokePit comedy and help raise money to keep Cherry Lodge Cancer Care’s support and information services completely free of charge.
You are invited to ‘Laugh Out Loud’ at Totteridge Cricket Club, N20 8PB on Saturday 11th May 2024. Doors open at 7.00pm and the show will run from 8pm to 10.45pm with two intervals.
We have a fantastic line up of comedy talent for you, including:
• Fiona Allen – Double Emmy winner, star of Smack The Pony, on Mock the Week, 8 Out Of 10 Cats and more
• Carwyn Blayney – Straight outta Cymru, So You Think You’re Funny finalist, tour support for Elis James
• Olivia Lee – Star of Channel 4 and Comedy Central
• Johnny CT – laid back North Londoner, observer of urban culture
• Shruti Sharma – sassy Indian rising starAll hosted by Cherry Lodge’s loyal supporter and favourite MC, Sion James.
The acts shown are correct at the time of going to press – in the unlikely event that an artist needs to cancel, we reserve the right to change the line-up without notice.
TICKETS
Tickets cost: £15 before 1st May; £18 after 1st May; £23 on the night (subject to availability). Note this is an 18+ event.Click here to buy tickets. Space is limited so book early to save money and avoid disappointment!
For a great evening of music and dancing, note the date and come along to the next Cha Night at The Arkley Club, Barnet – to be held on Friday 17th May 2024 from 7.30 until midnight. Everyone is welcome and all proceeds will help fund Cherry Lodge Cancer Care’s many information and support services. Listen and dance to a fantastic mix of 60s and 70s Soul, Stax, Motown, Ska, Reggae and Philly Sound from the club’s regular DJs.
Entry is £5 at the door, with the option of making a card payment direct to Cherry Lodge’s bank account. Top-up donations will of course be welcome.
Cha Nights at the Arkley Club are held in memory of Bob Parrott.
Visit the Summer Soulstice website for more information about Barnet’s very special family music festival, which returns to Old Elizabethans’ Memorial Playing Fields on Saturday 15th June 2024. Held in memory of Andy Weekes and raising money for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care, this hugely popular event is in its 17th year.
Appearing live this year are 10-piece supergroup Brit Funk Association, British R&B legends Loose Ends, and singer/songwriter FiL Straughan.
Buy your tickets now to enjoy great summer soul music and family fun – three music arenas, live acts, over 30 of the UK’s favourite DJ’s, a wide range of delicious food and drinks, attractive stalls, and entertainment for children.
Click here to BUY TICKETS. (Note that the following prices do not include Eventbrite’s booking fee.)
Standard Adult tickets: £44.50
Teens (13-17): £22.50
Kids (1-12): £5.00
Pre-booked Event Parking: £10.00
Camping 1 night per person: £22.50 (includes parking)
Camping 2 nights per person: £40.00 (includes parking)