Category: Past Events

This excellent demonstration of seasonal flower arranging by Your London Florist of Southgate was the second ingredient of the very successful Autumn ‘Flowers and Food’ event held on Monday 19th October 2015 to raise funds for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care. At lunchtime it seemed that the morning demonstration of Lebanese cookery would be a hard … Continued

The Autumn ‘Flowers and Food’ event, held on Monday 19th October 2015 to raise funds for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care, proved to be a very successful mix. Both ingredients – the cookery demonstration in the morning and the flower arranging in the afternoon – were new ventures for Cherry Lodge and both were very much … Continued

Everything was truly ‘in the pink’ at Cherry Lodge’s Pink Tombola held at The Spires Shopping Centre, Barnet on Saturday 17th October 2015. This is an annual event – put on each each October to mark Breast Cancer Awareness month – for which every item on the stall has to be pink, whether it be … Continued

The Cherry Lodge Autumn Quiz, held on 19th September 2015, was indeed the fun event it promised to be. The BBC (Brilliant Barnet Cleverclogs) were out in force and eagerly pitted their wits against each other. With pencils at the ready, distracted only by the sharp intakes of breath, one could hear a pin drop, … Continued

Members of the Christadelphian “Church in a House” in Station Road, New Barnet held a Garden Party on Saturday 5th September 2015 and will be donating the proceeds to Cherry Lodge. Although the weather was overcast and breezy, the afternoon was a great success. Visitors (including several Cherry Lodge members) were greeted with a warm … Continued

Whilst August is very much the holiday month, it is also the month when one of the most enjoyable Cherry Lodge fundraising events is held – the Hope and Glory Charity Brunch. On Sunday 23rd August 2015, Myra and Norman Goldberg followed tradition and again opened up their lovely home to over 150 people to … Continued

Congratulations and a big thank you are due to Timothy Platt for taking part in the 2015 AJ Bell London Triathlon on Saturday 8th August 2015 to raise money for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care. This iconic triathlon, held over two days, attracts more than 13,000 triathletes and 30,000 spectators each year. Tim completed the Men’s Sprint … Continued

Fundraising for Cherry Lodge involves a lot of people doing many and varied things for the charity. To say thank you to some of them, Cherry Lodge held a small and informal reception at Howard House on 22nd July 2015. At the gathering were people who had supported Cherry Lodge in such diverse ways as … Continued

Three friends – Alex Mathews, Andrew (‘Wez’) Wells and Charlotte Churnside –  set out on 19th July on an epic international motoring challenge to raise money for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care, Cancer Research UK and Cool Earth. To help them raise money for Cherry Lodge, please click on this JustGiving link. Alex, Wez and Charlotte … Continued

Cherry Lodge sends a big thank you to our largest ever team of 16 runners who ran for us in the 2015 Vitality British 10k London Run on Sunday 12th July. Sadly, on the day, two of the 18 people who had signed up were unable to take part, but we thank them nonetheless. This … Continued

Cherry Lodge sends a big thank you to Daniel Coyle and his friends for raising money for us by taking on the very demanding but inspiring Three Peaks 24 hour Challenge. The Challenge was accomplished – with only two minutes to spare! – over the weekend of 4th-5th July 2015. There is still time to … Continued

Cherry Lodge Cancer Care is delighted to tell our website readers that Dr Hussein S. Patanwala has raised a most impressive £3,300 to help us fund our wide range of services for people affected by cancer. We are very grateful for his support and offer our heartfelt thanks both to him and to his many … Continued

Daniel and Richard Keane enjoyed a very successful day out together on Sunday 21st June 2015, when they took part in a sponsored cycle ride from London to Brighton to raise money for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care. The father and son team decided to support us because of ‘all the excellent work’ we do for … Continued

Update: The sum raised for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care by Summer Soulstice 9 on 27th June 2015 was a record-breaking £40,000. A big cheque will be handed to Cherry Lodge at the Soulstice Big Payback event at the Black Horse pub on 30th August (see the Summer Soulstice website for more information). Thank you in … Continued

What a difference the weather makes!  Last year’s Families Fun Day at Borehamwood was a complete washout. This year, 27th June was a real summer’s day, which brought a large number of adults, children and dogs of all shapes and sizes to Meadow Park to have fun and spend money at dozens of charity stalls, … Continued

On 3rd June 2015, some 150 people, including more than a few with connections to Cherry Lodge, attended ‘A Night to Remember’ – a wonderful evening of fashion organised and funded by John Lewis in aid of Sunflower Cancer Support. The Sunflower Cancer Support group exists to provide information and support to people with cancer, … Continued

A quick look at the results section of the Virgin London Marathon website on the afternoon of Sunday 26th April 2015 provided the good news that Paul Abbott-Williams, Steve Fletcher, Andy Georgiou and Alan Stewart had all safely completed their 26.2 miles – a great achievement. Months of training had to be fitted in around the … Continued

A Song to Sing! On 24th April 2015, Sainsbury’s, Hendon was the venue for the Cherry Lodge Singers’ first sortie of the year – and very successful it was too. The 15 Singers able to take part on the day were located just inside the main entrance doors, which proved a very successful move as … Continued

Once again the brains of Barnet congregated at the beautifully refurbished and re-decorated Mary Immaculate and St Peter’s church hall in Somerset Road, New Barnet. This really is a splendid venue with very good facilities, such as a first-rate PA system and most helpful staff. Some 90 people braved the elements on Saturday 31st January … Continued

On 1st January 2015 – ‘New Knee’s Day’ – Margaret Clark, chairman of the Cherry Lodge trustees, took part in – and successfully completed – the Brooks Serpentine 10k around Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. She was one of 466 participants, of whom 196 were women. For many years, Margaret always enjoyed running in the … Continued

Over the years, Cherry Lodge has often had reason to thank the very charming patrons of The Coffee Bean coffee shop. Not only do brothers Krino and Paul serve excellent coffees, sandwiches, light lunches and cakes to their customers in The Spires, they have often provided refreshments, completely free of charge, to be enjoyed by … Continued

Members of the Cherry Lodge Singing Group have not only had fun singing together in the run up to Christmas 2014, they have also made three much appreciated public appearances. The Singers’ first pre-Christmas performance was at the Cherry Lodge Christmas Market on 29th November, where attendance was undoubtedly boosted by friends and family eager … Continued

As in previous years, children from Barnet primary and secondary schools raised funds for Cherry Lodge by singing a selection of festive music in the courtyard of The Spires shopping centre. Taking part this year were pupils from the following schools: Broadfields, Cromer Road, Danegrove, Foulds, Grasvenor Avenue, Livingstone, Queen Elizabeth’s Boys’, and St Catherine’s. Everyone who … Continued

Tickled pink is a good way to describe how we all felt at the end of the Pink Tombola in the Spires on Saturday 18th October 2014. During the past few weeks people readily responded to requests for good quality pink goodies to be brought into Cherry Lodge for this event and our barrow was … Continued

Thank you very much indeed to the four triathletes who agreed at short notice to raise money for Cherry Lodge by taking part in the 2014 Virgin Active London Triathlon. Thank you also to their sponsors for choosing to support our very good cause. The London Triathlon, held this year on 2nd and 3rd August, … Continued