Cherry Lodge Cancer Care sends a big thank you to staff and students at Barnet and Southgate College for raising funds to help us provide our support and information services, free of charge, to local people affected by cancer. A fantastic cake sale, held at the college on 11th March 2016, raised an excellent £190 … Continued
GOOD LUCK TO OUR RUNNERS! To raise money to help fund our much needed services, Cherry Lodge Cancer Care is entering a team of five runners in the Vitality North London Half Marathon. This stadium-to-stadium half marathon, to be held on Sunday 20th March 2016, promises to be a memorable experience for runners, spectators and … Continued
A capacity crowd of quizzers took part in Cherry Lodge’s ever-popular Winter Quiz, which was held on Saturday 27th February 2016 at Church House, Mary Immaculate and St Peter Church, Somerset Road, Barnet. Some 90 people put their brains into gear and there is no doubt that if brain activity had been measurable in decibels … Continued
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care has recently received the following thank you note from Lucy Tobin Howard. Thank you Lucy for sharing your news and thank you also to Kishore Patel of Allison Brothers World Travel Service, Edgware for organising the trip. Dear Cherry Lodge and Kishore, Last September I won first prize in the … Continued
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care’s two charity shops – in Barnet and Borehamwood – are currently making a special appeal for good quality items to be sold to raise funds for our much needed services. With spring approaching, many of us will be thinking about getting rid of some unwanted items – clothes, shoes, bags, jewellery, … Continued
Included below is the text of this year’s CHAIRMAN’S APPEAL for funds: What a score! At the end of May, 20 years ago, Cherry Lodge Cancer Care (CL) came to life. The year 2016 has other significant dates: 100 years ago on July 1st the Battle of the Somme took place. My uncle John survived … Continued
Everyone on the Cherry Lodge mailing list should by now have received their Spring 2016 copy of Cherry Lodge News in the post. It is also possible, via this website, to download a pdf of the newsletter to read onscreen or to print out. Thanks are again due to editor Freddy Kater for putting together … Continued
The Cherry Lodge centre in Union Street will be closed from 17th March to 18th April 2016 to have some necessary building work and repairs carried out. This will mean that the centre will be closed to members for about 4 weeks. However, Fiona and Kirsty, our Macmillan Cancer Information Nurses, will be relocating to … Continued
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care is hoping to field a team of six runners in the 2016 Vitality North London Half Marathon, to be held on Sunday 20th March 2016. We are delighted to report that five people – Suresh Aggarwal, Naveen Bhandari, Dee Churchill, John Churchill and Mark Hardy – have already agreed to run … Continued
Cherry Lodge’s Big Linen Sale, held on 6th February 2016 at St James Church in New Barnet, gave people an excellent opportunity to buy good-value linens while helping to fund our services for local people affected by cancer. Thanks to the generosity of one of our supporters, a linen wholesaler, we were able to offer … Continued
Thank you to the Wesley Hall coffee makers for again choosing to give money to Cherry Lodge Cancer Care to help us provide our much needed information and support services. Wesley Hall is an excellent place to enjoy coffee and a cake as a break from shopping in Barnet on a Saturday morning. It is … Continued
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care was very pleased to receive this week a cheque for £300 from Dignity Caring Funeral Services. Each year, in lieu of sending Christmas cards, Dignity directors allocate money to their business managers to donate to charities of their choice. We were fortunate that Tina Hill, business manager of two local funeral … Continued
Most unfortunately, an injury prevented Cherry Lodge chairman Dr Margaret Clark from taking part in the 2016 Serpentine New Year’s Day 10k. Margaret had been looking forward very much to this annual sporting event, which has been part of her life for the past 25 years. Having had to pull out was a great disappointment … Continued
Very unfortunately, the Big Band’s concert of Christmas Classics due to have taken place at Arkley Village Hall on Saturday 12th December was cancelled on the day due to the illness of two key band members (singer and drummer). We have attempted to contact everyone who bought tickets. Please accept our apologies. For more information … Continued
Shoppers at The Spires on Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th December 2015 had the pleasure of hearing children from Barnet primary and secondary schools singing and playing Christmas music to raise funds for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care. Taking part this year were singers and instrumentalists from the following schools: Broadfields, Cromer Road, Danegrove, Foulds, Livingstone, … Continued
Sunday 6th December 2015 was a special day for Barnet, being the day of the annual Barnet Street Fair and also the one Sunday in the year when the Barnet Cherry Lodge charity shop is open. The almost seaside weather (wind and rain) did not put people off and both the High Street and The … Continued
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care relies on volunteers to work alongside staff members to provide its wide range of information and support services to people affected by cancer. The Volunteers Christmas Party, held this year on Friday 4th December at Totteridge Village Hall, was a very enjoyable and successful event. A good cross section of volunteers … Continued
On Sunday 29th November 2015, Cherry Lodge Cancer Care held its annual Lights of Love event in The Spires Shopping Centre, Barnet. Fortunately for us, the Spires’ management had kindly allowed the use of an empty shop, which made life a lot easier and kinder as the wind was fierce and the rain cold and … Continued
An early morning fall of snow on 21st November 2015 was a very apt reminder to all of us to go to St James Church in New Barnet for Cherry Lodge’s annual Christmas Fair. The change of venue proved hugely popular as there was a friendly atmosphere and plenty of space for stalls and activities. People … Continued
The Ionian Clarinet Choir (ICC) celebrated its 45th anniversary in great style on Saturday 7th November 2015, by putting on a special concert at St James church, New Barnet – with proceeds to Cherry Lodge Cancer Care. This really was a musical evening to remember. The ICC is a very proficient and enthusiastic group of … Continued
Tuesday 3rd November 2015 saw a very lively show presented by artistes of the Brick Lane Music Hall. The venue for this well-attended afternoon event was Ewen Hall in Barnet, where tables for some 130 people had been attractively laid out so that everybody had a good view. The very colourful show opened with members … Continued
All Cherry Lodge’s services are provided completely free of charge to members (the people who use our services). This would not be possible without the generosity of the many individuals and organisations who support us financially. Up until now, most of the money that has been given to Cherry Lodge has been put into our … Continued
Dawn Ledgard’s Autumn Fashion Sale, held at the Hadley Wood Association Centre on Wednesday 28th October 2015, was, as always, a popular draw for regular and new customers. These seasonal sales offer fashion-conscious local and not so local ladies an ideal opportunity to buy up-to-the minute designer clothing and jewellery at well below recommended shop … Continued
Copies of the Autumn 2015 edition of our newsletter – Cherry Lodge News – should now have been received by everyone on our mailing list. A digital version (pdf) of the newsletter is also available via this website, to read onscreen or to print out. Thank you very much indeed to editor Freddy Kater for … Continued
Brews & Soul: Comeback Brews, held at The Black Horse Tavern, Barnet on Saturday 24th October 2015, was a great night out for lovers of good beer, wine and soulful music (provided by Soulstice DJ’s Jester Groove and Double J plus special guest DJ Mick Foster). This event marked the start of the countdown to … Continued
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
On Monday 12th October 2015, some 32 people – all of them active in making Summer Soulstice 9 such an incredibly enjoyable and wonderful fundraising event – gathered at Cherry Lodge for a thank you evening. Although it will not be Halloween until the end of the month, the lit-up pumpkin made a wonderful (off) … Continued
Estate agents Hamilton Chase of Barnet have generously agreed to sponsor our Christmas Fair, to be held at St James Church in New Barnet on Saturday 21st November 2015. Hamilton Chase would like to put up specially designed sponsorship boards on properties in the local area (Barnet, Arkley and Potters Bar) – and will make … Continued
