The Cherry Lodge Cancer Care Annual Grand Raffle draw took place as planned on 27th October 2020. This year, with coronavirus restrictions still in place, it was decided that cash prizes would be easier to use and, therefore, more attractive than our usual holiday, meal and events vouchers. Ticket sales have been very good, suggesting … Continued
Supporters of Cherry Lodge Cancer Care enjoyed ‘a great night in’ on Saturday 24th October 2020. This Zoom Comedy Night, organised by CL’s fundraising events coordinator, Tina, and Collywobblers Comedy Club, was hugely enjoyable and successful, raising a much needed £790 after expenses. Ticket purchases, in advance from online Comedy box office JokePit, were followed … Continued
The Annual General Meeting of Cherry Lodge Cancer Care has been rescheduled for Tuesday 15th December 2020. The format for this meeting will be announced nearer the time. This decision has been made in response to ever-changing circumstances and government regulations. We have abandoned, on medical grounds, our previous plan to hold a small, socially … Continued
Update on 13th October: We now have the figure for the total raised – a fantastic £499.50. Interestingly, most of this sum was taken in cash – obviously a lot of people still enjoy a flutter using ‘proper money’! For many years now Cherry Lodge Cancer Care has put on a very eye-catching and enjoyable … Continued
We apologise for the difficulties that several people have experienced recently while trying to donate money to Cherry Lodge Cancer Care via our Online Donation Form and JustGiving. We have now improved the interface between the Cherry Lodge and JustGiving websites, and added new instructions at the top of our Online Donation Form. We hope … 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. Home delivery is currently available on Thursdays and Fridays. We highly recommend this … Continued
The Summer 2020 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
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care sends heartfelt thanks to our friends at Summer Soulstice for their fantastic ongoing support. Faced with the disappointment of having to cancel their planned 2020 live festival, the Soulstice crew pulled out all the stops to ensure that music lovers could still enjoy great music, remember Andy Weekes, and help Cherry … Continued
This year there is even more reason than usual to support Cherry Lodge Cancer Care’s Annual Grand Raffle. The cancellation of our entire Spring and Summer fundraising programme due to the coronavirus has been a serious blow. We now need to redouble our efforts to raise money from the various fundraising initiatives that can go … Continued
While the Cherry Lodge Cancer Care centre remains closed due to the coronavirus, our site-specific cancer support groups are meeting online via Zoom. You do not need to be a Member of Cherry Lodge to attend these groups, which normally meet every six weeks. If you have not previously attended, please email Fiona, one of … Continued
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care members are invited to take up the following invitation from the Reiki Association. Please contact the Reiki Association directly and mention Cherry Lodge before using the session link for the first time. The Reiki Association is offering remote Reiki treatment sessions to groups on Thursdays 10 am to 11:15 am. … Continued
Summer Soulstice Virtual 2020 was a fantastic four-day musical extravaganza put on by the Soulstice crew and their friends at F1 Sound Co and Deliciously Twisted Studios. It was staged, between 25th and 28th June, to replace the cancelled live Summer Soulstice festival planned for 27th June. In normal years more than 4,000 Summer Soulstice … Continued
We are delighted to announce that the Cherry Lodge Shop was able to reopen on Monday 6th July 2020. Thank you to everyone who has helped make this possible. We have a wide range of high quality, good value items in stock and sales have been brisk from the start. Our photographs (below) were taken … Continued
Updated on 5th July 2020. Thank you very much indeed from Cherry Lodge Cancer Care to the Summer Soulstice crew and all their supporters for raising more than £3,000 fom Summer Soulstice Virtual 2020. These are challenging times for charities (and fundraisers) and we very much appreciate the ongoing support of Summer Soulstice, who for … Continued
Despite the coronavirus lockdown, Waitrose is continuing to support local charities under the company’s national Community Matters scheme. Cherry Lodge Cancer Care is fortunate to have been among the scheme’s recent beneficiaries and sends its thanks to Waitrose Barnet for choosing to support us. In normal times, Waitrose stores select three charities each month and … Continued
Each year, the first week in June is designated national Volunteers’ Week, an annual celebration of the contribution of millions of volunteers across the UK. Message from Dr Margaret M. Clark, Cherry Lodge Chairman This is a very strange Volunteers’ Week, as most of our volunteers are unable to carry out their usual, and much … Continued
The Cherry Lodge Cancer Care fundraising team has been meeting online during the coronavirus epidemic and now feels able to move forward with plans for the Autumn. The need to cancel CL’s entire Spring and Summer fundraising programme was a very serious blow, presenting the trustees with a significant reduction to projected income. In view … Continued
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care is currently particularly dependent on the generosity of our third party fundraisers. As a result of the coronavirus epidemic, it has been necessary for us to cancel our entire Spring and Summer fundraising programme. Obviously this has had a significant effect on our predicted income for the year. Cherry Lodge receives … Continued
Summer Soulstice Virtual 2020 will take place on Saturday 27th June 2020. Please visit the Summer Soulstice website for full information about this virtual all-dayer being staged by the Soulstice crew and their friends at F1 Sound Co and Deliciously Twisted Studios. On what would have been the day of the 2020 live festival, sadly … Continued
The Summer Soulstice crew are currently busy organising Summer Soulstice Virtual 2020 to replace their cancelled live event on Saturday 27th June 2020. In the meantime, you are reminded that the deadline for redeeming Summer Soulstice 2020 tickets is 1st June. Thank you from Summer Soulstice to everyone who has already sent in completed redemption … Continued
The Mayor of Barnet, Cllr Caroline Stock, and her 2019-20 Mayor’s Appeal Committee drew on their impressive energy and resourcefulness to ensure that Saturday 25th April 2020 was a great fundraising success. When the coronavirus forced them to cancel their planned Gala Dinner at Middlesex University, they quickly determined to put on a replacement event … Continued
Message from Dr Margaret M. Clark, Cherry Lodge Chairman Cherry Lodge Cancer Care will continue to operate a telephone support service for the duration of the coronavirus lockdown. This service includes counselling and a helpline where members’ queries are dealt with by the relevant members of staff. In addition, Cherry Lodge volunteers, staff and therapists … Continued
This ‘Ideas Sheet’ has been sent to Cherry Lodge Cancer Care by Alessia Bicocchi, a CL therapist with a special interest in the mental well being of our members. PERSPECTIVES – What We Can Control Finding your Pearl in the Oyster … We may not have control over a worldwide virus, but we do have … Continued
We are happy to recommend delicious home-cooked food from Hazel’s Kitchen to help you cope in these difficult days. Hazel’s Kitchen is a well-established family catering business specialising in Caribbean and English cuisine. It is centred on Bushey Heath, and during the coronavirus epidemic is providing a home delivery service over a wide area on … Continued
Message from Dr Margaret M. Clark, Cherry Lodge Chairman In response to the worsening coronavirus outbreak, it has been decided to cancel all Cherry Lodge fundraising events until further notice. We offer our thanks to all the people who have already worked so hard to put on events that will no longer take place, or … Continued
Message from Dr Margaret M. Clark, Cherry Lodge Chairman In response to the accelerating increase in cases of COVID-19 in London, I and the Cherry Lodge Cancer Information Nurses have decided that it is no longer safe for our members to visit our centre. To fight this virus, there is now a clear ‘stay at … Continued
Message from Dr Margaret M. Clark, Cherry Lodge Chairman The increasing severity of the coronavirus epidemic during the past week has made it necessary for us to make further, more drastic changes to our service provision. Further updates will be posted as the situation develops. Suspended until further notice are: all Drop-ins all Group Activities … Continued
Cherry Lodge chairman, Dr Margaret Clark, in discussion with relevant staff and a trustee, has reluctantly decided that the Cherry Lodge Barn Dance due to be held this Saturday, 14th March 2020 cannot take place. The possible risk from coronavirus to members of the public at such an event is considered too great. With regards … Continued
Message from Dr Margaret M. Clark, Cherry Lodge Chairman Following extensive discussions, Cherry Lodge Cancer Care has decided to take the following actions in response to the current, potentially very serious outbreak of coronavirus in the UK. Suspended until further notice are: all Drop-ins all Group Activities that normally take place at our centre, Howard … Continued
Message from Dr Margaret M. Clark, Cherry Lodge Chairman Following extensive discussion with relevant members of staff, it has been decided to suspend the Cherry Lodge Tuesday drop-in until further notice and to keep all other group activities under review during the current outbreak of coronavirus in the UK. This decision was not taken lightly.
