Events Programme

Cherry Lodge Cancer Care is immensely grateful to Paul Shamplina, the driving force behind ‘Rumble with the Agents’, which on Thursday 24th May 2018 raised a fantastic £16,300 to help fund our much needed, free services for people affected by cancer.

Paul now wants to do even more for Cherry Lodge and will be entering the ring as a contestant at ‘Summer of Glove’, another evening of white collar boxing. In his words: “I want to help Cherry Lodge Cancer Care support people with all forms of cancer, and their families. They do an amazing job … I’m happy to get punched in the face for that cause.

‘Summer of Glove’ will take place on Friday 22nd June 2018 at York Hall in Bethnal Green, with doors opening at 6pm and first bell at 7.15pm. If you would like to attend the event, call 07736 613518. Tickets cost £30 stalls, £40 balcony, £50 ringside.

To sponsor Paul and help him support Cherry Lodge Cancer Care, please visit https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/paul-summer-of-glove

Buy your Summer Soulstice 2018 tickets now to avoid disappointment! Tickets for this annual festival of soulful music and family fun are expected to sell out ahead of the day – and there will be no tickets available to buy at the gates!

Click here for the link to buy tickets. Currently available to buy online are Event Only etickets costing £36 or £1.50 for Under 13s. Limited Camp Soulstice Add-On etickets are also available at £18 per night (£12 for Under 13s). All prices include VAT but exclude booking fees.

Visit the Summer Soulstice website to read about this year’s main-stage artists: The Real Thing, S.E.L/Soulful Emma-Louise, Howard Johnson and Daisy Hicks. There will also be 30+ DJs in three arenas of music, with some of them already announced.

Since the first festival in 2007, Summer Soulstice events have raised an amazing £262,200 for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care – a wonderful way for the Soulstice crew to remember their friend Andy Weekes and to raise funds to provide information and support services for people affected by cancer.

Please visit the Summer Soulstice website for full information about this year’s event, to find out the back story, and to enjoy photos and film from previous years.

Cherry Lodge Cancer Care is pleased to present our annual midsummer lunch and entertainment for ladies. This event will take place at Old Fold Manor Golf Club on Wednesday 27th June 2018.

Tickets (in advance only) cost £34 per person and are available from Tina on 020 8441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk. Drinks will be offered from 1pm with lunch starting at 1.30pm.

The ticket price includes a welcome drink, an excellent two-course meal in attractive surroundings, musical accompaniment from top pianist Paul Jaffa, and an amusing after-lunch talk “In the Footsteps of a Wedding Toastmaster” by guest speaker James Higgs.

These popular ladies lunches are an excellent opportunity to get together with friends to have a good time and help raise funds for Cherry Lodge’s many services.

Enjoy a great day out with all your family at Meadow Park, Borehamwood on Saturday 30th June 2018. There will be free fairground rides, arena acts, refreshments and lots more! This fun-filled Families Day is part of Elstree and Borehamwood’s Annual Civic Festival.

Please come along to the Cherry Lodge Cancer Care stall, which will be manned by cheerful staff and volunteers from our Borehamwood shop. There will be lots of items for sale at just £1 each, a well stocked general tombola and a teddy tombola for the kids. Please help us raise much needed money to provide free information and support services for local people affected by cancer, including family members and carers.

Cherry Lodge Cancer Care invites you to enjoy ‘A Taste of the Caribbean’ on Saturday 7th July 2018 from 7.30pm to 11.30pm. Do come along and party in Norman and Myra’s lovely spacious home at The Avenue in Potters Bar.

This is a ticket-only event. Tickets cost £22 and include a welcome rum punch, hot buffet and dancing to the sounds of the Caribbean. There will be prizes for the best Caribbean costumes.

For tickets please contact Myra on 01707 664322 or Tina on 020 8441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancare.org.uk

The Caribbean food will be by Panda Berry, North Finchley and the music by Matt C at MegaSounds.

Shocked by news of the burglary at Soulstice HQ, The Highstone Dance Academy is putting on a fundraising Danceathon to recoup some of the stolen money. The event, from 4pm to 6.30pm on Thursday 12th July 2018, is being held in association with the Coffee Bean coffee shop and with permission from The Spires, Barnet.

The Highstone Dance Academy is a large dance school based in Hadley Highstone, High Barnet. Dancers from the school have always opened Summer Soulstice with a dance performance and the school has a big connection with the fundraisers at Soulstice.

At the Danceathon, pupils from the Highstone Dance Academy will be doing a non stop dance marathon under the guidance of their teachers.

All proceeds of the afternoon will go to the Soulstice Crowd Funding page to replace some of the stolen £45,000+ and consequently will help Cherry Lodge Cancer Care to continue to provide its valuable cancer information and support services completely free of charge to people affected by cancer, including family members and carers. The Coffee Bean have also agreed to donate their proceeds from the event.

If you have any time to spare between 4pm and 6.30pm on Thursday 12th July, do please go along to The Spires to watch the dancers and make a donation. Donations can be made to the Highstone Dance Academy or put in the box on the counter in the Coffee Bean.

On Bank Holiday Sunday, 26th August 2018, there are some big reasons for supporters of Cherry Lodge Cancer Care to go to Barnet’s Black Horse pub:

• ENJOY an 8-hour-long, free session of soulful grooves, funky jams and bank holiday beats with DJ’s Double J, Jester Groove, James Anthony, Mr. Green and guests. (More information on the Summer Soulstice website.)

• SHOW your appreciation of all the hard work put in by the Soulstice Crew to make this year’s Summer Soulstice festival such a great success. (Click here for photo gallery.)

• THANK the Soulstice Crew for their ongoing support and dogged determination not to let the burglary and loss of £45,000 stop them in their tracks.

• CELEBRATE the success of Summer Soulstice’s crowdfunding initiative and the generosity of hundreds of donors who have helped compensate for the stolen money and are helping Cherry Lodge Cancer Care continue to provide its much needed, free information and support services.

• CHEER when the Soulstice Crew hand over their 2018 Big Payback cheque, scheduled to take place between 5.30 and 6.30pm when the Mayor of Barnet, Reuben Thompstone, will be present.

Alan Cox Associates will be holding their 9th Annual Charity Golf Day on Thursday 13th September 2018. As previously, the event will be held at Hadley Wood Golf Club and all proceeds will go to local charities: Cherry Lodge Cancer Care, Noah’s Ark Hospice, and Barnet OAPS Christmas Lunch. This is sure to be a fantastic day for all taking part.

Cherry Lodge Cancer Care thanks Alan Cox Associates for their ongoing support.

Summer Soulstice is putting on its first charity Golf Day on Monday 17th September 2018 at The Shire golf course on St Albans Road, just outside Barnet. This event has been set up to help recoup funds raised for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care at this year’s very successful Summer Soulstice festival in June and then stolen in the post-festival burglary.

This is a chance to play on a fantastic Masters course, designed by the late, great Seve Ballesteros. Most of the 100 spaces for players have already been snapped up but if you would like to play, please email Giles (gilespratt10@gmail.com) as soon as possible. Places cost £75 per head; £300 per team.

Please note that Google gives an incorrect post code for The Shire: the correct post code is EN5 4RE.

Sponsor a hole: If you or your business would like to sponsor a hole (£100 each) or donate an auction prize, please email Tina or phone her on 020 8441 7000.

Click on the image below to enlarge and read the full programme for the day.