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.
Join friends to celebrate Spring at the Open Door Centre and Cafe, St Albans Road, Barnet on Tuesday 12th April 2022 from 2pm to 4.30pm.
With Spring flowers at their best, Iris will delight you with a beautiful and informative flower arranging display.
Tickets cost £8 and include tea and cake.
To book your place please email Tina or call her on 020 8441 7000.
New Ground Cohousing, at 5b Union St, Barnet, EN5 4DF, are raising money to help fund Cherry Lodge Cancer Care’s much needed information and services for people affected by cancer, including family and friends.
You are invited to get ready for summer with a pre-loved bargain or two from their Clothes and Accessories Sale, to be held on Friday 15th April from 10am to 4pm.
Proceeds from the sale and refreshments will be donated to Cherry Lodge Cancer Care.
Please note that pre-booking is essential at owch.org@gmail.org
Lady supporters of Cherry Lodge Cancer Care are invited to attend a fundraising Afternoon Tea with professional photographer Gary Italiaander on Tuesday 24th May 2022. This event, featuring professional photographer Gary Italiaander, will take place at Old Fold Manor Golf Club, from 2pm to 4.30pm.
As well as helping Cherry Lodge raise vital funds, you will be treated to a delicious tea and a most entertaining presentation by celebrity photographer Gary. Thirty years’ experience of working with fascinating individuals and organisations has provided Gary with a wealth of outstanding images and interesting anecdotes to share with you.
The ticket price of £25 includes cakes, sandwiches and a strip of raffle tickets.
For tickets and further information please contact Tina on 020 8441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancer.org.uk.
The award winning Summer Soulstice soul festival is returning as a live event on Saturday 25th June 2022.
Visit the Summer Soulstice website for more information and to buy tickets.
The Cherry Lodge Cancer Care information and merchandise stall will be at the East Barnet Festival on Saturday 2nd July 2022, from 12 noon. Please call by to meet Tina and the CL information and fundraising team and help raise money for Cherry Lodge’s much needed services by buying from our stock of brand new merchandise items, including a great variety of hats, sunglasses and jewellery.
You will find more information about North London’s biggest free outdoor festival on the East Barnet Festival website. This year’s festival will take place in Oak Hill Park, East Barnet, EN4 8JS, from 1st to 3rd July. As well as craft and community stalls there will be a giant funfair, live music and dance, street food, a licensed bar, and a free car show with Classic, Custom, American, Hotrod, Supercar and modified vehicles.
On 10th July 2022, Nick Martin and his friend Leigh Barnett will be taking part in The Swashbuckler Triathlon in the New Forest, raising money for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care in memory of Nick’s sister Suzy Bishop.
Their middle-distance event comprises a 1.2 mile swim, followed by a 56 mile bike ride, finishing with a half marathon – completing it will be no mean feat! Please help them thank Cherry Lodge for all the support, guidance and advice given to Suzy during her 5-year battle against cancer. Your sponsorship will also help ensure that Cherry Lodge can continue to give free information and support to numerous other people affected by cancer.
Click here to access Nick’s fundraising page.
You are invited to enjoy another great evening of Cha Night music at The Arkley Club, Barnet on Friday 29th July 2022, from 7.30pm until midnight. Everyone is welcome and all proceeds will go to Cherry Lodge Cancer Care.
Listen and dance to a great 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.
Have a great evening and celebrate the huge success of the 2022 Summer Soulstice festival, which raised a record £50,000 for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care!
This year’s Big Payback event will be held on August Bank Holiday Sunday (28th August) at the Black Horse pub, Wood Street, Barnet EN5 4BW. This free event will run from 4pm until midnight.
Enjoy great music and the company of friends. Meet the Soulstice crew and people from Cherry Lodge. Be there at 6pm to cheer when Summer Soulstice hands over its big cheque to Cherry Lodge.
See the Summer Soulstice website for more information as the event date approaches.
The London Marathon returns as a mass event on Sunday 2nd October 2022, with a new title partner, tcs (Tata Consultancy Services).
Due to event cancellations in 2020 and 2021, charity places were carried over and Cherry Lodge was able to register nine runners to take part and raise money for us in 2022. Sadly, this number has now reduced to eight as Lee Alfano has had to withdraw due to injury. We wish him well and have asked for his place to be deferred until next year.
Running for Cherry Lodge in the 2022 tcs London Marathon will be:
- Diana Bertin
- John Fitzmaurice
- Chris Goldie
- Fabio Moruzzi
- Brad Smith
- Artan Taraboshi
- Gary Withers
- Maki Yoshikura
Click on the names above to see our runners’ fundraising pages. Running a marathon is a huge feat that requires a big time commitment and a lot of physical and mental determination. Please recognise our runners’ efforts by sponsoring them as generously as you can. Cherry Lodge Cancer Care provides all its information and support services completely free of charge. The charity has no statutory funding.
Enjoy a fascinating guided tour of old Barnet and also help keep Cherry Lodge Cancer Care’s much needed information and support services completely free of charge.
Our afternnon tour, on Thursday 6th October 2022, will be led by local resident and City of London Guide Paul Baker. It will start at 2pm outside Barnet College and end around an hour later in The Spires. You will see a brewery that became a town hall, a church that became a shopping centre and some beautiful old houses, including alms houses. You will hear stories about Barnet Fair and walk in the footsteps of royalty and writer Charles Dickens.
All profits will go to Cherry Lodge Cancer Care. Please contact Tina for tickets, which cost £7 per person. Phone her on on 020 8441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancer.org.uk.
You are invited to enjoy another great evening of Cha Night music at The Arkley Club, Barnet on Friday 7th October 2022, from 7.30pm until midnight. Everyone is welcome and all proceeds will go to help fund Cherry Lodge Cancer Care’s information and support services.
Listen and dance to a great 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.
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care’s annual Pink Tombola stall will be back at The Spires, Barnet on Saturday 15th October 2022. Please drop by our stall between 11am and 4pm – to have some fun and show your support.
October is national Breast Cancer Awareness month and every year Cherry Lodge recognises this by putting on our very popular Pink Tombola event. This occasion has two important purposes: to help increase awareness of breast cancer and to raise money to help fund Cherry Lodge Cancer Care’s much needed information and support services for people affected by all types of cancer.
Celebrate this colourful season and enjoy the company of friends at Cherry Lodge Cancer Care’s Autumn Flower Demonstration and Workshop. This event, led by very talented floral artist Iris, will take place at The Open Door Centre in St Albans Road, Barnet on Thursday 3rd November 2022, from 2.30pm to 4.30pm.
Iris will bring beautiful seasonal blooms together to produce a stunning juxtaposition of autumn colours and shapes. By providing a step-by-step commentary as she puts her arrangements together, she will help you learn how to produce impressive, seasonal floral arrangements of your own.
Tickets cost £7 and include tea and cake.
To book your place please email Tina or call her on 020 8441 7000.
You are invited by Myra Goldberg and Cherry Lodge Cancer Care to take up a great opportunity to enjoy a Taste of Israel while helping raise money for Cherry Lodge’s much needed information and support services. This joyful event will will take place on Saturday 5th November 2022 from 4.15pm to 6pm, in the luxurious setting of The Landsby in Merrion Avenue, Stanmore, HA7 4RY.
Dancers in authentic costumes will perform a wide range of traditional Israeli dances, including Chassidic, Yemenite, Moroccan, Ladino and Modern Israeli.
The ticket price of £18 includes sandwiches and refreshments.
For tickets please contact tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org or call her on 020 8441 7000. Alternatively call Myra on 07789 982999.
The Cherry Lodge Cancer Care Christmas Fair is back – with its traditional mix of very enticing stalls, children’s entertainment (lucky dip and Olaf the Snowman), and festive cafe serving a range of refreshments.
As previously, this very popular event will be held at St James Church, East Barnet Road, New Barnet. This year’s date is Saturday 26th November 2022, from 11am until 4pm. The Cherry Lodge Fair is a great opportunity to buy Christmas gifts and beautiful hand-crafted items. You can also enjoy time with friends and have fun as well as helping raise money to fund Cherry Lodge’s much needed cancer information and support services.