Events Programme
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care fundraisers work hard to put on an interesting and varied programme of events. Very successful CL events in the run up to Christmas 2024 included the Cherry Lodge Christmas Fair on 30th November, the Festive Extravaganza at The Landsby on 9th December, and Carol Singing in The Spires by local schoolchildren on Wednesdays 4th and 11th December. Thank you very much indeed to all our fundraisers. Information about exciting new events will be posted early in the New Year.
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.
Support Cherry Lodge Cancer Care and enjoy ‘Ska/Pop/Reggae in Your Jeggae’. Hear The Silencerz performing with Lee Thompson of Madness at the Butchers Arms in Barnet on Friday 22nd November 2019, from 9pm until 1am. There will also be great music from DJ King Rebska.
Tickets cost £10 and proceeds will go to help Cherry Lodge Cancer Care provide its much needed information and support services completely free of charge.
Click here for a preview from YouTube.
This event has been organised by Barnet Mayor’s Appeal in support of Cherry Lodge Cancer Care and Homestart Barnet. It will take place on Monday 25th November 2019, from 2pm to 5pm, at Hadley Wood Golf Club, Beech Hill, Barnet EN4 0JJ.
You are invited by Cherry Lodge Cancer Care to spend a very enjoyable and useful afternoon learning how to wrap gifts and make flower arrangements in plenty of time for the festive season. There will also be a delicious afternoon tea and raffle, which are included in the ticket price of £25.
Demonstrating her creativity and helping you to achieve great results at gift wrapping and flower arranging will be the multi-talented Ava Rashti. Ava is trained in traditional dressmaking, knitting, embroidery, tapestry and modern calligraphy as well as gift wrapping and flower arranging. She also makes personalised beaded charm bracelets (September Beads), which have featured in style magazines and are popular with celebrities. Ava is thrilled to be teaching and hopes you will love the crafts as much as she does.
For tickets please contact Tina at Cherry Lodge Cancer Care on 020 8441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk
Do note the date and come along to Cherry Lodge Cancer Care’s Christmas Market, which will be held on Saturday 30th November 2019 at St James Church, 71 East Barnet Road, New Barnet, EN4 8RN.
As well as helping raise much-needed funds for Cherry Lodge, this annual event is a great opportunity for some Christmas shopping, featuring a wide selection of original and hand-crafted items that will make perfect presents for family and friends. There will also be two tombola stalls, with prizes for children and for adults.
Singers from Cromer Road School will get us into the Festive Spirit with a performance when the Market opens at 11am. Later, at 2pm, the Cherry Lodge Singing Group will be on stage to keep people entertained with a selection of popular seasonal music.
Children will be able to meet Santa in his Grotto and receive an early Christmas present. There will also be face painting and a Kids’ Corner to keep young ones entertained while their adults shop or chat to friends.
Tasty home-made soup and delicious mince pies will be among the festive fare on offer at our Christmas Market cafe, run as usual by our dedicated volunteers.
The annual Barnet pre-Christmas Street Fair will be taking place on Sunday 1st December 2019 and this year’s event promises to be a very good day for supporters of Cherry Lodge Cancer Care.
The main streets will be closed to traffic and hundreds of people are expected to turn out to enjoy this annual Mayor’s Appeal event. As in previous years, there will be a street procession and live entertainment, as well as stalls offering a tempting assortment of food, drink, craft and gift items.
Cherry Lodge volunteers will be involved in the street collection and the Cherry Lodge Shop in Church Passage will be open specially, from 12 noon until 4pm. Make the most of the afternoon and show your support for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care. Please give generously and come along to the Cherry Lodge shop to enjoy some Christmas shopping, have a chat with friends and enjoy a mince pie.
As in previous years, Barnet schoolchildren are fundraising for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care by singing carols and other festive music in The Spires Shopping Centre. Please come along to listen to the children’s singing and help them raise lots of money to help fund Cherry Lodge’s many information and support services for people affected by cancer.
Children from our first three schools were in great voice on Wednesday 4th December 2019 and between them raised a fantastic £455.98:
- Livingstone School from 10 to 10.30
- Queenswell School from 10.30 to 11
- Foulds School from 11 to 11.30
Children from four more schools will be singing for us on Wednesday 11th December.
- Broadfields School from 10 to 11
- QE Boys from 11 to 11.30
- Whitings Hill School from 11.30 to 12
- Danegrove School from 1 to 1.30
This annual Christmas Shopping and Lunch event for ladies at the Penridge Suite (470 Bowes Road, London N11 1NL) is a great way to start the festive season!
Catch up with friends and colleagues before the Christmas rush. From 11 am, browse and shop from a range of Christmas gift ideas or treat yourself from our stall selection. Then, at 12.30pm, enjoy meze dips followed by Christmas lunch and dessert.
Tickets cost £23 per person, including lunch plus wine and soft drinks.
To book your table please call 07748 626 002 or 020 8368 5332. Alternatively, email oneandonlyevents@hotmail.co.uk, or visit www.oneandonly-events.co.uk
All proceeds from the raffle will be in aid of Cherry Lodge Cancer Care and CL Christmas cards and other merchandise will be on sale at this event.
The Cherry Lodge Cancer Care annual ‘Lights of Love’ ceremony offers an opportunity for people to come together to remember a loved one, to mark a special occasion, to share a token of love, or simply to enjoy the company of others. Attendance is by invitation only.
Before the event, people are invited to make a donation to Cherry Lodge Cancer Care to sponsor a symbolic light on the bandstand at The Spires Shopping Centre in Barnet. Everyone on the Cherry Lodge mailing list should have received a donation form along with their Autumn Newsletter. If you haven’t received a form, please contact Tina on 020 8441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk.
On receipt of your donation, Cherry Lodge will send you a dedication card for each person you named plus an invitation to attend the lighting ceremony.
This year’s event will be held on Sunday 8th December 2019 starting at 4.30pm. The lights on the bandstand will be switched on, the Cherry Lodge Singers will be singing, readings will be given, names of people to be remembered will be read out, and there will be plenty of time to enjoy refreshments and chat with old and new friends.
The bandstand will be illuminated every day until January.
As in previous years, Barnet schoolchildren are fundraising for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care by singing carols and other festive music in The Spires Shopping Centre. Please come along to listen to the children’s singing and help them raise lots of money to help fund Cherry Lodge’s many information and support services for people affected by cancer.
Children from our first three schools were in great voice on Wednesday 4th December 2019 and between them raised a fantastic £455.98:
- Livingstone School from 10 to 10.30
- Queenswell School from 10.30 to 11
- Foulds School from 11 to 11.30
Children from four more schools will be singing for us on Wednesday 11th December.
- Broadfields School from 10 to 11
- QE Boys from 11 to 11.30
- Whitings Hill School from 11.30 to 12
- Danegrove School from 1 to 1.30
Krimo and Paul of The Coffee Bean cafe and coffeehouse in Barnet’s The Spires Shopping Centre are again raising money for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care by putting together and raffling a fabulous Christmas hamper full of festive goodies.
Tickets are now on sale and cost £1 each. The draw will take place on Saturday 21st December 2019 at 11am.
This year’s hamper, worth £150, includes: a bottle of vintage red wine, a bottle of prosecco, a bottle of white wine, Christmas cake, Christmas pudding, luxury chocolates, Celebrations, a chocolate Santa, salted caramel cookies, mince pies, Christmas pudding, box of shortbread, champagne truffles, savoury biscuits, dates, Pringles, a tub of Twiglets, a tub of Cheeselets, a tub of honey peanuts, chestnuts, pretzel snack mix. There are also second and third prizes to be won.
Throughout the year, The Coffee Bean cafe and coffeehouse in The Spires is a great place to meet friends and enjoy excellent food, beverages and service. In the run up to Christmas, the chance to win this mouth-watering selection of festive foods is an added bonus.
A New Year round of Liquid Treats and Soulful Beats will be on offer at The Black Horse, Barnet on Saturday 25th January 2020 (7.30pm until 1am).
Liquid treats – including a wide selection of cask beers, an ever changing choice of craft beers, and a great wine list – will be on offer from the always friendly Black Horse staff.
Soulful beats – a selection of Soul, Disco, Boogie, Jazz, Funk, Soulful House and Club Classics – will be presented by Soulstice DJ’s Double J, Jester Groove and Mr Green
Visit the Summer Soulstice website for full details. Buy tickets online via Universe.com (plus booking fee) or in person direct from the venue. Tickets cost £5 in advance; £10 on the night unless sold out. Strictly over 21s. No entry after 11pm.
A percentage of the proceeds from this night will be donated to the organisation of Summer Soulstice 2020, which is scheduled for Saturday 20th June 2020 year, raising money for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care and other local charities.
This Bridge Evening has been kindly sponsored by Joan Edwards as part of the 2019-20 Mayor of Barnet’s Appeal. Proceeds will go to the Mayor’s two nominated charities: Cherry Lodge Cancer Care and Homestart Barnet.
The event will be held on Thursday 13th February 2020, under the auspices of The Queen of Hearts Bridge Club (Directors Sue Simon and Allan Lipton) at Wingate & Finchley FC, Summers Lane, London N12 0PD. There is free parking on site.
The doors will open at 7pm, with bridge starting at 7.30pm and ending at around 10.30pm. This will be an evening of mostly duplicate – friendly, social – bridge, with no beginners please. If you want to play rubber, please bring your four.
There will be a refreshment break, with kosher and vegetarian dishes available and included in the ticket price.
Please book by 10th February 2020. The cost is £30 per person, or £55 for two partner players.
Tickets are available via Eventbrite at bit.ly/mayorsbridge (with small booking fee), or book direct by emailing je_mayor_appeal@btinternet.com
Enjoy an evening of romantic music at the Valentine Jazz Soiree to be held on 16th February 2020, from 7.45pm to 10.30pm. This event is part of the 2019-20 Mayor of Barnet’s Appeal, raising money for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care and Homestart Barnet.
The ticket price of £40 per person includes bubbles and nibbles as well as the sublime voice of Tina May. Tickets (in advance only) are available from eileen.eskenzi@aol.com. The evening is being kindly hosted by Eva Greenspan and her address will be given to you when you book.
Notice of cancellation
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 is considered too great.
Refunds
If you have paid for tickets, please contact Tina on 020 8441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk and give her your bank account details. This will enable Cherry Lodge to refund you immediately.
Thank you for your support
Thank you and apologies to everyone involved in the arrangements for our Barn Dance, which has been cancelled due to the outbreak of coronavirus. Thank you also to everyone who had hoped to support Cherry Lodge by attending what would have been a very lively event. We look forward to welcoming you at other events in the future.
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care has cancelled this event to reduce our supporters’ risk of possible exposure to the coronavirus.
Please show your support for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care by coming to our Easter Craft Fair, to be held on Saturday 4th April 2020 – the weekend before Easter. The event will take place in St James Church, 71 East Barnet Road, New Barnet, EN4 8RN.
Come and enjoy the Easter theme, including a chocolate egg hunt and a giant Easter Bunny to entertain the children. There will also be a Kids’ Corner featuring craft activities and face painting. The fair will open with a performance by a local school choir.
The many stalls will be offering a wide range of items, providing an excellent opportunity to treat yourself or to buy gifts for family and friends. You will find beautiful hand-crafted items to wear or for the home as well as a tempting selection of plants. As always, our well stocked tombola stalls will provide a bit of fun as well as a chance to win some great prizes. Refreshments will be available at the Fair cafe, staffed by Cherry Lodge volunteers.
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care has cancelled this event due to the coronavirus epidemic. Cherry Lodge thanks Dawn, her staff and customers for having supported us for many years and we send our best wishes in these difficult times.
Dawn Ledgard will be holding her next Clothes Sale at Hadley Wood on Monday 6h April 2020. Make a note of the date and come along to the Hadley Wood Association Centre to buy beautiful clothes for the new season.
Dawn’s twice-yearly sales offer ladies of all ages, shapes and sizes a very good value opportunity to buy from an extensive range of beautiful designer clothing, jewellery and accessories. Labels include Monari, Zele, Phool, Signature, H & O, Harvey, and lots more. All items are on sale at well below High Street prices and there are attractive special offers on multiple purchases.
As usual, the sale will be held at the Hadley Wood Association Centre (behind the Tennis Club). The venue is about 5 minutes from Hadley Wood station on foot. If you come by car, it is just 5 minutes from junction 24 on the M25 and there is free parking next to the tennis courts. Why not bring a friend and enjoy a coffee while you browse? As past customers know, buying here is much more convenient and less stressful than a trip into the West End. It is also much more enjoyable and reliable than buying online.
Donations of £1 at the door, plus commission on sales, will be given to Cherry Lodge Cancer Care to help fund much needed information and support services for people affected by cancer.