Events Programme
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care fundraisers work hard to put on an interesting and varied programme of events. Coming up next is our annual Lights of Love ceremony on Sunday 24th 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.
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.
The Cherry Lodge Cancer Care annual ‘Lights of Love’ ceremony will be held on Sunday 27th November 2022, at the bandstand to the rear of The Spires Shopping Centre in Barnet.
This moving 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. 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.
The ceremony is scheduled to start at 4.30pm. The lights on the bandstand will be switched on, carols will be sung, readings will be given, the names of people to be remembered will be read out, and refreshments will be served.
Buying tickets for the Cherry Lodge Cancer Care Annual Grand Raffle is a great way to help fund our many services while also giving you the chance to win a very attractive prize! Books of 20 raffle tickets were sent out with the Cherry Lodge Summer Newsletter and further tickets are available on request. To avoid disappointment, please make a note of the dates below.
THE DRAW
The draw will take place at the Trustees Meeting on Tuesday 29th November 2022.
TICKETS AND PRIZES
Tickets cost £1 each and give you a chance of winning one of the following:
1st prize: 3 night break for 2 people on the Isle of Wight including ferry crossing and 4 star hotel
2nd prize: £150 restaurant gift card
3rd prize: £100 M&S vouchers
4th Prize: luxury Christmas hamper (available mid December)
ENTRY DEADLINE
Ticket stubs (with your contact details written on the back) and payments must be received at Howard House no later than 15th November 2022.
PAYMENT OPTIONS
Cheques should be made payable to Cherry Lodge Cancer Care. If you would like to pay for tickets or make a donation using Bacs or a credit or debit card, please email tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk for details.
OBTAIN MORE TICKETS
If you need more tickets, for yourself or for friends and family, please phone Tina on 020 8441 7000 or email Tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk.
Click on the raffle ticket image below to enlarge it.
The annual Barnet Christmas Fayre, organised by the Mayor’s Appeal committee, will take place on Sunday 4th December 2022 between 12 noon and 5pm. The main streets will be closed to traffic and hundreds of people are expected to turn out to enjoy the fun.
The Mayor will open the Fayre at 12 noon together with the Bull Theatre Players outside the Post Office. A fantastic range of festive activities will then continue through the afternoon. See the map below for location details. You will find something for all the family, including children’s funfair, shows, music, dance and the Christmas courtyard. A tempting assortment of food, drink, craft and gift items will be on sale from the many market stalls.
The Cherry Lodge shop will be open from 12 until 4pm and the Cherry Lodge Information and Merchandising stall will be in The Spires.
Click on the map to enlarge it.
After a two-year absence due to the pandemic, groups of children from several Barnet schools will again be singing carols and other festive music to raise money for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care. Please support them at The Spires Shopping Centre (outside Savers) on Wednesday 7th December 2022, between 9.30am and 3.30pm. Enjoy the children’s singing and help them raise lots of money to help fund Cherry Lodge’s much needed information and support services for people affected by cancer.
You are warmly invited to enjoy another Cha Night at The Arkley Club, Barnet. This exciting event will be held on Friday 10th March 2023, from 7.30pm until midnight. Everyone is welcome and all proceeds will help fund Cherry Lodge Cancer Care’s much needed information and support services.
Listen and dance to a fantastic 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.
Cha Nights at the Arkley Club are held in memory of Bob Parrott.
You are invited to show your support for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care and enjoy a leisurely, sociable, circular walk in Oakhill Park, East Barnet on Sunday 2nd April 2023.
The Cherry Lodge Information and Merchandise Stall will be set up near Oakhill Pitch and Golf, off Parkside Gardens, near the car park (note NOT by the cafe on Oak Hill Road). You will find an attractive selection of Easter cakes, chicks and merchandise on sale.
Our walk, to be led by CL chairman Margaret, will set off at 11.15am.
The tcs 2023 London Marathon is taking place today, Sunday 23rd April 2023 – back at its usual pre-pandemic time of year, and just six months after last year’s very successful event.
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care has eight runners taking part in this iconic event. The money they raise through sponsorship will make a big difference, helping Cherry Lodge continue to provide much needed cancer information and support services completely free of charge.
Running for Cherry Lodge this year are:
Bobby Pratt
Clicking on on the names in blue (above) will take you to our runners’ fundraising pages. There, you will find more information about the runners and can make a simple, safe, online donation to sponsor them. Alternatively, contact a runner to sponsor them directly, or contact Tina.
Unfortunately, our signed up ninth runner, Gary Withers, has had to withdraw due to an injury. Thank you Gary for the effort you made – we send our commiserations.