Events Programme

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.

The Mayor’s ‘Money Can’t Buy’ Virtual Auction will be conducted online, safely away from the coronavirus.

The Mayor of Barnet’s 1920’s-themed Gala Dinner, scheduled for Saturday 25th April 2020, has been cancelled due to the coronavirus. All tickets had been sold and the event was expected to bring the current Mayor’s Appeal to a spectacular conclusion. This was not to be – and a major rethink was needed.

So the Mayor and her committee have come up with a solution – with your help they can steer disadvantage into advantage by turning this Gala Dinner into a virtual fundraising event online. In this way, they are still looking to meet their original Gala Dinner target to raise £10,000 for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care and Home-Start Barnet.

The Mayor and her committee are now asking Gala Dinner ticket holders to consider alternatives to simply asking for a refund (although this option is available, see foot of page). Note that the Mayor’s Virtual Auction is also open to people who haven’t previously bought Gala Dinner tickets.

Supporters might also like to enter the Mayor’s Virtual Raffle or make a donation to the Mayor’s Appeal (details below).

‘Money Can’t Buy’ Virtual Auction Draw

The Auction Draw will be held on the evening of 25th April 2020, when the Gala Dinner was to have taken place. An online video link will be set up to allow participants and spectators to remain safe in their own homes. For logistical reasons during the lockdown, the Auction Draw will be made by Cllr Caroline Stock (Mayor of Barnet). Speeches will be made by Clive Coleman (Legal Correspondent at the BBC), who was to have been the guest speaker at the Gala Dinner, and by James Kennedy (Chief Financial Officer at Middlesex University). A brochure for the evening will be distributed after the event.

To take part, Gala Dinner ticket holders are being asked to donate their original ticket price of £65 (for one chance) or £130 (for two chances) to win some novel prizes, including:

• Operate the machinery to open Tower Bridge.
• Enjoy lunch for two by invitation of Christopher Hayward, Sheriff of the City of London, with HM Judges at The Old Bailey.
• Fulfil childhood dreams with a private viewing of the Jubilee Line control tower and experience a simulator drive of the tube.
• Take tea for two at the House of Commons
• Go subterranean with a special trip to the secret ‘Mushroom Farm’ beneath the London Underground.
• Quaff a bottle of ‘John Bercow’ Single Malt Whisky, signed by John Bercow and no longer on sale!

The original ticket price of £65 gives you entry into the Mayor’s Virtual Auction Draw with more than a 1 in 100 chance of winning a fantastic prize!

How to Enter the Auction Draw and/or Raffle, Make a Donation or Request a Refund

Please email Eileen.eskenzi@aol.com with your request(s) as outlined below.

(Payments should be made to: ‘Mayor of Barnet Charity Account ‘ at Metro Bank:  Sort Code: 23-05-80;  Account Number: 15112409)

To enter the Virtual Auction Draw

  1a  I have prepaid £65 – please enter me for one chance in the auction.

  1b  I have prepaid £130 – please enter me for two chances in the auction.

  2a I have not prepaid – but wish to pay £65 for one chance in the auction.

  2b I have not prepaid – but wish to pay £130 for two chances in the auction.

To buy tickets for the Online Raffle (see separate Cherry Lodge Events Notice for Raffle details)

  3   I would like to purchase raffle ticket(s)

• One strip @ £20
• Multiple strips @ £20 each (state number)

To Make a Donation

  4  I would like to make a donation to the ‘Mayor of Barnet Charity Account’

To Request a Refund

  5   I wish to request a refund to be paid into my bank account (give your name and bank details)

The Mayor’s Virtual Raffle will be conducted online, safely away from the coronavirus.

The Mayor of Barnet’s 1920’s-themed Gala Dinner, scheduled for Saturday 25th April 2020, has been cancelled due to the coronavirus. All tickets had been sold and the event was expected to bring the current Mayor’s Appeal to a spectacular conclusion. This was not to be – and a major rethink was needed.

So the Mayor and her committee have come up with a solution – with your help they can steer disadvantage into advantage by turning this Gala Dinner into a virtual fundraising event online. In this way, they are still looking to meet their original Gala Dinner target to raise £10,000 for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care and Home-Start Barnet.

The Mayor’s Virtual Raffle

The raffle will be drawn on the evening of Saturday 25th April 2020, when the Gala Dinner was to have taken place. You will be allocated tickets from a book, which will be put in a container for the draw. There will be a video record of the draw, which is to be made by the Mayor in the safety of her own home.

Tickets cost £20 for a strip of five and give you a chance of winning some great prizes, including:

• A three-piece Delsey luggage set
• A ‘4-Hole Golf Day at South Herts Golf Club, Totteridge
• A decorative Gurkha Kothimura Khukri ceremonial knife
• Two tickets to a Premier League Arsenal Match in the 2020-21 season
• A Classic Escape Spa Day with lunch at Champneys
• Dinner for two at The Bayleaf restaurant in Whetstone
• Dinner for two at Haven restaurant in Whetstone
• A Deluxe Hamper (including a roll of toilet paper and some hand sanitizer!)
• £35 voucher for Hair on Broadway, hairdressers in Radlett
• Bottle of 16-year-old vintage whisky with crystal decanter and glasses
• Plus many, many more!

To buy your raffle tickets please contact Tina at Cherry Lodge Cancer Care on 020 8441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk

You may also like to consider buying tickets for the Mayor’s Virtual Auction to be held on the same evening.

Summer Soulstice Virtual 2020 continues its build up with a couple of music specials on Friday 26th June. Streaming online will be:

• from 6pm, a one-off Brews & Soul Online Session will Soulstice DJs Gilo, Jester Groove, and Double J with PA by Natasha Watts

• from 10pm, Dr Bob Jones’ Summer Soulstice Surgery

See the Summer Soulstice website for more details.