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.
Another round of enticing Liquid Treats and Soulful Beats will be on offer at The Black Horse pub in Barnet on Saturday 6th April, from 7.30pm until 1am.
Summer Soulstice regulars Double J and Jester Groove will be joined by Jon Jules of Mi-Soul Radio/Salou Soul, playing a great selection of Jazz, Funk, Boogie, Disco, House and Club Classics.
On sale from the always friendly Black Horse staff will be a wide selection of cask beers plus a great wine list and an ever-changing choice of craft beers.
Visit the Summer Soulstice website for full details. Buy tickets online via Universe.com or in person direct from the venue. Tickets cost £5 in advance, plus a limited number of £10 tickets on the night (unless previously sold out). No entry after 11pm.
A percentage of the proceeds from this event will be donated to the organisation of this year’s Summer Soulstice festival, to be held on Saturday 22nd June 2019.
Dawn Ledgard will be holding her next Clothes Sale at Hadley Wood on Wednesday 10th April 2019. Make a note of the date and come along to the Hadley Wood Association Centre to refresh your wardrobe 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 Foil, Monari, Zele, Signature, Brandtex and Ciso, with jewellery from Dante. All items are on sale at well below High Street prices and there are attractive special offers on multiple purchases. There is also a sale rail with bargains at up to 70% off.
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 our valuable services for people affected by cancer.
Please support Cherry Lodge Cancer Care by coming to our 2019 Easter Fair, to be held on Saturday 13th April 2019 – the weekend before Easter. The event will take place in St James Church, 71 East Barnet Road, New Barnet, EN4 8RN.
Join us at the Fair for Easter fun for all the family. Young ones will enjoy meeting the Easter Bunny, taking part in the Chocolate Egg Hunt, and spending time at the Kids’ Corner with craft activities and face painting. On the many stalls you will be able to find fantastic gifts for family and friends as well as a great opportunity to treat yourself or buy something attractive for your home.
As always, our well stocked tombola stall 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.
The 2019 Virgin London Marathon will take place on the streets of London on Sunday 28th April. This iconic marathon is a major event on the international sporting calendar and is also an important fundraising opportunity for charities like Cherry Lodge Cancer Care.
Running for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care in the 2019 London Marathon will be:
- Molly Burgess
- Tony Chapman
- Jennifer Oxley
- Kieran Storey (fundraising with Molly)
- Michael Storey (fundraising with Molly)
To support our runners and make a donation to help fund Cherry Lodge’s vital services, please visit their online fundraising pages by clicking on the names in blue in the list above. Kieran, Michael and Molly are fundraising together in memory of their grandad.
Alternatively, please contact our runners directly, or, for more information about any of the people running for us, please call Tina or Nisha on 020 8441 7000 or e-mail tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk.
Our runners would also definitely appreciate your support on the day. Why not go along to the race route on Sunday 28th April to cheer on the Cherry Lodge team and enjoy the fantastic atmosphere? More information about the race, including general advice for spectators, can be found on the Virgin London Marathon website.
The Cherry Lodge Cancer Care 2019 Spring Quiz will be held on Saturday 4th May 2019, from 7pm to 10.30pm, at our usual quiz venue: Mary Immaculate & St Peters Church Hall, Somerset Road, New Barnet EN5 1RF.
Our regular quiz evenings are extremely popular – and this coming event sold out very soon after the date was first announced. We extend our apologies to all enthusiastic quizzers who were too late to book a place. To avoid future disappointment, you might like to note that our next quiz – a new Summer Quiz – has been scheduled for Saturday 10th August 2019.
Our Annual General Meeting will be held at the Cherry Lodge Centre, Howard House, 23 Union Street, Barnet on Tuesday 14th May 2019 at 7.30pm. Anyone with an interest in Cherry Lodge and our work is invited to attend.
After the business of the AGM, there will be a talk by Lorna Joussain from Duffield & Harrison on the topic of ‘Enduring Power of Attorney’.
If you wish to attend, please RSVP by 13th May to Tina Papasavva on 020 8441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk
Book your places now for what promises to be a very enjoyable ‘Ladies Lunch’ in aid of Cherry Lodge Cancer Care. Please support Cherry Lodge by coming to this event, which will take place on Tuesday 11th June 2019, from 1pm to 4pm, in the attractive surroundings of Old Fold Manor Golf Club, Hadley Green.
Tickets cost £34 per person (in advance only). To book, please contact Tina on 020 8441 7000 or by email.
Included in the ticket price is a complementary drink, served from 1pm, and an excellent two course meal. There will then be an after lunch talk by health and nutrition guru Cathy Martin about weight reduction, perseverance and learning to love who you are.
In Cathy’s words: “My health and fitness journey started 10 years ago when I was a size 24. I lost the weight and have kept it off through diet and exercise. I now share my experience and support others on their journey.”
Barnet’s fabulous Summer Soulstice festival – held each year in memory of Andy Weekes and raising money for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care – will return on Saturday 22nd June 2019.
Join the Soulstice crew at OEs’ Memorial Playing Fields, Mays Lane for 12 hours of soulful fun and frolics from 11am until 11pm. Enjoy great main-stage acts from Aswad, Alison Limerick, Andy Abraham, Louise Golbey, Natasha Watts, and Sa-ha-ra, plus music from 30+ DJs in three arenas of music. There will also be licensed bars, cocktails, food outlets, merchandise stalls, free kids play zone, entertainers, gazebo/picnic area, limited camping and car parking. All offering a fantastic day out for all the family.
Book now to avoid disappointment – there is a good chance of a sell out. Also note there will be no tickets available on the day. Click here to buy tickets. Currently available are Event Only etickets costing £35 for adults, £20 for teens (13-17 years) and £2 for kids (1-12 years). The last date for buying Camping Add-On etickets has now passed. Note that conditions apply. All prices include VAT but exclude booking fees.
Please visit the Summer Soulstice website for full information about this year’s event, to read the back story, and to enjoy photos, film and music from previous years. Since putting on their first festival in 2007, the Soulstice crew have given more than £300,000 to help fund Cherry Lodge’s much needed information and support services for people affected by cancer.
This event is now SOLD OUT.
‘Come and Get Pampered’ at the Cherry Lodge Cancer Care centre on Sunday 30th June 2019, from 2pm to 5pm.
Treatments cost just £10 each – and all proceeds will help fund our much-needed cancer information and support services. Choose from: Mini manicures and pedicures; Facials; Mini makeovers; Blow drys; and a selection of Complementary therapies. There will also be delicious cakes on offer while you wait or afterwards.
For bookings please contact Tina on 020 8441 7000 or by email.
Five members of BNI (Business Network International) will be supporting Cherry Lodge Cancer Care by taking part in the Asics London 10k on Sunday 21st July 2019.
This iconic event, organised by Virgin Sport, is a great opportunity to raise money to help fund Cherry Lodge’s much needed, free cancer information and support services. The race will start on Piccadilly, take in Piccadilly Circus, a run up and down Regent Street, along Pall Mall to St James’s Palace, back to Trafalgar Square, up and down Charing Cross Road, down the Strand to Temple, then along Embankment to Westminster Bridge, across the bridge and back, past the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey, down Victoria Street and back to finish in Whitehall.
Please sponsor our runners as generously as you can:
Suzanne Finighan
Elliot Mayer
Harsha Rathnayake
Two of the runners, whose names appear in blue in the list above, have set up online fundraising pages, which you can access by clicking on their names. To sponsor one of the others, please contact them directly or contact Yvonne (Cherry Lodge’s Volunteer Coordinator and a member of BNI) by phone on 020 8441 7000 or email yvonne@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk.
Cherry Lodge Cancer Care will be holding a Summer Quiz on Saturday 10th August 2019. This is a new event added to our events programme in response to the great popularity of our Spring and Autumn Quizzes.
This event is now SOLD OUT.
The venue is Mary Immaculate & St Peter’s Church Hall, 63 Somerset Road, New Barnet, EN5 1RF. Doors will open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Tickets cost £14.50 per person (including a Ploughman’s Supper) and the maximum number of people per team is eight. All tickets must be pre-booked; no tickets will be sold on the night. There will be a licensed cash bar (no bring your own) and also a raffle.
This Summer Quiz night presents a great opportunity to have fun with friends, answer (or try to answer) a range of interesting questions, enjoy a chat over supper – and raise money to help fund Cherry Lodge’s cancer information and support services. For information and tickets, please contact Tina on 020 8441 7000 or email Tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk.
You are invited to join members of the Soulstice crew at the Black Horse pub, Barnet on Bank Holiday Sunday, 25th August 2019. Eight hours of soulful grooves, funky jams and holiday beats will be presented by DJs Ash Selector, Double J, Jester Groove, Mr Green, Matt C and Brian Mac. Also on offer will be a barbecue and a wide choice of great beers and wines.
As always, this will be a very important occasion for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care as the Soulstice crew will be handing us another big cheque to help fund our very important work. This year’s cheque will be for a record £45,000 – an amazing achievement. Thank you all!. Summer Soulstice is Cherry Lodge’s biggest third party supporter and has been supporting us since 2007. Please see the Summer Soulstice website for more information.
The cheque handover is scheduled to take place between 6 and 6.30pm.
The Enfield and Hoddesdon branches of TTG (The Timber Group) are raising money for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care by means of a novel Charity Cycle Race. Starting on Monday 16th September, TTG employees at these branches will be competing against each other to get to ‘Paris’ first. They will be covering the equivalent road distance on an exercise bike. Members of the public are invited to jump on and join in the race!
Please visit the TTG fundraising page to make a donation to help Cherry Lodge Cancer Care continue to provide its information and support services completely free of charge to people affected by cancer.
After the event, the exercise bikes will also be donated.
Summer Soulstice will again be suppporting Cherry Lodge Cancer Care with its second annual Golf Day on Friday 27th September 2019.
This event offers golfers a great opportunity to play at The Shire London, one of the finest courses in the country, designed by the late, great Seve Ballesteros. The programme on the day will be: registration at 9am followed by full English breakfast; shotgun start at 11am for 18 holes (best two from Stapleford); meal and prize giving at 5.30pm.
Prizes will be awarded to the best team and the best individual as well as for the longest drive and for getting nearest the pin.
Contact Summer Soulstice as soon as possible to enter a team of four (maximum handicap 24) for £400 including meals. Sponsorship opportunities at the event are also available. See @SummerSoulstice #SSGolfDay2019 for updates.
This charity walk has been organised by Barnet Mayor’s Appeal in support of Cherry Lodge Cancer Care and Homestart. It will be led by Paul Baker, a City of London guide specializing in tours in the Borough of Barnet.
You’ll hear about the background to this major battle in 1471 during the Wars of the Roses, how and why it took place, who were the main participants, how the battle developed, and how the weather played a huge part in the outcome of one of the most important battles in English history. You’ll also hear about the three kings of England who came to spend the day in Barnet.
It’s a fun walk around the battlefield and there will be some audience participation. The walk lasts two hours and costs £10 (£5 for under 12s). Please email Paul on pbaker54@hotmail.co.uk to reserve a place – the full price in cash will be due on the day. Places are strictly limited to 30 so please book early to avoid disappointment.