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.
Please show your support for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care by coming to our new seasonal craft fair, to be held on 8th April 2017 – the Saturday before Easter. The event will take place in St James Church in East Barnet Road, New Barnet, where there is lots of space for stalls and activities.
Come and enjoy the Easter theme, including a chocolate egg hunt and a giant Easter Bunny to entertain the children. Face painting and henna tattoos will also be on offer at The Kids’ Corner.
The many stalls will be offering a wide range of items, providing a good opportunity to treat yourself or to buy gifts for family and friends. There will be beautiful hand-crafted items to wear or for the home, as well as delicious cakes and preserves. The well-stocked tombola stall will as always 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.
Our Easter Craft Fair will also feature the first public appearance in 2017 of the Cherry Lodge Singers.
The 2017 Virgin London Marathon will take place on the streets of London on Sunday 23rd 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.
We currently have seven runners signed up and training hard to take part on our behalf. (Unfortunately, our eighth runner has had to withdraw from this year’s race due to injury – we wish him well for next year.) The commitment and physical effort required to run a marathon is enormous and the least the rest of us can do is to show our support through sponsorship.
All our runners have now set up online fundraising pages, which you can access by clicking on their names listed below:
Alternatively, contact our runners directly, or, for more information about any of the people who will be 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 add Marathon to your diary for 23rd April and make plans to go and cheer our team on? More information about the race, including general advice for spectators, can be found on the Virgin London Marathon website.
Cherry Lodge’s regular quiz setters, David and Maureen Southon, will be returning to Mary Immaculate and St Peter’s Church Hall on Saturday 6th May 2017 for our upcoming Spring Quiz.
Word has got around that Cherry Lodge’s quizzes offer a great night out, with well chosen questions on a good range of topics, as well as an excellent fish and chip supper or vegetarian alternative. All 12 tables (for a maximum of 8 people) have already been booked – but if you are still keen to attend, please contact Tina, who will be able to let you know if there are any cancellations or individual spaces remaining.
Our Annual General Meeting will be held at the Cherry Lodge Centre, Howard House in Union Street, Barnet on Tuesday 16h May 2017 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 presentation by Tottenham Hotspur Foundation in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support on their innovative MOVE4YOU Cancer Physical Activity Programme. (This will replace the previously announced talk on the subject of dementia and cancer care, which has had to be rescheduled.)
If you wish to attend, please RSVP by 15th May to Yvonne Shield on 020 8441 7000 or email yvonne@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk
Please visit the Snowdon Stars’ fundraising page and make a donation to support the fantastic fundraising effort of the grandchildren of one of the many individuals and their families who have benefited from the services of Cherry Lodge Cancer Care. Please sponsor the children as generously as you can.
Here is their story:
Hi, we are Kia and Myan, Our grandfather passed away on 21st September 2016 after a short battle with stomach cancer. He was lovingly supported by Cherry Lodge Cancer Care and North London Hospice during his illness and they were a great support to him and the family.
This started out as just family and friends but in order to help raise our target we have come together with a local youth club close to our heart to aim high.
With the great support of Masters Youth Club, family and friends, we aim to help raise a lot of money for these charities as well as have a great time climbing. My grandfather was actively involved in the club for many years.
Masters Youth Club have generously come on board to help us with this venture and hope that with the support of all our friends, family and local businesses, we can raise so much funds for these charities that help look after patients like our grandad.
Our friends, Ambika (6), Maya (10), Siya (7), Nikhil (14), Krish (10), Keyush (14), Ishan (14), Shiv (8) and Diya (5) are climbing with us and their parents/carers are joining and encouraging us youngsters to do well. So please dig deep and give generously to support us and the two wonderful charities.
Thanks,
Kia and Myan
The Brews & Soul guys get the month of June underway with the Official Summer Soulstice 2017 Warm Up Party, to be held on Saturday 3rd June 2017, from 8 until late. Note the new venue for this popular warm-up event – at the Old Elizabethans’ Club House, Mays Lane, Barnet, on the site of Summer Soulstice itself, to give everyone a flavour of the big day to follow on Saturday 24th June.
Providing favourite beats at ‘Bring Me Sunshine’ will be Brews and Soul residents Double-J and Jester Groove, plus Matt C (MegaSounds) and very special guest Ginger Tony (Jump Start/Solar Radio).
A limited number of tickets at £6 each plus booking fee can be purchased via the Summer Soulstice website. There will also be a strictly limited quantity available on the door at £10 each. Free car parking will be available at the venue.
This is an Over 21s Only night and Summer Soulstice reserves the right of admission. Please note that buses do not stop outside venue although they do serve the nearby surrounding area (see the Summer Soulstice website for more information). Please note that the main road is not well lit after dark, so please be vigilant when leaving the OE’s site.
A percentage of the proceeds from ‘Bring me Sunshine’ will go towards the cost of this year’s Summer Soulstice festival on 24th June. The latest news on Summer Soulstice 2017 tickets is that there are fewer than one thousand remaining. Last year’s festival was a sell out so if you haven’t bought your tickets already, visit the Summer Soulstice website and buy them soon to avoid losing out.
Enjoy a beautiful garden and help us raise money for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care’s many services for local people affected by cancer. The fabulous, 3-acre garden of ‘Blue Hills’ in Windmill Lane, Barnet, EN5 3HX will be open to visitors on Sunday 4th June 2017, from 2 to 6pm.
Join us for tea and cakes as well as a stroll around the garden to admire its splendid, mature trees and shrubs, large pond with fish, waterfall, weeping willow, rockery and fountain, as well as thatched summer houses, a swimming pool and beautiful bronzes, urns and baskets.
There will be an admission charge of £4.50 (free for children). For tickets, please contact Anne Bickel on 020 8440 7626.
Barnet Bowls Club is supporting Cherry Lodge Cancer Care by inviting you to come along to the club for a free weekend taster lesson. This is a great chance to find out if lawn bowls is for you. Also, donations in support of Cherry Lodge will help fund our much appreciated local cancer information and support centre.
The venue is Barnet Bowls Club, Old Courthouse Park, Manor Close (off Wood Street).
Introductory lessons are being held from 1.30 pm on:
- Saturdays 20th and 27th May
- Sunday 11th June; Saturday 17th June
- Saturday 1st July
To book a place, please contact the coach: Chris Gale on 07746 381 506.
For more information please visit the Barnet Bowls Club website.
Barnet Bowls Club is supporting Cherry Lodge Cancer Care by inviting you to come along to the club for a free weekend taster lesson. This is a great chance to find out if lawn bowls is for you. Also, donations in support of Cherry Lodge will help fund our much appreciated local cancer information and support centre.
The venue is Barnet Bowls Club, Old Courthouse Park, Manor Close (off Wood Street).
Introductory lessons are being held from 1.30 pm on:
- Saturdays 20th and 27th May
- Sunday 11th June; Saturday 17th June
- Saturday 1st July
To book a place, please contact the coach: Chris Gale on 07746 381 506.
For more information please visit the Barnet Bowls Club website.
Tickets for this fabulous day of soulful music and family fun have now sold out. This is the fourth time in the last five years that the Summer Soulstice festival has been fully booked in advance – you were warned! Note that no tickets will be available to buy at the gates on the day, so if you don’t have a ticket already, please do not turn up.
Some 4,500 people will be gathering on Saturday 24th June 2017 for an amazing Main Stage line-up, featuring live performances by Shaun Escoffery, Steve Arrington, Aisling Iris and Push, plus 40 DJ’s and great entertainment for all the family.
Since the first festival in 2007, Summer Soulstice events have raised an amazing £215,000 for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care – a wonderful way for the Soulstice crew to remember their friend Andy Weekes and to raise funds to help people affected by cancer.
Please visit the Summer Soulstice website for full information about this year’s event, to find out the back story, and to enjoy photos and film from previous years.
Enjoy a great day out with all your family at Meadow Park, Borehamwood on Saturday 1st July 2017. There will be free fairground rides, arena acts, refreshments, Star Wars characters and a lot more! This action-packed Families Day is part of Elstree and Borehamwood’s Annual Civic Festival.
Please come along to the Cherry Lodge Cancer Care stall, which will be manned by staff and volunteers from our Borehamwood shop. Help us to raise money for our important work while having some fun at the tombola. You will also find a good selection of merchandise on sale.
Barnet Bowls Club is supporting Cherry Lodge Cancer Care by inviting you to come along to the club for a free weekend taster lesson. This is a great chance to find out if lawn bowls is for you. Also, donations in support of Cherry Lodge will help fund our much appreciated local cancer information and support centre.
The venue is Barnet Bowls Club, Old Courthouse Park, Manor Close (off Wood Street).
Introductory lessons are being held from 1.30 pm on:
- Saturdays 20th and 27th May
- Sunday 11th June; Saturday 17th June
- Saturday 1st July
To book a place, please contact the coach: Chris Gale on 07746 381 506.
For more information please visit the Barnet Bowls Club website.
On Sunday 2nd July 2017, Cherry Lodge Cancer Care and Parkinson’s UK will be hosting a fundraising brunch at a beautiful private house and garden in Potters Bar. Please join us from 12.30pm for delicious food, complementary therapies, stalls, raffle and more.
Tickets, costing £15 per head including brunch, are on sale now from Cherry Lodge. Please call Tina on 020 8441 7000 or email tina@cherrylodgecancercare.org.uk to buy tickets and to obtain details about the venue.
Proceeds will be split between Cherry Lodge Cancer Care and Parkinson’s UK.
We are very pleased to advertise the Summer Festival of Barnet Parish Church, which will be taking place on Saturday 8th July 2017, from 12 noon to 4pm. All profits will be shared between St John the Baptist Church and Cherry Lodge Cancer Care.
There will be an opportunity to climb the church tower as well as a good range of activities on the church Green, including: a Bouncy Castle, Teddy Zip Wire, and Punch and Judy shows. For refreshment, there will be Beer supplied by The Mitre, a Pimms and Prosecco Tent, and soft drinks – and plenty to eat from the Hog Roast and BBQ.
The main sponsors are Ye Olde Mitre Inn, together with Statons and Santander as co-sponsors.
You are invited to an Evening of Poetry and Music, presented by Sarah Majid and Dennis Evans, on Saturday 22nd July 2017, starting at 6.30pm. The event will take place at Howard House and all proceeds will go to help Cherry Lodge Cancer Care continue to provide its many information and support services for people affected by cancer.
This promises to be a very enjoyable evening with an interesting programme of song and verse. Sarah Majid and friends will be singing a selection of unaccompanied songs in 3-part harmony, including popular Scottish and Irish folk songs and some sung arrangements of poems by Shelley and Rossetti. Dennis Evans, together several fellow poets, will be reading a varied selection of published poems and new poetry.
Entrance will cost £5 per person and all proceeds will be donated to Cherry Lodge Cancer Care.