Past Events

This year, instead of holding our usual Summer Fair at the Spires, Cherry Lodge’s fundraisers decided to try something a bit different. There would still be a fair but it would have a new focus and a new name – the Cherry Lodge Arts and Crafts Fair. It would also be at a new summer ...

As in previous years, Cherry Lodge Cancer Care was well represented in the London Marathon. This is a demanding event that requires participants to make a huge commitment and to achieve a high level of fitness. Congratulations and very sincere thanks are due to all our runners for choosing to support Cherry Lodge in this ...

Cherry Lodge Cancer Care was very fortunate indeed to have Lisa Faulkner as our speaker and guest of honour at our fundraising afternoon tea on Monday 25th April 2016. The event was held in the magnificent surroundings of Hadley Wood Golf Club and proved extremely popular. Lisa was already known to many of us for acting ...

Saturday 23rd April 2016 saw the first ever barn dance organised as a fundraising event by Cherry Lodge Cancer Care. It was held at the Arkley village hall, which proved to be a most suitable venue as the hall is very spacious, the facilities are excellent and there is ample parking. To say this was ...

Dawn Ledgard’s Spring 2016 Clothes Sale, held at the Hadley Wood Association Centre on Wednesday 6th April 2016, certainly lived up to its promise to offer an extensive range of ‘beautiful clothes at amazing prices!’ Customers of all shapes and sizes went home happy with their pick of new, designer ladies trousers, jeans, crops, separates, ...

The Kids’ Easter Fun Day, held to raise money for Cherry Lodge Cancer Care on Easter Saturday (26th March 2016), was a great success. Children and adults all enjoyed this seasonal event at St Mark’s Church Hall, Barnet. Among the very popular activities on offer were an Easter egg hunt, live animal petting, sand art ...

Congratulations and and a big thank you to the five Cherry Lodge runners who all successfully completed the North London Half Marathon on Sunday 20th March 2016. This year, for the first time, the run started and ended in Wembley Stadium, with Saracens’ Allianz Park at the half-way point of a picturesque 13.1-mile route through Brent ...

On account of the imminent building work and temporary relocation of Cherry Lodge services, our annual Easter Egg raffle was drawn a week early this year – at members’ drop-in on Tuesday 15th March 2016. As usual, the prize was a beautiful chocolate egg from The Chocolate Shop at Cockfosters. The draw was made by Brenda ...

A capacity crowd of quizzers took part in Cherry Lodge’s ever-popular Winter Quiz, which was held on Saturday 27th February 2016 at Church House, Mary Immaculate and St Peter Church, Somerset Road, Barnet. Some 90 people put their brains into gear and there is no doubt that if brain activity had been measurable in decibels the ...

Cherry Lodge’s Big Linen Sale, held on 6th February 2016 at St James Church in New Barnet, gave people an excellent opportunity to buy good-value linens while helping to fund our services for local people affected by cancer. Thanks to the generosity of one of our supporters, a linen wholesaler, we were able to offer ...