So you'll know that I have a lot of curly hair. A lot. Partly inspired by turning 40 and wanting a change and partly to raise funds to a charity close to my heart I'm going to go from long to super short and I would like people to sponsor to make this great leap of style! As well as raising funds for the charity I'm also able to donate the cut off locks to http://www.littleprincesses.org.uk/donate-hair/ to make a wig for a child who has lost their hair.

All the funds I raise will go towards The Ellie Thornton Foundation. It's a charitable organisation, established in 2017 by my very dear friends Ben and Vicky Thornton in memory of their daughter Ellie Georgia Thornton, aged 11, who died, after she was involved in a road traffic accident in West Sussex, as she walked to school in March 2017.

Ellie was an extraordinary girl with an extraordinary life, marked by her desire to have fun, her obsession with theme parks, and her ability to engage anyone in conversation, adult or child. Ellie was worldly, resilient, bubbly and full of ideas and ambitions. She wanted to help children who didn’t have the opportunities that she did and recognised that she was lucky to travel the world and have amazing family experiences. The Ellie Thornton Foundation will champion what was important to her, and what is important to her family, in her name.

The Foundation has the following areas of interest;

Grant making to provide financial support for “Ellie Days” for families who may struggle to facilitate fun days out for their children due to illness and incapacity

Championing and advocacy for, and interventions to support, Road Safety for Children travelling to and from School

Advocacy for and sharing information about Equal Rights for Parents to support parents and children.

Supporting initiatives to help parents bereaved by the loss of a child.

https://elliethorntonfoundation.org.uk