Fundraise your way

Cutting your hair for charity

Considering cutting your hair for a cause close to your heart? Make the most of your new look and raise funds with JustGiving.

Create your fundraising page

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Fancy a new look?

What better way to raise funds for charity than hitting your local salon. Do good with your next haircut and support a cause you love at the same time.

You could even donate your hair to the Little Princess Trust – and help create wigs for children with cancer or other hair-loss conditions.

Simply set up a JustGiving page, tell your story and keep your supporters updated along the way.

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Want to cut your hair for charity? Here are our top tips to get your started…

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Tell your story – Let your supporters know why you’re saying goodbye to your locks – and exactly how much your cause means to you. Adding a page story can lead to 36% more donations.

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Snap a photo – Fundraising pages with updates, photos or videos tend to raise 14% more per photo! Why not take before and after photos? Or better yet, film your experience at the salon!

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Spread the word – Every share of a fundraising page on social media is worth a donation on average of £10. Show off your new look to your followers!

Self-donate – On average, those who start their fundraising by making a donation to their own page go on to raise 58% more than those who don’t.

Fundraiser Spotlight

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Ashley’s fundraising for Little Princess Trust with a sponsored head shave to help provide real hair wigs, free of charge to children with cancer.

Check out Ashley’s fundraising page

A photo of Alex holding locks of hair in both hands which will be donated to charity to make real hair wigs.

Alex is fundraising and donating his own hair to the Little Princess Trust, helping provide free wigs for children with cancer. Real hair wigs for children cost around £700 to make!

Check out Alex’s fundraising page

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Harry (Hazza) and his close friends are fundraiser for Young Lives vs Cancer.

Check out Harry’s Young Lives vs Cancer fundraising page

A selfie of Laura showing her long hair before her headshave fundraiser

Laura’s doing a sponsored head have to raise money for ‘Cancer Research UK’; who fund research into it’s prevention, detection and treatment.

Check out Laura’s page

Toby’s raising money for the Cardiac Unit at the Freeman Hospital with a mullet shave fundraiser!

Check out Toby’s page

Charities you might like to support

Cancer Research Logo

Cancer Research UK – The world‘s leading cancer charity dedicated to saving and improving lives through research. They fund research into the prevention, detection and treatment of more than 200 types of cancer through the work of over 4,000 scientists, doctors and nurses.

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The Little Princess Trust – The Little Princess Trust provides real hair wigs, free of charge, to children and young people who have lost their own hair through cancer treatment or to other conditions.

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Macmillan Cancer Support – Make a big difference by shaving your head and raising money for people living with cancer. Macmillan Cancer Support do whatever it takes to give people the support they need.