Joshua Potter

Joshua's Hair Chop

Fundraising for Little Princess Trust
£1,161
raised of £1,650 target
by 67 supporters
Little Princess Trust

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RCN 1176160
We provide wigs to children with cancer to restore their confidence and identity.

Story

Thanks for visiting my fundraising page in aid of ‘The Little Princess Trust. If you can't donate please consider sharing this page with your social media channels, friends, and family.

By December 9th I will have been growing my hair for three years. This is both the longest time I’ve ever let it grow and also the longest it has ever been (54cm!). It's been quite the change from the short, back, and sides that I’ve sported for almost twenty years. But everything is relative and changing my hairstyle is nothing compared to the changes brought about in the lives of the 4200+ children who have been diagnosed with cancer in the same period. Cancer is a disease that touches us all in some way, and I’ve seen firsthand how having a young child close to you be diagnosed with cancer affects not only that child but also everyone else around them as well. Anything we can do to fund and end this horrible disease and the pain it causes children and their families we must.

So, in December 2022, I will be cutting off my hair and donating it to The Little Princess Trust. The Little Princess Trust provides free, real human hair wigs to children when they lose their hair to cancer or another condition which helps restore their confidence and identity. To allow the wig to be free to those children, each wig costs the charity £550 so I want to raise at least this amount to make and provide three wigs, which is one for each year I've grown my hair!

The funds raised in addition to providing these wigs also go into vital research to end childhood cancer forever.  The Trust relies solely on the efforts of enthusiastic community fundraisers, as the trust receives no formal funding. Please visit them at www.littleprincesses.org.uk to find out how you can help give young people back what cancer takes away. 

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So please dig deep and donate what you can! Please also share the page with all your friends and contacts so we can raise as much money as possible.

Thank you all! 

Joshua :)

About the charity

Little Princess Trust

Verified by JustGiving

RCN 1176160
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. The charity is also one of the largest funders of childhood cancer research in the UK.

Donation summary

Total raised
£1,160.50
+ £215.25 Gift Aid
Online donations
£1,160.50
Offline donations
£0.00

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