Donating my hair to the Little Princess Trust
Curlie Curls is raising money for Little Princess Trust
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I have had my hair for over 13 years and I have made the decision to cut my hair.
I would like for my hair to be donated to the Little Princess Trust to a child with Cancer. It must be so difficult for a child going through such a serious illness at such a young age and find losing their hair on top of it so difficult. So I would like for a child to receive my hair and allow them to feel some aspect of normality in their life with everything they are going through.
As well as donating my hair which will be turned into a wig, I would like to raise some money for the Little Princess Trust. I have set a target of £1000 which will go directly to the Little Princess Trust.
When the target is reached I will cut my hair.
Hope you can help reach the target!
The Little Princess Trust was established in 2006 by the parents of Hannah Tarplee, their friends and Hereford Cathedral Junior School.
In 2004 Hannah was diagnosed with a Wilms tumour. Hannah loved her hair and losing it was very traumatic for her. Her parents, Wendy and Simon, searched high and low to find a wig suitable for Hannah, during her treatment. When they found one, it had a hugely positive effect on Hannah.
Tragically, Hannah passed away in 2005 and with so many kind offers of financial and practical help, Wendy and Simon felt the most fitting tribute would be to launch a charity dedicated to providing real hair wigs for children and young people.
Since then, we have provided thousands of real hair wigs to sick children and young people, aged up to 24 years across the UK and Ireland. We are now in the early stages of offering our service in other areas of Europe and beyond.
In 2016, thanks to the huge efforts of our fantastic fundraisers and corporate supporters, we were able to start funding pioneering academics and institutions leading the way in researching new and better treatments for all paediatric cancers. An area where there is so much work which desperately needs investment. We have so far awarded circa £5 million pounds into life-saving research projects.