Me and my amazing mum are working towards raising and in initial £5000 to kick start the fundraising towards a new cold cap machine for the Lingen Davies Oncology unit at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. The cost of the machines are close to £19,000 and so we plan to get as close as we can with a number of events to either purchase a new machine or some accessories required to enable more wide spread use of the machine available.

Cold cap machines reduce chemotherapy-induced hair loss by lowering scalp temperature, protecting hair follicles from damage.

Since 2023 Mum has had 20 cold cap sessions which have been really successful. Her motivation for limiting her hair loss was mainly to keep up her appearance for her 4 small grandchildren.

Recently all the cold caps were in use and so she received chemotherapy without. Following this she experienced substantial hair loss after just one session proving it works for her. She is now on a mission with family and friends to ensure the Lingen Davies unit has a least one more cold cap machine to support the growing use of this therapy.

Due to the high cost of the machines we will be organising a number of different events over the year to try to raise the required money.

Our first event is an open garden on the 19th July along with a raffle.

Any donations or offers to host a fundraising event would be greatly appreciated

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