A six-year-old girl has donated her long locks to the Little Princess Trust, and raised £460 for the charity, too.Lilly-Mae Boswell had more than 30cm of her hair cut off at Halo, in Grantham.Mum Toni Jones said: "She asked to have her hair cut off and wanted to donate it to the Little Princess Trust 'for the poorly children to have hair again'. I’m very proud of her."She had a big audience at the hair salon and I can’t thank [stylist] Chloe enough for pampering her."The family lived in Grantham until October, when they moved to Cherry Willingham, near Lincoln. They return to Grantham every weekend to visit family.The Little Princess Trust provides real hair wigs free of charge to children and young people up to the age of 24 that have lost their own hair due to cancer treatment and other illnesses. It relies solely on donations.To make a donation to Lilly-Mae's Facebook page visit tinyurl.com/lillymaeboswell … [Read more...] about ‘I want to help poorly children have hair again’
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Hair’s a good way to help ‘poorly children’ from Moulton youngster Dexter
A Moulton youngster has his own blond ambition to help a charity that provides free wigs to children and young people with serious illnesses.For nearly two years, Dexter Whenman (eight) has turned down the chance of a hair cut so he can donate as much of it as possible to Little Princess Trust.Angela Whenman, Dexter’s mum, said: “When a little girl in his class had her hair cut for Little Princess Trust, Dexter came home and said to me ‘Mummy, I’m going to grow my hair so it can be used to make a wig for poorly children.“Dexter has persevered with it, even though people have called him a girl and told him to get his hair cut.“But the worst thing for him was to have his hair put up in a ponytail for school.”Dexter’s plan is to have it cut in March, around the same time as another youngster in the village holds her second Big Bandana Bake cake sale to raise funds for charity.Lily Sandell (ten), who was first diagnosed with a brain tumour … [Read more...] about Hair’s a good way to help ‘poorly children’ from Moulton youngster Dexter
Peterborough clinic which helps poorly children boosted by donation
0 Have your say A specialist clinic run by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust which helps children with a range of physical and mental health conditions has been boosted by a £750 donation. The Peterborough Child Development Centre in Thorpe Road, which assesses and treats youngsters up to the age of 19 who have significant developmental problems, has received the donation from Family Voice Peterborough which represents parents and carers in the city.Lead clinician Dr Venkat Reddy said: “We are very grateful to Family Voice Peterborough for this kind donation. Although we try and make the Child Development Centre a friendly place, young people can sometimes understandably be a little anxious ahead of an appointment.“For that reason we have games and activities in the waiting area and artwork on the walls to help calm children and make them feel more relaxed. We will be using the money to further improve those areas.” … [Read more...] about Peterborough clinic which helps poorly children boosted by donation
Littleham’s Leah, 6, braves ‘big chop’ to help poorly children suffering hair loss
PUBLISHED: 12:00 26 July 2018 Laura Brainwood Leah Robson's before and after pictures for her Little Princess Trust 'big chop'. Pictures: Claire Robson Archant A six year-old Littleham girl patiently put off cutting her locks until they were long enough to donate to the Little Princess Trust. Leah 'absolutely loves' her new do. Picture: Claire RobsonLeah Robson, 6, underwent her ‘big chop’ on Thursday, July 19, losing around 12 - 13 inches of hair.This was donated to the Little Princess Trust, which provides wigs for children suffering hair loss as a result of cancer treatments or other illnesses.Leah had wanted her hair cut for some time, but agreed to keep growing it until it met the trust’s minimum length requirement.Leah Robson before her big chop. Picture: Claire RobsonHer mum, Claire, said: “I think she’s really brave and I’m really proud; she’s worked hard for it and she’s been very patient.”Leah … [Read more...] about Littleham’s Leah, 6, braves ‘big chop’ to help poorly children suffering hair loss
Wigan beauty queen will lose her flowing hair to help sick children
While a girl’s hair can be her crowing glory, the current Junior Miss Wigan is showing her caring side by using it to help poorly children. Seven-year-old Nevaeh Pointer took the title in a pageant held in May and has been raising money for Wigan And Leigh Hospice and UK Sepsis.Now she is turning her attention to Little Princess Trust, a charity which makes wigs for children who have lost their own hair due to cancer treatment.Between eight and 10 inches of Nevaeh’s long hair will be cut off next month and sent to the charity so it can be used for a wig.Her mother Andrea Johnson, from Norley, said: “It was something I mentioned last year. She was having her hair cut and had five inches off then. At the time my hairdresser said she could have donated eight inches, but she thought she might be a bit young.“I mentioned it to her again and she decided to do it.”Nevaeh, a pupil at St John’s Primary School in Pemberton, has very long hair which her mother … [Read more...] about Wigan beauty queen will lose her flowing hair to help sick children