DOUBLE UPDATE: Within 1 week we hit our second goal of £2500! I honestly can't believe it. Thank you so much everyone for your incredible help and support. We hopefully want to reach £5000, so please keep giving with your overwhelming generosity x

UPDATE: Thank you so much for helping us reach our target of £1000 within 12 hours of launching our campaign, we are so overwhelmed by the support and generosity of everyone. Please dont stop giving now though as we want to see how much we can raise for Cancer Research UK. Happy New Year everyone x

In June my mum was diagnosed with lung cancer that had metastisised to her brain. Ever since she started chemotherapy, and knew her hair would fall out, I told her that I would shave my head to support her. After doing so, I decided that I would try and raise money for Cancer Research UK, to help find new techniques and cures to help treat people living with cancer, and give them the best life possible. Ellie, Aidan, Sophie, Ben and I will be collecting money at school with collection jars and adding the offline total to Just Giving, to keep an updated running total. You could also donate by text by texting 'HEAD96' to 70070 followed by the amount you want to donate after a space, '£X', and have it added to your phone bill. Anything you give will make a huge difference to help us reach our goal. Thank you.

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