I will be getting my hair cut and donating it to The Little Princess Foundation where my lovely long hair will be used to make a wig for a child suffering from Cancer. I have had long hair for 11 YEARS since my last short cut!!

As well as donating my hair to The Little Princess Foundation I am fundraising for Chameleon Buddies to keep ongoing support in the UK and Kenya. It is a charity close to home (Alnwick/Northumberland) which is run by an incredibly inspirational person Gill Castle who's story is well worth a read. The team work incredibly hard on bringing awareness and vital supplies to people who need stomas.

"Chameleon Buddies promotes social inclusion among people living with a stoma or childbirth injury, both in the UK and in Kenya. The Charity is a passionate advocate for providing hope for people struggling to live with lifechanging injuries’ following childbirth, and aims to help women, and their families, adapt to these changes.

Chameleon Buddies was established in 2022 by founder Gill Castle, who has a permanent stoma following childbirth complications in 2011. Gill met Dr Debbie Matityahu, founder of the American not for profit, Beyond Fistula, in 2021, whose organisation supports women with obstetric fistula (a sadly too common childbirth complication) in Eldoret, Kenya – financing the repair of their injuries, funding and running re-training programmes, and enabling the women to lead independent lives."