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A seven-year-old islander has followed in the footsteps of her mum by donating 12 inches of her hair to a charity which makes wigs for young people who have lost their hair for medical reasons.
Adelyne Harris, a Year 2 pupil at Mont Nicolle School, has also raised hundreds of pounds for The Little Princess Trust in the process.
She was inspired her mum Jo, who herself has donated her hair to the charity not once but twice.
Jo donated her hair for the first time in 2016, while she was pregnant with Adelyne, and for the second time in 2022.
"That's when Adelyne said: 'I want to do it too'," Jo explained.
Having postponed her haircut once in order to keep her hair long enough to have in a bun during a ballet recital, Adelyne finally got it chopped off on Tuesday 30 December.
In the meantime, she managed to raise £610 for the charity – and is still going.
"She's asked everybody," Jo said.
"She's not short of confidence. She took it into school in November when she started fundraising.
"Social media, family friends... everyone she talks to. She's getting everyone to empty their pockets."
The family went to Studio Phoenix, who Jo said were used to the process. The salon offers free haircuts to donors, and even offered to help send the hair to the charity.
In a video posted on social media, Adelyne said: "Thank you for your kind donations and lovely messages. I have done it and I love it."
Wendy Tarplee-Morris, Founder of The Little Princess Trust, said: “It is lovely to hear that Adelyne has followed in her mum’s footsteps to support our charity.
“Her wonderful hair donation and brilliant fundraising will be a great help to us as we can continue to provide real hair wigs to children and young people undergoing cancer treatment.”
The charity provides free wigs for young people up to the age of 24 who have lost hair for medical reasons.
Wigs cost on average £700 to make, fit and style, and the charity also funds cancer research.
Adelyne is the second young islander to donate hair to the The Little Princess Trust this winter.
11-year-old Elodie D'Abbot-Doyle recently donated 13.5 inches of her hair to the trust, after growing it for months.
She also decided to donate her Christmas money to the charity.
You can donate to Adelyne's fundraiser online HERE.
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