A teenager has grown and donated her hair for the third time to a children’s cancer charity after seeing her six-year-old friend suffering from the disease. Sarah Withey, who lives in Rottingdean, donated 15 inches of her blonde hair to the Little Princess Trust in May this year. Back in summer 2020 she donated a whopping 17 inches and the first time, in 2017, she donated around 12 inches.
The Little Princess Trust provides free real hair wigs to children and young people, who have lost their own hair through cancer treatment or other conditions. Sarah Withey before she cut her hair off (Image: Submitted) The 13-year-old, who attends Brighton Girls School, said: “I donated my hair for the first time in August 2017 when I was six because my friend at Beaver Scouts got cancer and the treatment made her lose her hair. I thought I could donate my long hair so that children like my friend could get a wig from the Little Princess Trust.
“As soon as I donated my hair, I decided I was going to do it again so I started growing it. I was due to have my hair cut for a second time at Easter 2020 at the age of nine, but due to Covid, I could only get my hair cut later that summer – this gave my hair even more time to grow and I donated over 17 inches.” While Sarah was waiting for lockdown rules to change so she could get her hair cut, she also decided to do some fundraising for the charity too.
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