DARTFORD GIVING
By Kate Hargreaves
This month I’m writing about ways of helping charities that require very little dedicated time, but a bit of planning and commitment to the cause. For those people able to grow a moustache, I’m writing this in the October issue so that you have enough time to psyche yourself up for growing your mo throughout November Movember. And for those of us with lower abilities in the facial hair-growing department, an alternative is to consider donating long hair (from your head rather than upper lip!) to Little Princess Trust to make wigs for young people who have lost their hair.
Little Princess Trust “What is it?” This involves cutting your hair and donating the hair you’ve cut off to a charity that uses it to make wigs for children and young people who have lost their own hair due to cancer treatment or other conditions. There are specific requirements about the quality and length (at least 7 inches) of the hair, but different textures and colours are welcome. Note that you don’t Movember “What is it?” This involves leaving your moustache hair have to go as extreme as shaving your head, just going untrimmed for the duration of November in the name of from long hair to a bob could be enough. a good cause. Movember is a charity that promotes the conversation around men’s health issues, focussing on “Are there other ways I can help?” As with Movember, mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer you may also choose to fundraise for Little Princess and testicular cancer, which are the biggest causes of Trust. As well as making the wigs for young people who premature death in men. Therefore, proudly growing have lost their hair, the charity also funds pioneering your mo and being open to those conversations is a research into childhood cancers. great step in itself; raising awareness of these important “This sounds great, how do I get involved?” Go to issues could save a life. https://www.littleprincesses.org.uk/ for information “Are there other ways I can help?” about the charity and tips on how best to cut your hair Either as well as growing a mo or instead of doing to be able to donate it. so, you can raise money for Movember, which is a charity that has supported a range of projects over the Let me know how you get on by emailing kate@ years, including research into prostate and testicular dartfordliving.com. Happy hair-growing! cancers, support groups for people living with those cancers, and building various mental health support groups for men. “This sounds great, how do I get involved?” Go to https://uk.movember.com/ for more information.
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