Girl, 10, has charity haircut in memory of grandma

A mother has said she is "immensely proud" of her 10-year-old daughter, who shaved her hair to raise hundreds of pounds for charity.

Jodie, from Cotteridge in Birmingham, said Emma was inspired to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support after losing her grandmother to cancer.

She said the pair of them had been "very close" and the idea for the head shave came when she saw a Macmillan advert on the television.

The haircut took place on Saturday and Emma said: "It was 25% scary and nervous, but 100% amazing, because I loved doing it."

Jodie said she was also able to save her daughter's hair to give to the Little Princess Trust, so it could be made into wigs for children who had lost their hair due to cancer treatment.

Emma's grandmother died the day after the 10-year-old's birthday and Jodie said she was keen to do something in her memory.

When she brought up the idea of the head shave, she said: "I let her think about it for a couple of weeks."

But Emma was determined, so Jodie said she researched how to cut the hair herself and then and save it, so it could be used by the Little Princess Trust.

She said her daughter was "absolutely ecstatic" to have raised more than £400 and was asking if she could take part in a charity abseil next.

Jodie said she had only been expecting to raise a quarter of that.

Emma said she thought the other children at her school would be "quite pleased" to see her new haircut.

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