A DONAGHADEE girl made her first trip to the hair salon a memorable one by donating 14 inches of her long locks to the Little Princess Trust.
Now sporting a bold bob, eight-year-old Daisy Dumigan followed in the footsteps of her 13-year-old sister, Isabelle, who also donated a large portion of her hair to the charity in 2018.
The Little Princess Trust is a charity which prides itself on boosting the confidence of children and young people. Working with trusted wig fitters, the Trust provides free, real-hair wigs for those suffering with illnesses resulting in hair loss, and those going through cancer treatment.
With over 15,000 wigs crafted by the charity, each one of them costs £700 to make. They also support research projects to provide gentler and more effective cancer treatments for children.
According to Daisy’s father, Gavin Dumigan, director of their family business, Focus Menswear, this was the first time the Towerview pupil had her hair cut by a hairdresser.
Earlier this month, on March 7, 14 inches of her hair was cut off at Kevin Kahan’s salon in Bangor. The tresses were then donated to the Trust to make the real hair wigs.
To fund the crafting of the wig, the family raised £770 in a matter of days via a JustGiving page.
With Daisy donating to the Trust, like her older sister did six years ago, Gavin expressed pride in both his daughters’ selfless actions.
“They are absolute sweethearts,” said their father. “It was very selfless.”
“Daisy was wanting to get her hair cut as it was getting very long.
“Her sister Isabelle did something similar around six years ago and Daisy got it into her head that she wanted to donate her hair as well for the Trust,” he added.
With a large portion of her hair now donated to a great cause, the local girl is delighted with her new bob, a big change from her previous long locks.
“It is now cut into a bob, which is a big change for an eight-year-old girl, but she has been enjoying having shorter hair,” Gavin said. “Her hair was growing and growing before.”
