A young girl from North Belfast has donated her hair to The Little Princess Trust to help other children.
Faith Conlon, 9, from Ardoyne donated 21 inches of her hair to the charity and held a fundraiser to support the Northern Ireland Hospice as she wanted to do what she could to help sick children.
The Little Princess Trust provides free, real-hair wigs for children and young people experiencing the devastating effects of hair loss.
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The idea to donate to the charity started when Faith's mum, Anntoinette, mentioned she needed to get her hair cut.
"It started with her needing her hair cut, I said she had so much she could end up making a wig with it.," Anntoinette explained.
"She asked if you really could do that and I explained to her there's charities out there that make wigs for children with illnesses where they've lost their hair, and she asked if cancer was one of those things.
"I told her it could be and could go to wee kids in the hospice and stuff, she recognised that word and said that's where her granda was. She said she wanted to do something nice to help out, so that's why we ended up doing the fundraiser for the hospice while getting the hair cut for the Little Princess Trust."
Anntoinette added she's "very, very proud" of her daughter, who has raised £800 for the hospice so far. On Thursday, she sent off her hair in the post to The Little Princess Trust.
In the midst of their fundraising, Anntoinette said one thing that has really stood out is the generosity of people.
She said: "We live in Ardoyne and her dad brought her out for a short walk and the amount of donations she got was unreal - the generosity of people has been amazing.
"We held the fundraiser in New Life City Church off the Shankill. After the fundraiser, they took a walk up the Shankill and the generosity from people there was unreal too.
"They couldn't move too far without people stopping them, recognising the t-shirts and asking could they make a donation. There were even people running into their homes to get some money to donate."
Anntoinette hopes that sharing her daughter's story can help shine a light on the positive things young people can do.
"There are a lot of horrible things going on with young people at the minute, whether they're fighting on the streets or if it's incidents on buses," she added.
"I feel it's important to show there are really good kids out there who always don't seem to get the same recognition as all the negative things going on.
"Faith was really excited to be involved with the fundraiser, she wasn't nervous at all, just excited to do something nice. She's a very energetic, generous, loving wee girl."
They are hoping to raise £1,500 for the Northern Ireland Hospice. You can donate to their fundraiser by clicking here.
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