A close shave for the lads
A group of students from a Sunderland school lost their hair over fundraising.
Four of the lads at St Aidan’s Catholic Academy decided to make it a memorable last day of term, by shaving their heads for cancer charities.
The lads, Adam Speed, Jason Wilson, Niall Gillespie and Edwin Saji took the plunge and lost their locks for a good cause.
The boys, all aged 17 and going into Year 13, wanted to do something to help young people battling cancer and are deciding how they will split the £1,500 they raised through the hair shave.
Julie Haley, head of Year 12 and 13, at the boys’ school, said she was immensely proud of the lads for carrying out the headshave.
She said the idea came after all the boys in the school had worn football shirts last week in memory of six-yearold Bradley Lowery, who died of neuroblastoma, and to raise money for his foundation.
She said: “One of the boys approached me and said would it be possible to do the sponsored head shave in school and I thought it was a great idea.
“I am so proud of them for managing to organise it all and raise such an amazing amount of money in just one week, and keep up with their studies for the new Year 13 curriculum.
“They all looked fab as well with their heads shaved and everyone had a really fun time doing it.”
As well as the four having their heads shaved, 12 of the other students and three of the male members of staff, had their legs waxed to add to the funds.
Ms Haley said the school regularly raises money for cancer charities, because the disease touches the lives of so many people.
She said over the years many people involved with the school have battled cancer and there is currently one of the students who is ill with the disease, as well as a student from the school’s associate school, St Anthony’s Catholic Girls’ Academy.