Unfortunately life is not all about shopping. Sometimes we need to give a little as well as to receive. So I want to tell you about my current favourite charity – Locks of Love.

Locks of Love create wigs for children who suffer from hair loss as a result of a medical illness such as Cancer. I am sure that you can appreciate how hard it is to be a child in today’s world, let alone when they are suffering from an illness and losing their hair in the process. Unlike with Adults, where you might be able to get a wig of sorts off the peg, you cannot get a child size wig. And for a wig to feel natural and look natural they need to be made specifically for the child. Otherwise wigs would slip and slide and be completely unnatural. Locks of Love create wigs specially for children in need.

This is perhaps a rather unusual charity in the sense that they do not just ask or need money, but they appreciate your donated hair. And the best bit about this charity is that over 90% of money received goes directly to the children unlike other charities where more than half can go to administration costs.

So it does not matter if you cannot afford to donate money to them, your hair could be just as important. Just visit Locks of Love for further details.

This post is gratefully sponsored by Navtej Kohli