By having 15" of her hair cut off, Beau Morton-Turner, from the 14th Bromley Scouts, raised money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and donated her hair to the Little Princesses charity which will turn her hair into a wig for a child suffering from cancer who has lost her hair.

Beau's Mum, Emma said "Although we knew the charities were both massively deserving, we had no idea how many friends and family lives had been touched by the Make-A-Wish foundation. Stories of children suffering from cancer being taken to Euro Disney and a friend’s niece with Cystic Fibrosis who had two wishes granted in her short time, made it all the more real to us. Beau also has an aunty who works for the children’s hospice - Demelza - where she has seen countless times how amazing the charity's work really is.

The support from all of our friends and family has been really overwhelming. People I haven't spoken to in years have sponsored Beau - even friends of her aunty have sponsored her. She doesn't realise what a big deal it is to be 13 and have all your hair cut off and to raise this kind of money for charity."

Beau, said "I love being a Scout and I really enjoy going camping and I want to get involved in as many camps or survival weekends that I possibly can but having long hair just wasn't doing it for me. I have a friend in the junior school who had donated her hair to charity so I know I could do the same. So when my class chose Make-A-Wish Foundation as it's chosen charity for the year this gave me the idea. I just want to thank everyone for their support it's really been overwhelming"

If you still wish to donate to her fundraising page go to https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/beaugoesshort

Based on information supplied by Peter Marshall.