Charities around the country have seen their income drop dramatically and are coming up with innovative fundraising ideas.

In Herefordshire the Little Princess Trust (LPT) is inviting people to turn home haircuts into cash, turning a bad hair day into a good deed.

Before the lockdown, much of the LPT’s fundraising came from sponsored haircuts as people lopped their locks to provide hair for the wigs the charity supplies to children who have suffered hair loss. Now, they’re inviting anyone submitting to a home haircut to donate the cost of their usual haircut to the charity.

Among those who have responded to LPT co-founder Tim Lowe’s plea are Daily Mail and Times journalists Brian Viner and Quentin Letts, while eight-time champion jockey Peter Scudamore also submitted to a home hair cut, as did celebrity supporters Imelda Staunton and her husband Jim Carter and Ed Smith, chairman of the England Cricket Selectors, whose wife Rebecca is an LPT ambassador.

Despite its income having dried up, the Little Princess Trust continues to provide wigs to children needing them and still has a good stock of wigs.

If you’re less than keen to let a loved one loose on your crowning glory, the Little Princess Trust is also promoting Let It Grow for LPT, an initiative they hope will result in more longer hair donations. Send your photos and fundraising links for sharing on their website. LPT is currently unable to accept hair donations.

Turn your Bad Hair Day Into Good, and donate to the LPT by visiting littleprincesses.org.uk or text HAIRCUT2LPT followed by the amount to 70085.

Send us pictures of your home haircuts: news@herefordtimes.com