Residents at a Dorset care home helped a team member raise £2,500 for charity by cutting her hair.
Corinne Wareham, a companion at Colten Care’s Bourne View in Poole, had not had a haircut in a year and decided to use her first chop to raise money for the Down’s Syndrome Association (DSA) and Hants & Dorset Christian Youth Camps.
Her haircut was not an ordinary one, as residents were given the chance to take part in her charity cut.
Before the cut began, Brett Gill, a gardener at the Langside Avenue home, blew Corinne’s long hair with a leaf blower for the last time.
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Corinne’s hair styles during the day included a green and white Mohican. She is pictured with friend Sian Murdoch, left and colleague Jackie Dominey. (Image: Philip Hartley) John Broomfield was the first resident to take part and cut off several inches of her ponytail.
He said: “I was happy to take the first cut and it was like I had a trophy when I held up the lock to show everyone.”
Bourne View’s professional hairdresser, Nicola Guest, oversaw Corinne’s ‘chop for charity’ and styled various looks for her during the day, including an inverted bob and a Mohican sprayed with green and white colouring.
Nicola said: “I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of cutting styles our residents don’t usually ask for.”
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Corinne Wareham experiences the full power of a leaf blower just ahead of her haircut for charity at Colten Care’s Poole home Bourne View (Image: Philip Hartley) Corinne chose to raise money for the DSA as it has helped her son Joe, who has Down’s Syndrome and for the Hants & Dorset Christian Youth Camps as it is a charity close…