A HAIRDRESSER is running an event at Winchester Beacon to raise awareness for the organisation.

Laraine Rose, who runs Twelve Hair Design in Eastleigh, will lead a group giving haircuts to the people who use the shelter on Sunday, March 26.

From 12noon to 4pm Laraine, along with fellow hairdressers Tracie Sheppard and JC Aucamp, will give free haircuts to everyone who the Winchester Beacon currently supports, with previous residents and those supported by other agencies in the city also invited.

The one-off event will also see attendees receive free gift bags containing items which have come from Laraine’s suppliers, including Schwarzkop, Salon Supplies and Foresters Financers.

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Laraine said: “I volunteer there anyway, every six weeks I go and cut all the residents' hair, whoever wants a hair cut in there. We just do the residents at the shelter, but I had a couple of hairdresser friends we went ‘Oh, I’d like to get involved’, so I thought it might be quite nice to open it up a bit wider."

She continued: “For me when I do a haircut for someone, you can sort of see how much better it makes them feel and gives them confidence in themselves. And I do shout about that a lot because it makes me feel good to give someone that feeling.”

All hair which is cut off at the event will be recycled through Salon Sustainability, which will turn it into hair mats to soak up oil from waterways.

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Michèle Price, chief executive of The Winchester Beacon, said: “We are so grateful to Laraine for many years of support cutting our residents’ hair for free. It is powerful to see the positive impact a haircut can have one someone’s self-esteem.

“We are therefore really excited that Laraine is teaming up with two fellow hairdressers for this one-off event offering free haircuts to people struggling to make ends meet at the moment.”

Laraine added: “I’m not doing this for promotion for myself – it’s to get awareness for the Beacon, because it does such an amazing job for people.”