3rd February 2012 £1500 donation
Mayor Carol Latif chose to wear a striking head of red plats attached to a head scarf during a cheque presentation of £1500 presented to charity service Cancer Hair Care by local charity Stevenage Kiwanis.
December 1st 2011 200 Outreach packs bring “Comfort and Joy”
Thanks to our caring committee, volunteers and your donations we are able to give out over 200 ‘outreach’ parcels in December. The specialist hats, scarves and item will be given out in hospitals, children’s units and sent to people’s homes. They offer a little Christmas sparkle to those who are hair free this Christmas. Each hair loss hat is beautiful presented in a hand- made bag and completed with a candle. If you are a Macmillan nurse or Breast Cancer Nurse Specialist who would like a pack to go to a patient who is too poorly to visit hospital please get in touch with the team.
November 2011 A visit to The Royal Marsden Hospital results in 22 Teenage and children with new looks.
Pretty in pink, a beautiful cap with Velcro hair attached gives this little one a sparkle
These two Happy Heads fill their goodie bags with caps and hats
29th October 2011Halloween Disco - wow £1457 raised - thank you.
30th September Second clinic services open in Stevenage by Mayor Carol Latif.A grant of £2350 to Caring Hair from the “Stevenage Community Trust” has helped to pay towards our new free clinic services at Jo Gates salon on Wednesday and Thursday mornings. We are able to offer many more services such as specialist make-up, new hair colour and cut, wig cutting and an extensive free and low cost head scarf service. To make an appointment please call the Caring Hair Team on 01438 488082. Jo Gates Clinic location and information.
July 2011 Gigs and Wigs news…Metalica say “Hey Gigs and Wigs be the boss of your hair loss. A VIP (very important Patient) day our for Teenage patient Ant...read more about our Gigs and Wigs sessions
NHS support and EducationWe are delighted to have shared our knowledge base with a number of talks and educational seminars hosted by our founder Jasmin Julia Gupta. As well as offering training and support to NHS cancer nurse specialists we are delighted to have also offered training and support to a number of organisations including: Breast Cancer Care, Teenager Cancer Trust, Macmillan Advice Centres, NHS Cancer nurse specialist South East, The Royal Marsden Hospital, UCLH London, Sandwell General Hospital, The Lister Hospital, Stevenage. We have also given over 25 talks to women’s groups such as the WI - for a full list please get in touch.
Pat Miles and the WI Hat Factory are in full swing. The group have made over 850 hats and scarves. A favourite with patients is the beautiful Fairtrade Organic stripe infused with Aloe Vera. A huge parcel was sent up to London’s UCLH Teenage Cancer Trust – thank you to the Hat Factory for their kind support
Mary Welsh and friends coffee morning. On Wednesday 30th March 2011, Mary and the WI gang raised money to buy organic and Fairtrade Fabric to make head scarves and hats for Cancer Hair Care. This purple stripe fabric is one of our patients Fairtrade Favourites. The group have made over 30 scarves in a variety of styles. A huge “thank you” to Mary and the gang for all their support.Miles stones and memories for Jasmin Julia Gupta
Jasmin Julia Gupta at 10 Downing Street
The founder of Caring Hair Jasmin Julia Gupta is a woman who has offered her unique skills to thousands of women. Below are some of her achievements that have led to the creation of the charity Caring Hair.
“Thank you to all of the wonderful volunteers, friends and family who support all of the work I do – without you it simply wouldn’t happen” Jasmin Julia Gupta
November 2011
We finally have our charities application going forward…the paper work, accounts and all those checks. Thanks to Stevenage CVS and David Hughes of Canopy Law for their sound advice.
January 10th 2011
The documents for the official charity to be registered with charities commission are finally signed by the three trustees. Now we feel that all the learning of the last years can be put in place and an wonderful charity ‘Caring Hair’ takes with it years of experience helping people with hair loss to feel better into a bright future.
March 2010
We meet 350 Teenager cancer patients and give 69 of them a make-over with a difference as ‘Find your sense of tumour’ conference. The highlight of a 2010 was working with the Teenage Cancer Trust to offer teenagers a real confidence boost. Wigs, fake lashes, head scarves and over 1000 goodies given away to help these young people gain confidence. Take a look at our Gigs and Wigs projects to see how they have developed.
The Comet Community awards - 23rd October 2009. What a wonderful evening. I was thrilled to be asked to present the Valiant Volunteer award to Joan Kirby. Congratulations Joan you are truly a star of the community.
Winner...Our JJ wins nurse of the year - 23rd October 2009. Back in August I (Jasmin) nominated JJ for this nursing award. Without her and the team in the Forster Suite our Cancer Hair Care clinic simply couldn’t exist in the Lister Hospital. She is a great example of someone who always goes that extra mile - her catch phrase is “JJ will sort it”. I admire her greatly. She is a true example of everything that makes a nurse so special. Well-done JJ you deserve it and thanks for supporting our Cancer Hair Care clinic.
Cancer Hair Care website is live…Wow… 5th October 2009 four years of planning, writing and making sure that our advice is caring, accrete and helpful for people facing hair loss. Without the wonderful people who have supported this project it simply couldn’t have happened – so thank you to all who have helped. (Kindly note the website is now run by our formal charity Caring Hair).
TV Chanel 4- First Cut Films July 10th 2010. Our founder Jasmin is featured as the hair loss specialist who identifies a solution for hair loss sufferer Laura. In this compelling documentary film Jasmin shows Laura how to look great by attaching a fake fringe to her hair to disguise hair loo.
Cancer Hair Care Clinic opens –2nd April 2009. As part of NHS volunteer services the countries first ‘Cancer Hair Care ‘clinic opens in an NHS hospital. It is a true pleasure to work with the dedicated team of nurses, doctors and staff at The Forster Suite at The Lister Hospital. Here I can offer a broad range of services and advice to patients. From cutting hair short prior to hair fall to sessions on wearing your wig well. My clinic is free and open to all.
Jasmin Julia Gupta invited to meet the Prime Minister - 23rd June 2008. The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, commented “I was delighted to host Jasmin Julia Gupta at Downing St, and hear first hand how Jasmin has built a voluntary service ‘Cancer Hair Care’ in Stevenage and Hertfordshire.”
MP Barbara Follett said "“The Prime Minister wanted to meet Jasmin so he could thank her personally for all the voluntary work she does, especially with cancer patients, and for her commitment to an ethical approach. Jasmin is a great role model and I really admire her for turning her ideas into a reality”.
Enterprising Women Finalist Green Award - November 2008. “Whilst offering our Cancer Hair Care voluntary services we believe that it is our responsibility to go about our tasks with a green and ethical approach whenever we can. We don’t just talk about it – we do it. Whether it’s designing the world's first ever organic ‘headscarves to disguise hair loss’, using recycled tissue paper to hand wrap your items, or our ‘Twice as Nice’ headscarf recycling service, where we recycle headscarves and donate them to hospices. We truly do our best to consider the environment and ethics of what we do. I was so proud to receive this recognition”. Jasmin Julia Gupta
Jasmin Julia Gupta - Winner Campbell Younge Award – October 2007. Presented annually to someone who has made a significant contribution to improving relations between the multicultural communities in Stevenage or who can be seen as a positive role model.
“This award was such an honour as it recognised my voluntary work with cancer patients as well as my efforts in an ethical and multicultural approach to society such as creating our very first organic/fairtrade cotton hair loss head scarfs – all things very close to my heart – it was such a surprise and a real honour” Jasmin Julia Gupta
They are the future – Education and offering young people work experience
“Young people are the future of charities. Not only do they help to show us how we can support teenagers with our Gigs and Wigs project but they are full of new ideas and offer us insight and young wisdom. A huge thank you to all of the young people who we have worked with – we hope that you enjoyed your working experience” Jasmin Julia Gupta
Jasmin Julia Gupta and volunteers have offered over 200 young people work experience sessions. From Rosie Young of Leeds University who spent a year with Jasmin from 2010 to 2011 to the 8 University of Hertfordshire students who planned a Big Wig project over 4 months to the 39 teenagers from The Barclay School who attended a week long work experience and many other students who have come are way. Just like the Chauncey school below all of the young people have helped us to form our services and make Caring Hair the excellent charity it is today.
Teenage cancer workshop 12th July 2009. The Chauncy School in Ware designed beautiful headwear for young people faced with hair loss. They also learnt all about cancer prevention from our guest speakers from the Teenage Cancer trust. Thanks so much to the students for sharing their ideas with me this was where we created our first mood boards for the gigs and wigs projects.