Glasgow woman shaving her head to raise funds for Parkinson’s UK
Angela Boag, from Glasgow, has raised over £2,000 so far through donations on her JustGiving page.
Angela has raised money for charity on a number of occasions taking part in major events such as runs.
However, this is her first time fundraising for Parkinson’s UK and she decided she wanted to do something significant for a member of her family who lives with the condition.
Angela set up a JustGiving page in the hopes of raising £500. She has already smashed that target and has raised over £2,350 so far with a £1,000 donation from one generous giver.
Everyone who donates is entered into a prize draw to be the person to shave her hair off!
Angela is hoping to complete the shave on Saturday 27 February. She said:
“I do things for charity often but I wanted to do something a bit more significant and personal this time because a family member is living with Parkinson's.
"Usually I would take part in running events but I just wanted to do something dramatic this time to make a bigger impact I suppose.
"So somebody will be shaving all my hair off! I'm offering people who donate the chance to shave my hair off but if they don't want to do it then I'll take a pair of clippers to my hair myself to help raise funds for Parkinson's UK and to raise awareness of the condition.
"If my hair is to grow to the same length again then I would be in my 50s. I'm going to be 45 this year so to get the same length it will take me about five years to get my hair from short to that.
"I was hoping I'd get £1,000 but I chickened out and set my target as £500 because I was nervous!
"People have donated a lot to my previous pages so I just didn't want to be over-enthusiastic but I honestly can't believe it. It's great, it's so good.
"People are obviously behind the cause as well so I'm really proud.”
Jan Mattison, Community Fundraiser for West of Scotland at Parkinson’s UK, said:
“Angela is extremely brave to shave her head but we are extremely grateful and delighted she has chosen to do so on behalf of Parkinson’s UK.
“There are over 1,000 people in Glasgow City living with Parkinson’s and we hope this will be a real positive boost to each and every one of them, including Angela’s family.”