Medicine:The Little Princess Trust

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Short description: Children's cancer charity in the United Kingdom

The Little Princess Trust is a UK children's charity based in Hereford.[1]

The charity provides free, real hair wigs to children and young people up to the age of 24 who have lost their own hair due to cancer treatment or to other conditions such as Alopecia.[2]

History

The charity was founded by Wendy and Simon Tarplee in memory of their daughter Hannah Tarplee. Hannah was diagnosed with cancer when she was four and lost her hair during chemotherapy.

The Tarplees had problems finding a suitable wig for Hannah before she died in 2005.[3]

The charity is also a significant supporter of childhood cancer research in the UK[4] and one study at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, funded by The Little Princess Trust, has revealed an innovative new treatment for children with acute myeloid leukaemia who were previously on a palliative care pathway.[5]

The Little Princess Trust moved into its own headquarters in 2021 and the new premises is called The Hannah Tarplee Building.[6]

The Little Princess Trust asks supporters to donate a minimum of 12 inches of hair.
The Little Princess Trust turns hair donated by its supporters into wigs for children and young people.

References

  1. ↑ Bailey, Bee (12 March 2023). "The butterfly on a roof that means little Hannah Tarplee will never be forgotten". Reach Plc. https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/regional-news/butterfly-roof-means-little-hannah-8228344. 
  2. ↑ Meierhans, Jennifer (25 August 2020). "The Little Princess Trust: 'Do you miss having long hair?'". BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-53891610. 
  3. ↑ Semic, Sara (10 December 2021). "Could you be a super-hair-o?". Financial Times (Nikkei). https://www.ft.com/content/2ce90631-a402-4554-9f7c-53a9470f1976. 
  4. ↑ Sample, Ian (16 January 2023). "Cancer centre funding boost to widen UK trials of 'treatments of the future'". The Guardian. Press Association. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/16/cancer-centre-funding-boost-to-widen-uk-trials-of-treatments-of-the-future. 
  5. ↑ Robert, Wynn (2023). "Granulocyte transfusion during cord blood transplant for relapsed, refractory AML is associated with massive CD8+ T-cell expansion, significant cytokine release syndrome and induction of disease remission". British Journal of Haematology 202 (3): 589–598. doi:10.1111/bjh.18863. PMID 37211883. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bjh.18863. Retrieved 23 June 2023. 
  6. ↑ Goddard, Ben (September 1, 2001). "Little Princess Trust opens new building to help more children with cancer". Newsquest. https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/19550967.little-princess-trust-opens-new-building-help-children-cancer/. 



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