FIFTEEN piles of hair littered the ground at Pembrokeshire College, and 15 heads felt the winter cold after a sponsored head shave to help a disabled little girl.

A group of 15 Valero apprentices studying at the college bravely volunteered for the shave and raised approximately £1,900 for Eliza Scriven, a four-year-old from Johnston who lives with Spastic Diaplegic Cerebral Palsy.

Dan Thomas, who suggested to his class they brave the shave together, said he did not expect any of them to be so willing to take part.

“I was brainstorming about ideas of what to do and all the boys said a shave would be a good idea,” said Dan.

Students from the college’s hair and beauty department wielded the clippers for the shave and a large crowd gathered to watch.

Also there was Eliza herself, with her mum Bryoni Kell and her great-grandmother Jill Kell.

“It is amazing they are doing this,” said Bryoni. “We really appreciate it.”

Eliza’s family and friends are in the process of trying to raise £60,000 to have a surgery in Bristol called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) which will take away her spasticity (stiffness) permanently.

SDR is not available to Welsh patients on the NHS, so Eliza’s assessments, operation, post-operative care, vital therapy and equipment will have to be self-funded.

More than £10,000 has currently been raised by different people around Pembrokeshire.

Fundraising events have so far included a sponsored 50-mile walk in 24 hours, a prize draw for a giant teddy bear, with plans for a charity football match between emergency services and a Tour of Pembrokeshire ride set for the near future.

Donations can be made at Eliza’s JustGiving page.