# John Frieda’s HAIRraising appeal raised £2 million for GOSH

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/03/03/john-friedas-hairraising-appeal-raised-2m-gosh/
- Published: 2017-03-03T09:00:31+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**John Frieda and the hairdressing community have raised £2 million for Great Ormond
Street Hospital Children’s Charity through the HAIRraising appeal.**

 

The [HAIRraising appeal](http://www.gosh.org/get-involved/philanthropy/hairraising/about-appeal)
was founded by John Frieda in 2010 with an initial target of raising £1 million 
for [Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital](http://www.gosh.nhs.uk/) and has just
ended. It brought together members of the UK hairdressing industry to fundraise 
for the charity in events such as the annual Round the Island Ibiza Cycle Challenge
and in-salon fundraising.

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The money raised has supported the redevelopment of the hospital, including helping
to fund new operating theatres, which opened in 2012, and a new respiratory unit,
which will officially open next autumn.

 

John Frieda said:

 

> “We are absolutely thrilled to have raised £2 million for Great Ormond Street 
> Hospital Children’s Charity. From bike rides and challenges to in-salon fundraising,
> I’m so proud of everything we’ve achieved for such a worthy cause and I’d like
> to thank everyone who has supported us and donated over the years.”

 

Tim Johnson, chief executive at Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity 
said:

 

> “An enormous thank you to John Frieda and everyone in the British hairdressing
> industry involved in the HAIRraising appeal for raising a phenomenal £2 million
> for the hospital. The new specialist spaces this has helped create in the hospital
> has, and will, improve the quality of care and increase the number of children
> we can treat.”

 

Image: John Frieda in the Round the Island Ibiza Cycle Challenge

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