{"id":3447,"date":"2021-04-13T12:50:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T11:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/?p=3447"},"modified":"2021-04-13T12:50:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T11:50:56","slug":"afro-wigs-norfolk-hair-donor-proud-of-historic-breakthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/2021\/04\/13\/afro-wigs-norfolk-hair-donor-proud-of-historic-breakthrough\/","title":{"rendered":"Afro wigs: Norfolk hair donor proud of &#8216;historic breakthrough&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/04\/115430854_wig_carly.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/04\/115430854_wig_carly.jpg 976w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/04\/115430854_wig_carly-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/04\/115430854_wig_carly-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A girl who was originally told her afro hair was unsuitable for children&#8217;s wigs said she was &#8220;really proud&#8221; her locks were now being used.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carly Gorton, 11, from Norfolk, had urged the Little Princess Trust charity to rethink after it said afro hair was too delicate for wig-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It said wigs were now possible after&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-norfolk-55331186\">research and a trial<\/a>, and described them as a &#8220;historic breakthrough&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s really beautiful,&#8221; said Carly, of one of the new creations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The charity provides wigs made from real hair for children who have lost their own due to cancer treatment or for other reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carly wanted to donate some of her hair but was originally&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-norfolk-54922494\">told last year that it was not suitable<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After pressing the charity to look again at the issue, prototypes were developed and approved for use.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-norfolk-56710206\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A girl who was originally told her afro hair was unsuitable for children&#8217;s wigs said she was &#8220;really proud&#8221; her locks were now being used. Carly Gorton, 11, from Norfolk, had urged the Little Princess &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diversity","category-ethnicity","category-inclusion","category-race"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}