Beverley Redmond visited the hairdresser not only to change her appearance, but also to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association

AN ISLANDER is hoping to raise £1,000 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association after having her dreadlocks removed.

Beverley Redmond (31) decided to go for the chop after losing her mother, Margaret Redmond (née Twohig), to the disease last September.

‘They still don’t know why and how people get this disease and there is no cure at present, only a drug to slow down the process,’ she said.

‘Along with Jersey Hospice and Family Nursing, the Motor Neurone Disease Association helped mum, dad and me throughout mum’s illness and continue to support us now. I think it is important to raise money for them because it goes towards helping other
Islanders who suffer from the same thing.’

The cash Beverley raises will help to improve awareness about the progressive disease, which attacks the upper and lower motor neurones, leading to weakness and wasting of muscles, loss of mobility and difficulties with speech, swallowing and breathing.

Speaking about how her new hairstyle feels after seven years of having dreadlocks, Beverley, a tax administrator, said: ‘It feels really light and I can now move my head! And the hairdresser also managed to save quite a bit of the length.

‘As soon as I went to the hairdresser’s I thought that my mum would be proud of me as she got her wish for me to have shorter hair. It was just a little bit late. ‘I just want to say thank you to everyone for sponsoring me.’

Beverley had her hair cut at Salon SB in La Motte Street during Motor Neurone Awareness Week. Anyone wishing to sponsor her should go to www.justgiving.com/bev
redmond.