Will you take the Hair with Heart challenge and change lives?
Become a Hair Hero. Show you care.
Join the Hair with Heart challenge and fundraise to help change a child’s life by giving the help that no one else is able to give.
Hold a Hair Hero event - chop your locks, shave your head, or colour your hair - it's up to you!
If you have long hair, your lovely locks can be turned into wigs for people who’ve lost their hair from cancer, alopecia or other medical conditions. And when you get your friends and family to sponsor your chop, you’ll raise funds that will transform kids’ lives.
Sarah Larizza just donated $63.29
Ashleigh Alley just donated $25.00
Mel Koch just donated $33.87
Cheryl Harrold just donated $100.00- Umarani just donated $103.72
Anonymous just donated $106.12
MummaBear just donated $33.87
Shirley Liao zhang just donated $63.29- Kat just donated $30.00
- Claudia Roberts just donated $106.12
- Anonymous just donated $54.84
Anonymous just donated $106.12
Angela Minards just donated $106.12- Anonymous just donated $5.00
Marg Shelton just donated $54.84- Saminah just donated $215.00
- Judy Pitt just donated $63.29
Thuy Garraway just donated $54.84
Chloe just donated $15.00- Amal Awad just donated $63.29
When you join Hair with Heart, you'll be part of something BIG. Last year* Variety Australia was able to support the following:
184,299
Kids were supported by Variety
$13,240,552
provided through grants and programs to kids in need
185
kilograms of hair donated through Hair with Heart
2,135
People donated their hair
*1 October 2024 - 30 September 2025
Why Hair with Heart is needed
How it works
Sign up
You can do it solo, with a buddy or even create a squad with all your pals. Once you raise your first $25, you'll receive a welcome pack full of useful items to support your Hair Hero event.
Spread the word
Get on your favourite social media. Tell everyone you're taking the Hair with Heart challenge. And let them know they can donate on your personal fundraising page.
Have your Hair Hero event
Chop your hair, colour your hair, or shave your head. The money you raise will help give all Aussie kids a fair go in life! If you have long locks, you can also donate your hair. Your hair donation will change the life of someone living with medical hair loss.
What happens next?
After your Hair Hero event
If have long locks and can donate your hair, please send it to us at Variety - The Children's Charity. Volunteers will unpack and sort your hair. Untreated hair over 35cm will be used to make specialised wigs for people living with medical hair loss. If your hair is shorter, chemically straightened or coloured, then not to worry - it will not go to waste! See our FAQs for how your hair can make a difference.
More wigs for more kids
By fundraising or donating you'll help fund Variety's wig grant program. Wig grants help kids access a custom-made wig if they've lost their hair due to a medical condition. Every dollar donated can help fund a medical-grade wig for kids experiencing permanent hair loss.
Provide help that no-one else can give
The money you raise with your Hair with Heart challenge event (chop, colour or shave) will help fund Variety’s other grants and programs too. You can help change the lives of kids who are sick, living with a disability or experiencing disadvantage.
You can help a child like Hallie
At five years old and just about to start kindergarten, Hallie was diagnosed with alopecia. A funny and outgoing girl, Hallie would often cry, asking why she was the only one in her family affected. She hated the feeling of being stared at. Determined to let Hallie lead her own journey, her family chose not to shave her head, respecting her wish to hold onto the hair she had left.
Hallie knew she wanted a wig before starting school. Finding Variety’s Hair with Heart and wig grant program changed everything. Now eight, Hallie has just been granted her second custom-made wig, which allows her to run, jump, and cartwheel just like any other active kid.
Will you help give a life-changing wig to another child like Hallie?
Need some inspo? Check out these Hair Heroes!!
Chelsea, VIC
“She's so blessed to have beautiful hair and we don't take it for granted. We tell her there are some girls who don't have beautiful hair and need help. So, we decided to grow her hair until it was long enough to donate.”
Caleb, QLD
“I had always had in mind that when I wanted a change, I'd like to donate my hair. Mum & I contacted a few organisations, and we had a reply from Variety the same day. The email made my decision easy. I knew my hair would not go to waste.”
Phuong, NSW
“I am extremely grateful and have grown to appreciate my hair, but there are children who are not able to or have lost their hair due to a medical conditions or other circumstances. For this reason, I would like a child to have this gift.”
Gursimrat, SA
“I am donating my hair on my 14th birthday. I feel very happy that my hair will make a little difference to someone else’s life. Thank you, Variety - the Children's Charity.”
