A long-running charity concert will recognise a 10-year-old girl who raised money for a cancer charity after her own illness scare at the age of five.
Che Paton from Brechin will be one of the special guests at this year’s Tayside and Fife Health Services Christmas Carol Concert, taking place at the Caird Hall in Dundee on Thursday.
Che had her long locks cut off so her hair could be used to make wigs for children who have lost theirs through cancer.
As well as donating her hair to the Little Princess Trust, Che also raised money for the CLIC Sargent charity at the same time.
She originally wanted to shave her head for the charity but her mother Angela persuaded her just to have it cut short.
Bill Macfarlane-Smith, organiser of the Christmas Concert, which also raises funds for CLIC Sargent, said Che’s efforts were impressive for someone so young.
“She wanted her hair to go towards making wigs for children who have lost theirs through chemo.
“I’m not quite sure where these things come from in young ones but it is very impressive.”
The annual charity concert, formerly known as the Dundee Nurses’ Christmas Concert, has a long history.
The first concert was held in 1976 in Edinburgh, with a combined choir from the Lothian, Fife, Glasgow and Tayside Health Boards.
Mr Macfarlane-Smith said: “The choir itself is still made up of people from the medical profession but over the years, family and friends have joined as well.
“It has evolved so much over the years.”
The concert was first held under the CLIC Sargent banner in 2005, following the merger of Sargent Cancer Care for Children and CLIC, Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood.
The Tayside and Fife Health Services Christmas Carol Concert will be held at the Caird Hall on Thursday at 7.30pm.