Sappers receive short-back-and-sides

Dozens of soldiers were left looking trim after Hair students from MidKent College’s Medway Campus paid the Royal School of Military Engineering (RSME) an afternoon visit.

Thursday, 27 May 2010
Sappers receive short-back-and-sides
19 year old Samantha Watts gives Sapper Cox a trim!

11 hairdressers attended the Chatham barracks charged with one mission: to deliver short-back-and-sides in exchange for charity donations. “This is the second time we have visited the barracks to offer our services, with all profits going to Help for Heroes,” explained college lecturer Natasha Smith. “It’s a good opportunity for the students to learn some barbering skills, and it’s an experience they really seem to enjoy,” she added. 

Student Amy Collins agreed. “We don’t get that many men coming in to the college for cutting or colouring, so this is really good experience for us. It’s also been great to learn a bit more about the soldiers we’ve met. One told me how he was shot in the leg in Afghanistan.

“We’re here raising money for a charity that is there to support service men and women across the UK - which is great - but it’s been just as rewarding to give something back to the soldiers right next door to us here in Medway.”

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Marketing and Communications Officer on 01634 383037
or at heather.collingwood@midkent.ac.uk 

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