A nine-year-old boy has said it “feels amazing” to raise money for a charity that supports children with cancer.

Aidan Bowker Ryan, who is from Marlow, is raising money for Children with Cancer UK, which provides free real hair wigs to children who have lost their own hair through cancer.

He started growing his hair at the beginning of lockdown and continues to show off the locks having raised over £1300 to date, with donations still open.

As part of his selfless campaign, he is also donating his hair to the Little Princess Trust for it to be used as a wig after it has it cut on April 9.

Aidan, who attends Danesfield School, said: “I have seen girls cutting their hair for charity but I have never seen any boys so I thought I will give this a shot and raise some money in a good way.

“It feels amazing to raise this amount, it is a lot of money.

“My mum is very proud of me, my dad is very proud of me so I am very happy.

Aidan’s initial target was £1000 but he has now surpassed that and has set a new milestone to hit.

He continued: “Everyone has been insanely generous in such a short time and that means I have passed my target!

“It’s way more than I thought I’d get.

“I’m going to raise the goal to £2000.

“I feel extremely lucky and it is a big ask, but if you could please share this as that would give it an extra boost and hopefully we can raise even more money.”

Aidan’s mum, Georgina Bowker, said that everyone in the family is “incredibly proud” of him.

She said: “It is something he has talked about for months, in the past he’s built himself up and a few times we have had these false starts.

“When he announced that he was going to do it, I said ‘are you sure?’”

“I checked a week later and tentatively questioned him and he was fully ready to go.

“We have been following the Little Princess Trust so he is aware of where the hair is going.”

“When the money started coming, he was so blown away.

“He’s a very caring boy, it makes me incredibly proud.

“We never imagined the amount that has come through, he first asked for £500 and even that I thought might be a struggle.

“It’s honestly insane the amount of money raised.”

To donate to Aidan’s campaign, visit this page.