When Seren Deverell lost her beautiful long hair after undergoing gruelling cancer treatment aged five, she received a charity wig to help her cope.

Now – nine years later and cancer free – the teenager has decided to pay forward the kindness of those who looked after her when she was at her lowest - by donating her new precious locks to other young cancer sufferers.

On New Year's Eve Seren, 14, bravely had 18ins of her brunette hair chopped off and handed it over to the Little Princess Trust, the charity that provided her first wig after she began her treatment, in 2017.

The youngster, a Year 9 pupil at Castell Alun High School, in Hope, North Wales, told the Mail: 'I really wanted a change of style and it just felt right to give back to the charity that helped me when I need it the most.

'I was so used to having long hair and when it fell out because of my treatment it was really scary going out in public. The wig from the Little Princess Trust helped give me the confidence to carry on.

'It took me eight years to grow my hair back, but cutting it now feels like a really significant moment after everything I've been through. It feels like now I can take the last step and put the cancer behind me.'

Seren, of Broughton, near Chester, was diagnosed with Wilms tumour, a form of cancer of the kidney that affects young children, after complaining about a tummy ache one morning at breakfast back in July 2017.

Her mother, Jenny Deverell, 48, spotted a small, unusual lump under her daughter's ribcage and on 'mother's instinct' took her to the Countess of Chester Hospital to be checked out.

Seren pictured before she began her treatment aged five

Seren's mother Jenny Deverell (pictured ) had her head shaved in solidarity with her daughter

Seren underwent 34 sessions of chemotherapy which caused her long hair to fall out and made her very poorly

Seren's hair was so long and thick that she was compared to Disney's Little Mermaid character, Ariel

But she and her pipeline fitter husband, Tom, 47, never dreamed their otherwise healthy child could be seriously ill so the couple, who also have a daughter, Nia, 11, were devastated when a scan revealed several tumours on both Seren's kidneys.

Doctors diagnosed stage five cancer, which had also spread to her right lung, and put the youngster on a brutal course of chemotherapy treatment, which they warned would result in her losing all her hair.

Mrs Deverell, who shaved her own head in support of her daughter following her diagnosis, said: 'Seren was born with lots of hair and by the time she was three it was down to her waist.