KATELYN Payne, 13, lives in County Durham with her dad Darren, 44, mum Ann-Marie, 37, and twin brother Hayden. She says:

“As my classmates and I ran inside after a rainy PE lesson, I could only watch as they wrung out their wet…

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In 2015 BeBold will be undertaking our biggest project to date. We will be launching Captain BeBold as a full HD animation to help schools manage alopecia when needed. Captain BeBold will initially provide the facts in a quick informative 15 minute video.

A superhero with a difference, Captain BeBold has alopecia. We are working within a community who has…

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This is my wife's version of events

Hi my name is Ann-Marie, I am Katelyn’s Mum, a founder of BeBold in the United Kingdom.

Katelyn was first diagnosed with alopecia when she was only two years of age. At first her hair started to fall out in only small patches, but naturally concerned about her hair loss, we like so many others visited our local GP. We were very lucky to have a very supportive surgery and our Doctor quickly diagnosed Alopecia Areata. When I tried to find…

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Here is a link to the My Life documentary broadcast earlier this year. Detailing the children who attended the BeBold Camp 2011.

Please enjoy it is a wonderful film.

http://www.bebold.org.uk/dir/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=223&Itemid=231

Following the success of the recent BBC Documentary My Life Without hair the BBC have contacted BeBold with an interest in producing a full length documentary about adults living with alopecia, a target audience 18-30.

In order to get this commissioned we are currently looking for about three individuals in the above age range who would like to take part.

For this to work we are looking for individuals with a really interesting story to tell. This will be a fantastic chance for…

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On Friday 30th July 2010 Cowboys and Indians from across the UK decided it was time to meet together at the first ever Childrens’ Alopecia Camp. Some travelling day and night to get there, everybody was pleased to return home to our roots in Scarborough’s Wild West, Pinewood Holiday Park.



The view was wonderful and it was amazing to see how life has changed with a lovely camp site now filled with Cowboy Shacks and Indian Tipis… Continue