Natalie said the response they had had to the workshops was “really lovely”.
“It’s wonderful to see that we’ve had friends, grandparents, children, grandchildren and brothers come in,” she said.
“We’ve had a lady whose children are grown up, but she’s thinking about her potential grandchildren. I thought that was lovely as well.
“Another lady came because her goddaughter has afro hair and she wants to know how [to care for it], and I just thought that’s absolutely brilliant.”
She said they had also opened up the workshops to people in a caring capacity, including foster carers, nursery workers and care home workers, who could be in that position of not knowing where to go to and feeling apprehensive about afro hair care.
Natalie said they also offered advice on buying hair care products on a budget as part of the workshops, knowing that they could be expensive.
“You’re talking about families who can’t generally share products either because all the hair is different, so being able to get everybody to share what they use and where they buy it from and any hacks and then hearing from the hairdressers about how to use those products properly, it’s just game changing,” she said.