Salon's Edward Scissorhands fundraiser a cut above

Anita Platt said customer kindly donated during her week-long dress up

A hairdresser has entertained her customers by dressing up as Edward Scissorhands to raise money to buy specialist equipment for a mobility centre.

Anita Platt, 43, spent a week at her Wolverhampton salon looking like the Johnny Depp character who has scissors instead of hands. In the 1990 film, he uses the prosthetics to make works of art, including creative hairdos for his neighbours.

She said she wanted to raise money for The Maltings Mobility Centre in the city after her partner Matthew Miller, a double amputee, noticed when he competed in agility events there that some equipment was not available to patients.

The £250 she raised would benefit up to 900 patients, the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust said.

Ms Platt said: "The looks when I went to buy lunch at the local shops, but it was good fun and we're very thankful to our clients who gave generously.

"I wanted to help because it's a cause close to my heart.

"We see these as essential items but the NHS can only do so much, so we decided to do something to support people."

Items include two agility ladders and hurdles, an adjustable height workout step, dumbbells, footprint markers and resistance bands.

Anita Platt and Matthew Miller raised funds with some inspiration from the movies

Mr Miller, 44, lost both legs below the knee in 2018 due to sepsis.

The father-of-five and former Grenadier Guard was in a coma for three weeks and had his heart restarted three times, spending a total of three months in hospital.

He said he was very grateful to his partner for what she did to raise money.

"She's great – she even drove to work in costume and she takes me to all my appointments," he said.

"The equipment is a real boost."

Lou Tisdale, clinical specialist physiotherapist in amputee rehabilitation at the trust said: "Some of these items were missing in our toolbox when the patient and I did a running training course earlier this year – items the trainer had but we didn't.

"All the items will be useful to support people to gain confidence in the use of their prosthetic limbs through improving balance and control of the leg.

"We are really grateful to Anita and Matthew for thinking of our service in their fundraising."