Northern Southland College Hall was all a buzz on Tuesday afternoon (8 Apr) as three young men shaved off their mullets to help support Men’s Mental health, with over $1800 raised for the cause by the school and local community.

Hairdresser Paulette Leach takes great delight in removing Henri Dillon's mullet, all in the name of Men's Mental health. Photo: Supplied

The idea for the mullet shave came from year 12 student Cayden Bryan who said “I chose to support Men’s Mental Health because they are an awesome cause especially in the farming community. I wanted to cut my hair but decided I wanted to do it as a fundraiser.”

The idea then snowballed and the school was fully involved with tutor groups vying for the chance to wield the clippers.

Tuesday being a day where they could come to school out of uniform, a sausage sizzle at lunchtime and then culminated with the whole school watching the haircutting.

Originally Cayden was going to be the only one but, with a bit of persuading from NSC staff, family and friends Cooper and Henri happily joined him on the chairs.

Cooper Healy year 9 (13) “I got my hair cut to support men’s mental health and to support Cayden and Henri”

Family also came to watch the boys have their Mullets removed.

“I was so proud when Cayden told me what he wanted to do” commented his mum, Kirsty Bryan

The older boys had the Tutor teachers in control of the clippers with Paulette Leach representing HWC and Richelle Maree TRM while Cooper allowed a couple of his friends (after directions from Henri) to shave his off.

When asked, the reason for Henri Dillon year 12 (16), cutting his 5 year mullet growth was pretty straight forward “because I wanted to” and maybe that’s a good enough reason, especially when supporting such a worthwhile cause.

“I would like to thank everyone who has made donations towards this cause, to Henri and Cooper for joining in and thank you to Pete Wilkinson and NSC for making it happen” said Cayden

The senior leadership team at Northern Southland College was fully supportive of the idea. Rodney Jackson Deputy Principal commented "It was amazing to see a student-led fundraiser for a great cause, well done to Cayden and friends for making this happen. Definitely has set the bar high for future events"