'The generosity from everyone at Inco is truly incredible and will be a huge help,' charity says of £12,000 donation from leading principal contractor
A leading principal contractor has given a £12,000 new year boost to a charity that has helped more than 20,000 children and young people with hair loss with a free wig service.
Inco Contracts, which has offices in Cannock, Cardiff, Stevenage and Warrington, has spent the last 12 months raising vital funds, with its team swapping construction sites for fundraising activities including golf days, office fitness challenges and most recently its Christmas Jumper Day.
The money raised by the firm's Inco Foundation, a charitable venture that has now passed the £50,000 fundraising milestone, will be used to help provide life-changing wigs and fund vital research into kinder, more effective cancer treatments.
Mates in Mind, the Motor Neurone Disease Association, St Giles Hospice and Your RWTC - the registered charity of The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust - are among the charitable causes supported to date by the Foundation.
The latter was last year’s chosen charity and it received 1,100 ‘chemo comfort bags’ and 1,000 radiotherapy water bottles plus a garden makeover that included a 60” outdoor cinema for the children’s ward - thanks to Inco Contracts' staff and suppliers DMW and UK Electrical.
Sam Norton, executive director, said: “We are passionate about the areas we are based in and the communities we serve, which is why we set-up the Inco Foundation – to give something back, especially to charities who have a local or personal connection.
“To date, we have had five charities of the year and between them we have raised more than £50,000. This has gone into frontline services, delivering essential equipment or opening up new spaces. It’s not just cash we give either, a lot of the projects have seen our staff donate their time and skills to deliver much-needed refurbishments.
“St Giles Hospice in Lichfield was a perfect example. We spent two-days completing five different projects, ranging from the refurbishment of a roof terrace area and13 patient patio space to sprucing up the children’s area and bringing a fountain back to life.
“The DIY SOS was carried out in memory of Paul Finch, who worked as a site manager for our business before falling ill with cancer and being cared for by the wonderful people at St Giles.”
The Inco Foundation invites all team members to vote for their chosen charity and the resounding winner was The Little Princess Trust for 2025.
Established 20 years ago, the Hereford-based organisation works with a trusted network of accredited wig fitters to ensure children and adults up to age 24 never have to travel far for a wig fitting. There is also a commitment to support the development of less aggressive and less toxic cancer treatments, and this has seen it fund 152 research projects to date.
Sam added: “Hair and Hope is the Little Princess Trust’s motto. The young people they help are already going through so much, so to give them access to wigs and hair is absolutely vital for keeping up spirts and aiding recovery. As our official charity partner for 2025, we are proud to have raised over £12,000, to boost the excellent services they provide.”
Phil Brace, chief executive of The Little Princess Trust, said: “The generosity from everyone at Inco is truly incredible and will be a huge help to us as we continue to support young people with hair loss and fund vital childhood cancer research.
“We are now helping more children than ever before, but we can only do this thanks to the wonderful support we receive, and I would like to thank everyone for their fantastic fundraising for The Little Princess Trust.”
