INCA Celebrity Charity Lunch & Charitable Endeavour Awards 2025
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FREE To all INCA members, their guests, SWIGA members and Crash charity patrons – you are all invited to join us at the first ever INCA Celebrity Lunch and Charitable Endeavour Awards 2025 at the Building Centre in London to celebrate charitable achievements, network with colleagues, customers and friends from across the EWI industry, experience the motivational and inspirational Kriss Akabusi in full flow and take in everything the amazing venue has to offer.
The Building Centre
26 Store Street, London WC1E 7BT
Wednesday 21st May 2025
09:30am – 14:30pm
Tickets are FREE to INCA members subject to a maximum of 4 (any more than this are subject to availability) so treat your team or impress your guests. Tickets are also free to SWIGA members and CRASH Charity patrons. Go To Reservation Form >>>
INCA are delighted to announce the launch of a new, high profile, member and EWI industry event for 2025 – The INCA Celebrity Charity Lunch, incorporating our inaugural Charitable Endeavour Awards all in aid of our charity partners CRASH, The Construction Industry Charity.
The event will take place on Wednesday 21st May 2025 at the prestigious Building Centre in the heart of London. It will feature high profile industry speakers, a short awards ceremony, a very special celebrity motivational speaker who you won’t want to miss, and a networking lunch followed by free admission to the Building Centre exhibition “Retrofit 25: What’s Stopping Us”. Places will be limited so book early to avoid disappointment.
A great chance to visit the amazing Building Centre in London with FREE entry into the Retrofit 2025 exhibition currently housed there, to network and catch up with colleagues, customers and friends from across the EWI industry, to hear how your efforts are making a difference to the the charity INCA align alongside and to help us raise money and awareness to the cause, to recognise INCA member companies, teams and individuals who have gone above and beyond in their efforts for charity over the last year or so, all before the main event … a motivational, inspiration presentation from the infamous Kriss Akabusi himself.
There’ll be a light breakfast, refreshments and a buffet style networking lunch included too and a chance to win some incredible prizes in our Charity raffle.
Help us make this free event a huge success so that we can add it to the INCA calendar in the years ahead.
How To Reserve Your Places
Reserve your places at the 2025 INCA Charity Lunch to be held at The Building Centre in London on Wednesday 21st May 2025.
This is a FREE event – NO PAYMENT REQUIRED
To reserve your place(s), please complete the form below:
INCA Charity Lunch – Full Details
We are privileged to work in an industry that makes a difference to lives … we’re making homes warm, attractive and reducing energy bills. But we want to encourage you all to go that step further and do your bit for charity too – whichever cause you choose. Here at INCA we have decided to partner for the long-term with CRASH – the construction industry charity. Starting in 2025 we want to lead by example and try to do more for this very worthy and appropriate cause for the industry we work in. Hence our first ever INCA Charity Lunch.
The focus of the day is as follows:
- CHARITY: Raising money and awareness for our charity CRASH, the work they do and how your support is making a difference. There will also be a raffle with all proceeds from the whole event going to support their efforts.
- AWARDS: We intend to use the event to recognise and reward those individuals from within our industry and membership who have gone above and beyond in their efforts to raise money for charity in 2024. We want your nominations and the winners will be recognised at the event.
- MOTIVATION: We want you to feel energised and motivated to do something to make a difference and so we have organised for perhaps the most recognised motivational speaker in the country to get you pumped up. Yes, you’ll have the privilege of spending time in the company of Kriss Akabusi – it promises to be an unforgettable experience!
- NETWORKING: The proceedings will conclude with an informal networking buffet lunch where you can chat to friends and colleagues’ and spend time looking round the Retrofit 2025 exhibition in the amazing Building Centre.
Our thanks to The Building Centre, Crash Charity, The Akabusi Company and our event sponsors for your support – it really is appreciated.
INCA Charity Lunch – Event Format
The event takes place on Wednesday 21st of May at The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London WC1E 7BT – directions >. If you’ve not been to The Building Centre before it’s certainly well worth a visit.
Arrival is from 09:30am where you will be greeted with a light breakfast and refreshments and you will have the chance to meet and chat to the charity, our sponsors and colleagues from across the EWI industry, There will also be a chance to buy your raffle tickets and dig deep to support CRASH!
At 10:30am you will hear from our keynote speakers followed by a short comfort break before the awards presentations and our celebrity speaker takes to the stage.
An informal hot buffet lunch will then be served giving you plenty of networking opportunity after which you will be granted access to The Building Centre Retrofit 25 exhibition where you can stay as long as you wish before departure.
It’s intended to be a relaxed event and atmosphere but business attire is encouraged.
We want you to get some real positives out of this event and to also have plenty of time to network with colleagues, friends and associates from across the industry. But the big focus is on Charity … raising awareness of CRASH and the work they do and raising a little money to support them. As such all proceeds from the event will go to CRASH.
INCA Charity Lunch – The Venue
Founded in 1931 The Building Centre was the first establishment of its kind. Ninety years later the Centre is a hub for the built environment, providing a platform for the exchange and development of knowledge. Established in 1931, The Building Centre is unique in representing and bringing together the different disciplines that form the built environment industry.
The Building Centre showcases the best in materials and manufacturing alongside the work of leading architects and designers to inform and inspire conversations about issues, challenges and successes in the built environment. Our public programme includes a rich calendar of free exhibitions and events which invite the public into an active dialogue about the key issues surrounding the materials and processes of our built environment.
At the time of our event The Building Centre and the National Retrofit Hub (NRH) have their ‘RETROFIT 25 – What’s stopping us?’ exhibition running – you have free access to this and to the product galleries which are home to over forty company’s presenting products and materials (including INCA).
“We are delighted to be working with National Retrofit Hub to build on our previous retrofit programmes and inspire action within local communities and neighbourhoods. We look forward to hearing from partners interested in supporting this agenda to work towards creating healthy and inclusive environments.” John Bonning, Commercial Director, Building Centre
INCA Charity Lunch – Our Speakers
We are delighted to announce a number of high profile charity / industry related speakers:
Andrew Warren
Chair; BEEF
Trisha Pickersgill
CEO; CRASH Charity
John O’Grady
Group Director; Glencar
Mossie Lyons
Kairos Community Trust
- Andrew Warren, Chair of the British Energy Efficiency Federation (BEEF) has spoken at a several hearings called by the European Commission and has spoken in every Member State of the European Union (EU-15) at a variety of conferences on energy and environment issues. Andrew will be talking about the challenges and opportunities within our indutsrty right now.
- Trisha Pickersgill, CEO of Crash Charity. CRASH exists to deliver meaningful social impact to communities across the UK by helping homelessness charities and hospices with vital construction projects – Trish will be talking about this and what’s stopping them from doing even more.
- John O’Grady, Group Strategic Director at Glencar leading construction delivery partner and one of the UK’s most successful privately-owned contractors – John will be talking about what it’s like to be a patron of CRASH.
- Mossie Lyons, Director of Kairos Community Trust will be talking about just how much your support of CRASH is making a difference where it matters.
INCA Charity Lunch – Celebrity Speaker
We are delighted to announce our celebrity speaker for this event is none other than Kriss Akabusi.
Kriss rose to fame on the athletics track, where his greatest individual triumph was winning the gold medal in the 1990 European Championships. This was the day when he beat David Hemery’s British record for the 400 metre hurdles – a record that stood for 22 years before Kriss made his mark on it!
Kriss’ first foray into television and entertainment came when he presented Channel 4’s hit breakfast show, The Big Breakfast. This was followed with a fulltime position as co-presenter of the BBC’s legendary Record Breakers, as well as presenting various other children’s TV programmes.Today, Kriss is regularly consulted on a variety of radio and television programmes, discussing topics ranging from sport to business. He is also a regular contributor to Sky News’ Paper Review Programme.
Kriss’ engaging personality, inspirational speaking style, and remarkable backstory soon led to a growing demand for his services as a professional speaker. For over 20 years, he has given countless keynote speeches and facilitated a wide range of training workshops in the corporate arena, under the umbrella of The Akabusi Company.
We think you’re going to really enjoy what Kris has to say!
INCA Charity Lunch – The Awards
The focus of this event is all about charity. We therefore felt it appropriate to recognise and appreciate those, from our industry and membership, who have gone above and beyond in raising money for charity over the course of the last year or so.
We’ll therefore be presenting the first ever INCA Award For Charitable Endeavour in recognition of dedicated charitable initiative, fundraising effort and achievement. So, if you believe someone should be considered for recognition, simply tell us who and why … it’s as simple as that.
Note: It’s not all about the amount of money raised or who’s raised the most – it’s about recognising charitable effort, dedication and achievement.
We are now accepting nominations for the award – a very simple process after which we will be revealing a shortlist and presenting the awards at the lunch itself. Just tell us who you’re nominating and why on this form. Deadline to get your nominations in by is the 6th May 2025.
INCA Charity Lunch – Our Sponsors
We are able to offer a limited number of sponsorship opportunities to any organisation interested in supporting this event with all proceeds from the event going to CRASH Charity.
Strictly first come first served basis – INCA members only.
Main Event Sponsor: Grateful thanks to main event sponsor Aliva UK – your support is appreciated.
Raffle Sponsor: Thank you to Trueline for sponsoring the charity raffle.
Guest Sponsor: Our thanks also go to EWI Pro for sponsoring our guest arrival process and gifts.
Sponsorships Available (first come – first served):
Breakfast, Refreshments and Lunch sponsorship packages are still available. For a small contribution you will be associated with the event, receive an acknowledgement in program by way of an insert insert, there will be optional banner advertising available to you at the event and you will have a prominent logo and acknowledgement at the event.
You may also wish to support by pledging a small amount towards the cost of a raffle prize – you will be recognised on the day and all proceeds from the raffle go directly to Crash charity. Simply select from the options on the booking form below.
Reserve Your Place(s)
Places are limited and so we recommend reserving early. This is a FREE event for INCA members and their guests, SWIGA members and Crash Patrons. You will get breakfast, all refreshments, a networking lunch, a seat at the event itself, inspirational / motivational talk from Kriss Akabusi, access to the Retrofit 2025 exhibition and use of all the facilities at The Building Centre in London.
Please note that you may like to make a completely optional small donation to Crash Charity on the day (cash or card), there will be a raffle with some amazing prizes and all revenue from this will go directly to Crash.
Should you decide to support with a raffle contribution or sponsorship package (really appreciated) payment will not required at this stage – we will invoice your company directly or will arrange to take a card payment if you would prefer.
How To Reserve Your Places
Reserve your places at the 2025 INCA Charity Lunch to be held at The Building Centre in London on Wednesday 21st May 2025.
This is a FREE event – NO PAYMENT REQUIRED
To reserve your place(s), please complete the form below:
Supporting Crash – The Construction Industry Charity
INCA CHARITY
CRASH is the construction industry’s charity. Founded in 1996, and sustained by the construction industry, CRASH charity is committed to building a more caring society.
Homelessness and hospice sectors rely on their buildings to deliver their essential care and services to people experiencing homelessness and children and adults with a life limiting illness.
CRASH empowers homelessness and hospice charities to make informed decisions from pre to post-construction, and channels the industry’s professional expertise, products, and donations to transform lives. Together we construct places that care for people.