Signature Homes employees will be heading back to work with bald heads after shaving off their locks for in support of CanTeen this week.

Jared Williams, 12, with a pile of hair he had shaved off this week. Photos: Tracy Hardy.

The now bare-headed team's feat raised $2,620 for the organisation supporting young people, aged 13-24, living with cancer.

Event organiser and Signature Homes' sales manager Dave Rudd set up the event to support a family friend's 16-year-old daughter Lacie Glen Vile, who was diagnosed with cancer at age five.

'We wanted to do something for the community,” says Dave. 'A lot of these organisations struggle to get the funds they need – and as a business and a successful organisation it's good to be able to give back to the community. Plus it's a bit of fun for the team.”

Lacie says it's important CanTeen is the recipient for public donations so they can fund not only the fun activities – but the many counselling sessions and mental programmes that support young people through cancer.

'We support each other. We make really good friends and we can talk to each other about our problems, because we understand what they've been through with cancer.”

Jared Williams, 12, Craig Williams, Mike Cook, Jason Cook, Dave Rudd, and Mark Silvester before the head shave.

Cancer survivor and CanTeen member Lacie Glen Vile, 16, checking out the new haircuts.