The Ben automotive benevolent charity’s Ben Ball will return for 2021, bringing relief to fund-raisers who faced a £1 million shortfall after last year’s COVID-enforced cancellation.
After a COVID-impacted 12 months in car retail placed unprecedented demands on the Ben automotive benevolent charity's support channels, AM caught up with fund-raising director Matt Wigginton.
Super-fit automotive sector fund-raisers walked, cycled and ran their way to a £159,000 charity windfall as part of the Breakout For Ben initiative.
Automotive charity Ben, is launching access to its digital mental health and wellbeing platform, offering immediate support to those in need.
Inchcape UK chief executive James Brearley described the support delivered by automotive sector charity Ben as “phenomenal” as the AM100 car retail group made a £10,000 donation to the cause.
TrustFord’s mile-munching Breakout for Ben fundraising initiative will be rolled-out to the entire industry in a bid to help the automotive charity plug a £1 million fundraising gap in 2021.
Shoreham Vehicle Auctions has pledged to raise a minimum of £10,000 for The Chestnut Tree House Children’s Hospice with its latest annual charity auctions.
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has partnered with the industry charity Ben to create the IMI 100 challenge to help support mental health and well-being within the sector.
Motorpoint Peterborough employee Chris Northern is set to tackle a charity fund-raiser with teeth when he completes the Jurassic Coast ULTRA 100k in aid of the city’s Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice.
Female business leaders from across the automotive sector have formed the Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA) "Lillies" fund-raising team to generate cash for BEN.
A terminally ill independent car dealer is targeting the completion of a five-mile walk to raise funds for Brain Tumour Research.
A 100-strong team of staff from across Cox Automotive's UK operations have succeeded in raising over £10,000 for the mental health charity, Mind.
Mercedes-Benz Vans UK staff teamed up with its franchisees to raise over £13,000 for Cancer Research with a series of gruelling sponsored challenges.
Ben is urging charity-minded automotive employees to complete the British Grand Prix’s full 190-mile race distance under their own steam as part of a Formula One-inspired virtual reality fund-raising challenge.
Members of the BCA human resources (HR) team have raised more than £3,500 for the NHS, after undertaking a sponsored walk, run and cycle during COVID-19 lockdown.
Arnold Clark has handed a £100,000 donation to the Cash for Kids children’s charity in time for the cause’s gift giving annual Mission Christmas campaign.
Chorley Group founder and chairman Andrew Turner has raised £59,000 for the Inspire Youth Zone Chorley children’s charity with a gruelling 14-dey trek to Mount Everest Base Camp.
Automotive industry leaders from Group 1 Automotive, Allianz Partners and Volvo have succeeded in raising over £202,000 by cycling 171 miles on the River Thames.
Marriott Motor Group’s directors have tackled the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge as part of the business’s efforts to raise funds for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospice (EACH) in 2019.
Automotive industry leaders from Group 1 Automotive, Allianz Partners and Volvo are just days away from starting their epic Thames Waterbike challenge in aid of the Ben charity.