Ben, the dedicated automotive welfare charity, has confirmed its new purpose built care centre will open in January 2015 and will feature, for the first time, a specialist dementia centre and facilities for younger and physically disabled people. The multi-million pound facility, which has 96 beds, has been built on land owned by the charity at its base near Ascot ...
Read More »BEN appoints Robin Woolcock as new president
BEN the automotive industry charity has appointed Robin Woolcock as its new president.
Read More »Ben offers support to former Unipart Automotive workers
Ben, the automotive industry charity, is offering to help the 1,200 Unipart Automotive workers who lost their jobs after the company went into administration last month. The charity has contacted KPMG, the appointed administrators, to offer its services to affected workers. BEN said it will offer advice on job seekers’ allowance, redundancy payment claims and other potential benefits. “It is ...
Read More »BEN launches Give a Scrap scheme to raise funds
BEN has launched a “Give a Scrap” scheme enabling car businesses to dispose of any unwanted or unusable vehicles and then donate the value to BEN.
Read More »Marshall managers raise money for BEN
Senior managers at Marshall Motor Group raised £19,000 for industry charity Ben at their annual conference...
Read More »Ben announces major Lynwood redevlopment
Ben, the automotive industry’s charity, has unveiled plans for a major redevelopment of its Lynwood Care Centre in Sunninghill, near Ascot.
Read More »Ben launches online survey
Ben, the automotive charity, has launched an online survey to see how it can better serve the needs of workers in the automotive industry.
Read More »Dealers urged to back National BEN Week
Automotive industry charity BEN is celebrating its 108th birthday this week National BEN Week, which runs 15-21 July, aims to encourage automotive companies to get their staff involved in having fun whilst raising awareness and funds for the charity.
Read More »Dealers urged to join Backing Ben campaign
Ben, the automotive industry charity, is appealing for more retailers to join its Dealers Backing Ben campaign as it seeks to boost funds linked to used car disposals.
Read More »BEN review highlights need for extra funding
Motor industry charity BEN has called on the trade to provide support in the coming year. In its just-published Annual Review of 2010, chief executive David Main said last year the charity made further progress towards securing its finances while also investing in programmes to extend its services and raise awareness of BEN...
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