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Motor industry charity Ben saw a surge in demand for its support and care services in 2018. The number of cases handled by its support services team rocketing 29%, 3,000 people contacted the Ben helpline for support last year and 13,000 people accessed its support online. During the year, Ben organised counselling sessions for 433 people, with a total of ...

Three automotive industry leaders have completed the “Epic Thames Waterbike Ride”, raising £202,000 so far for automotive industry charity Ben. Tim Tozer, CEO of Allianz Partners UK & Ireland, Jon Wakefield, who heads up Volvo’s Swedish national sales company and Darren Guiver, managing director of Group 1 Automotive, used waterbikes to cycle from the source of the Thames to London ...

Three UK automotive industry leaders will be taking on the Epic Thames Waterbike Ride over four days this summer. Between 4-7 July, Jon Wakefield, Volvo Car UK’s managing director, Tim Tozer, CEO of Allianz Partners UK & Ireland and Darren Guiver, managing director of Group 1 Automotive, will water-cycle a 166-mile routein the hopes of raising £300,000 for Ben in ...

The Ben 2018 Industry Leader Challenge led by Lookers CEO Andy Bruce and staff at the dealer group raised £215,755 for the charity by driving across the UK and Ireland in electric vehicles visiting every one of the company’s dealerships. Bruce passed on the Industry Leader Challenge baton to three senior industry leaders: Volvo Car UK managing director, Jon Wakefield, ...

More than 200 TrustFord employees have set off from the group’s national fleet distribution centre in Warwickshire to compete in a new charity driving challenge for motor industry charity Ben. The 54 teams competing in the “Breakout for Ben” challenge have already raised over £100,000 for the charity. The challenge, to drive as far as they can in 25 hours, ...

  Automotive charity Ben has launched new web resource to help people cope with bullying at work. In its National Anti-Bullying Week from 12th-16 November, it is focusing on raising awareness about bullying in the workplace as well as giving people the tools to tackle it. Findings from Ben’s first industry survey in 2017 indicated that bullying was rated the ...

Motor industry charity Ben has appointed IMI CEO Steve Nash as chair of its Board of Trustees. Nash, who has served on Ben’s board since September 2014, takes over as chair from Robin Woolcock who has held the position for four years. Woolcock, the ex-managing director of Volkswagen Group (UK), has been a long-standing Ben board and remains a trustee. ...

Lookers has completed the West Midlands leg of the charity fund-raising drive for motor industry charity Ben. As part of the Lookers Electric Charge campaign staff dressed as characters from hit show Peaky Blinders. The carbon-neutral challenge, which is in aid of motor industry charity Ben, will see a relay of electric and hybrid vehicles travel 2,000 miles down the ...

Motor industry charity Ben’s fundraising income totaled £4.2m in 2017 with corporate events playing a big part in income generation. The JLR English Channel Swim raised £214,644 and the Ben Ball £336,529, according to the just published Ben Impact Report. A total of 97 individuals took part in challenge events for Ben last year, such as the London Marathon. Through ...

Lookers is launching its Lookers Electric Charge at the Confused.com London Motor Show 2018 to raise money for industry charity Ben. The dealer group will showcase electric vehicles at show and one pound from every ticket sold for the automotive show will be donated to Ben to help colleagues in the automotive industry who are struggling with life’s challenges. CEO ...