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Automotive industry charity Ben has appointed Rachel Clift as its new CEO, effective 1 November 2024, succeeding Zara Ross, who is retiring. Clift is Ben’s current health and wellbeing director. Her appointment made by the Board of Trustees follows a recruitment process that included internal and external candidates. She joined Ben in September 2018, overhauling its health and wellbeing offer ...

Automotive industry charity, Ben, is calling on automotive people to step up to its new Big Walk fundraising challenge on 8 September. As May is National Walking Month, the charity is launching Ben’s Big Walk, inviting members of the automotive family to take the first step and sign up to the challenge. The charity is calling on people from across ...

Vertu MINI Sunderland is helping to slam the brakes on childhood cancer after raising £1,300 for Children’s Cancer North as part of their MINI Big Love campaign. The dealership surpassed its initial target of £500 after hosting raffles, washing cars, selling sweet treats, as well as donating £100 for every vehicle it sold. Vertu MINI Sunderland is helping to slam ...

Motor industry charity Ben is recruiting teams to take on a new UK-based fundraising challenge for the automotive industry, called Race Across Britain. The initiative, which follows the success of the BBC TV series “Race Across the World”, will raise funds to support people who are struggling or in crisis and is supported by LKQ Euro Car Parts. Ben is ...

Lookers is to raise funds for Action for Children after raising over £150,000 last year for Macmillan Cancer Support and Papyrus Forty employees, including chief executive Mark Raban and chief operating officer Duncan McPhee, signed up for a new, more demanding bike ride challenge for 2023. Four teams of 10 will cycle 935 kilometres from Eastbourne to Edinburgh across eight ...

Motor industry charity Ben is being ‘inundated’ with calls from employees in the motor sector struggling with the cost of living. The charity said that in its recent health and wellbeing survey, it found that 1 in 5 automotive people are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living, with energy, petrol and food bills at an all-time ...

Automotive charity Ben has moved its annual Ben Ball dinner from the Roundhouse in Camden to Old Billingsgate Market. The event will be held this year on Wednesday 7 December, supported by AutoTrader. Over 600 automotive industry figures attended the 2021 event, which raised over £96,500 – one of the highest totals ever achieved at a Ben Ball. Matt Wigginton, ...

TrustFord, the UK’s largest Ford dealer Group has won an award for fostering a culture of philanthropy in the workplace. The factory-owned dealer group won ‘The Payroll Giving Diamond Award 2021’ in recognition for its continued commitment to donating to charity through the payroll. The Diamond Award is the highest available certification and is awarded to companies with at least ...

Automotive charity Ben is launching Move4Ben, starting on 1st June, to raise funds and inspire people to improve their physical and mental wellbeing. Move4Ben will challenge participants to exercise in any way they choose and, at the same time, raise funds for Ben. To take part, participants set their own personal challenges in terms of distance and exercise type. For ...

Automotive charity Ben has launched its new active virtual challenge for the motor industry, called “Breakout for Ben, the road to £1m”. The charity issued a rallying cry last year, asking industry leaders for urgent support, following a 50% increase in service demand against a £1m income shortfall. So far, £530,000 has been pledged by companies to help address the ...