Ben’s Year in Numbers highlights industry need
Automotive industry charity Ben has published its Year in Numbers, highlighting the growing demand for health, wellbeing and financial support.
The report, which covers the period from April 2025 to March 2026, found that Ben responded to 14,377 enquiries and directly supported 3,421 individuals through tailored services to help them navigate physical and mental health challenges.
Breaking it down, Ben supported:
- 1,632 individuals with general information, advice and guidance for a range of issues
- 1,605 individuals with benefits advice and financial guidance
- 573 individuals with financial grants
- 468 individuals with Ben Therapy
- 263 individuals with Life Coaching
- 528 activations of Ben’s digital mental health support platform SilverCloud.
Online support
Demand for online support and self-help resources also remained high, with more than 52,000 website visitors and 77,000 support page views. In addition, over 1,000 individuals signed up to receive health and wellbeing tips, advice and tools via email, bringing the charity’s total subscribers to 15,500.
The most visited online support content included:
- Mental health (4,167 views)
- SilverCloud (3,174 views)
- Interview skills guidance
- Redundancy rights and financial advice.
Ben has now set an ambition to treble its charitable reach by 2030.
Greater need
Rachel Clift, CEO, said: “Our latest year in numbers shows both the difference Ben is making and the growing challenges facing people across the automotive industry. Every number represents a real person who reached out for support, whether because of mental health struggles, financial worries, bereavement, stress or uncertainty about the future.
“While we’re proud of the impact we’re having, we also know the need across the industry is far greater than the number of people currently accessing our services. Too many people still don’t know Ben is here for them. That’s why increasing awareness is such a major priority for us. We want everyone in automotive to know where they can turn for support, whatever they’re facing.
“Our ambition is to treble our charitable impact by 2030 so we can help far more people earlier, before challenges escalate into crisis. We’ll continue evolving our services and working closely with industry partners to make that ambition a reality.”
