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Automechanika Bangerham joins starting grid
- 06/10/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Automechanika Birmingham has announced its team for this year’s Bangers4Ben ‘Bangers does Bond’ rally, which takes place from 8-11 October. The rally will see participants travelling 1,575 miles across Europe in their very own ‘bangers’ to raise funds for the automotive charity. This year Automechanika [...] -
Copart kicks off Ben awareness days
- 16/09/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Copart has launched a series of Ben Automotive Industry Charity Awareness Days across its sites. The days are intended to offer colleagues an opportunity to speak to members of the Ben Outreach team to find out more about the wide range of health and wellbeing support services available to them. The days are [...] -
Ben backs World Suicide Prevention Day
- 09/09/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Automotive charity Ben has pledged support for World Suicide Prevention Day, which will take place on 10 September. The day is driven by the World Health Organisation and supported by charities and organisations across the globe. In the UK, suicide is the single biggest killer of men under 45, with 12 men taking [...] -
Support shown for Ben automotive charity
- 22/07/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Messe Frankfurt, organisers of the UK Garage and Bodyshop Event, has presented a cheque to Ben for £1,063, following a highly successful partnership at this year's show. The amount was raised through a combination of corporate donation and individual donations that Ben received from attendees at the show who took [...] -
Ben launches well-being platform
- 29/06/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
To mark the beginning of World Well-being Week, automotive industry charity Ben has launched BenWell, its pioneering new well-being platform developed specifically for the automotive industry in partnership with Wellonomics. Underpinning BenWell is an insight-led app and web portal which automotive businesses can [...] -
Ben encourages personal MOT test
- 17/06/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Ben is marking Men’s Health Week by encouraging everyone in the sector, not just men, to take a personal physical and mental MOT test. It has prepared a quick and easy MOT test visitors to the site can take, with questions designed to give people an overview of how their mental and physical health are functioning [...] -
Ben reports rising cost concerns
- 10/06/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Automotive charity Ben has seen a rising number of people in the sector seeking help in managing finances and debts. This comes as the rising cost of living in the UK reaches new heights, with inflation up to nine per cent and prices for a full tank of petrol topping £100 for the first time ever. Ben now says [...] -
Ben launches new loneliness initiative
- 09/05/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Automotive charity Ben is marking the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Week by shining a light on loneliness. It has said that, following two years of disruption and periods of social isolation caused by the pandemic, loneliness has in itself become an epidemic, which has also increased social [...] -
Ben Ball confirmed for 2022
- 31/03/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Automotive industry charity Ben has announced the Ben Ball will be back this year, taking place at Old Billingsgate Market on 7 December. The 2021 Ben Ball took place after Covid restrictions were lifted and quickly sold out as the automotive community seized the chance to gather together in person and celebrate in [...] -
Ben goes live with updated website
- 13/01/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Ben has unveiled its revamped website, which is intended to make it more responsive to all digital devices and simpler to navigate. The updated site has also been designed to offer quick and easy access to essential self-help tools and resources to help improve the health and wellbeing of the automotive industry [...]