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Sytner Group opens doors to local charity
- 07/01/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Sytner Group dealership Guy Salmon Land Rover Maidstone has partnered with The Young Lives Foundation to motivate, guide and assist young people in Kent. It welcomed children being mentored at the organisation to the dealership, where they were able see behind the scenes of a modern automotive retail outlet. Kim [...] -
Copart supports Samaritans appeal
- 30/12/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Copart has made a Christmas donation to the Samaritans, which expects to answer over 250,000 calls for help in December alone. Samaritans was established in 1954 and provides emotional support to people in the UK and Ireland who are struggling to cope or are at the risk of suicide. Their volunteers handle [...] -
IGA makes £20k Ben donation
- 16/12/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Independent Garage Association (IGA) has made a donation of £20,000 to automotive charity Ben on behalf of its members, to help the charity provide vital support to people in the automotive sector. Stuart James, IGA chief executive, said: “It has been another very difficult year for our industry as we [...] -
Ben Ball hailed as a huge triumph
- 14/12/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The industry united behind automotive charity Ben last week when £96,500 was raised at the Ben Ball, which took place at London’s iconic Roundhouse. The Roundhouse was transformed into a spectacular winter ballroom for the evening, and guests were treated to stunning live entertainment from LED drum crew, Spark! [...] -
Copart backs Ben’s Christmas Appeal
- 08/12/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Copart has announced it is getting behind the Ben Automotive Charity’s Christmas Appeal, which hopes to raise upwards of £500,000. Ben issued the rallying cry after seeing demand for its service rocket during the pandemic while at the same time facing severe fundraising challenges due to so many events having to [...] -
Sytner Group makes charity pledge
- 26/11/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Sytner Group retailer BMW Maidenhead has pledged 10 homes to SKT Welfare to help build villages in Syria. Sulman Hussain, senior service consultant, said: “A few friends and I went to a charity event recently where we learned about an opportunity to raise money to help those in need in Syria. We decided to pledge [...] -
Bangers4Ben sale raises £16k
- 03/11/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The annual Bangers4Ben sale has raised more than £16,000 for the charity. The 2021 Bangers4Ben Rally took place over the course of four days in October with an 890-mile ‘Best of British’ route travelling through England and Wales. The Bangers4Ben sale saw 16 cars from the Rally sold through BCA’s online [...] -
Ben launches support package for apprentices
- 28/09/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Automotive charity Ben is launching a new range of programmes that are specially tailored to help younger automotive people aged 16 years and old. The support is being launched on SilverCloud, Ben’s digital mental health and wellbeing platform which offers people round the clock access to tools that can help them [...] -
Motofix celebrates charity award
- 17/09/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Motofix is celebrating after winning the prestigious Charity Award at the NBRA Greener Bodyshop Awards. The group also won Bronze in the Greener Bodyshop Award category. Richard Tutt, Motofix chairman, said: “As a business we have always held a strong belief in the need to give back. The Covid pandemic has [...] -
Vella Group partners with Manchester charity
- 13/09/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Vella Group has partnered with Manchester Young Lives to encourage young people in the area into the automotive aftermarket. The group chose to partner with the charity in order to provide advice, support, and work placements to young people in the area who need some additional help to get into [...]