• Plunky’s All Stars nears charity target

    • 12 April 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Steve Plunkett’s Plunky’s All Stars Football match is nearing its fundraising target of £17,000 The event is raising money for Brain Tumour Research Brain tumours kill more children and adults under the age of 40 than any other cancer yet historically just 1% of the national spend on cancer research has been [...]
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  • Ben Ball confirmed for 2022

    • 31 March 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 [...]
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  • Charity football match on fundraising target

    • 1 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Plunkys All Stars has nearly reached 50% of its fundraising target of £16,000 for Brain Tumour Research Thanks to the continued support of the industry, £7,810 has so far been raised for this worthy cause, with support coming from Modern Insurance Magazine, Junair, Car-O-Liner, Merseyside Car Hospital, AGM [...]
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  • Charity campaigner Steve Plunkett to be honoured

    • 8 February 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Volvo body and paint manager Steve Plunkett is set to be honoured by blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan, at a digital awards celebration this month He has been shortlisted for the Donor Champion of the Year Award at the Anthony Nolan Supporter Awards 2021 for raising over £20,000 for the charity The prestigious [...]
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  • Sytner Group makes six-figure donation

    • 11 January 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Sytner Group has donated £100,000 to automotive charity, Ben Zara Ross, chief executive officer at Ben, said: “The donation is huge for Ben, particularly at this time 2020 and 2021 have been a real challenge at Ben because the support needs in our industry have been higher than we can remember, and yet [...]
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  • IGA makes £20k Ben donation

    • 16 December 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 [...]
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  • Ben Ball hailed as a huge triumph

    • 14 December 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! [...]
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  • Sytner Group makes charity pledge

    • 26 November 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 [...]
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  • Ben launches Christmas Appeal

    • 18 November 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Ben has launched a new Christmas Appeal which aims to raise at least £500,000 to ensure it can support the record numbers of people calling on its services this year It has seen a 147% increase in demand for support during 2021 as more people than ever before turn to the charity with issues ranging from mental and [...]
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  • Plunkey’s All Stars fundraising page goes live

    • 10 September 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    A JustGiving page raising funds for the Brain Tumour Research charity has been set up by Steve Plunkett He has supported the fight against cancer for a number of years through his Plunkey’s All Stars football match, which will take place again next year, but has decided to go live with the JustGiving page now to [...]
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