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Charity campaigner Steve Plunkett to be honoured
- 08/02/2022
- 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 [...] -
Sytner Group makes six-figure donation
- 11/01/2022
- 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 [...] -
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! [...] -
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 [...] -
Ben launches Christmas Appeal
- 18/11/2021
- 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 [...] -
Plunkey’s All Stars fundraising page goes live
- 10/09/2021
- 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 [...] -
Ben forced to postpone key fundraising initiative
- 20/08/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Automotive industry charity Ben has announced that its Industry Leader Challenge (ILC) fundraiser, The Climb, has been postponed as Tanzania remains on the travel red list. It’s hoped that the event up Mount Kilimanjaro will take place in February 2022. Participants will instead tackle the National 3 Peaks [...] -
Copart delivers peak performance for Ben
- 30/07/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Copart has raised £5,000 for the Ben Automotive Charity through its 3 Peaks Challenge. Team Copart tackled the three highest peaks in Scotland, England, and Wales – Ben Nevis (1,345m), Scafell Pike (978m) and Snowdon (1,085m) – during one weekend in July, far exceeding its fundraising target of [...] -
Partbusters digs deep for Great Ormond Street Hospital
- 15/07/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Automotive parts distributor Partbusters has raised about £1,500 for the Great Ormond Street Hospital. Director and founder Ricky Bassi said: “Great Ormond Street Hospital is a fantastic cause and one close to our hearts at Partbusters. We’d like to thank everyone who has bought into this initiative and we [...]