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Car Dealer Magazine’s Bangers4Ben event 2017 has raised over £56,000 for Ben, the not-for-profit organisation that partners with the automotive industry to provide support for life to its people and their family dependants. This annual sell-out rally event has now…

Free resources available to employers to support mental fitness campaign. Free and confidential helpline on 08081 311 333 BEN is launching a series of far-reaching new campaigns designed to raise awareness of key health and wellbeing issues. The first...

New Impact Report unveils statistics from 2015/16 BEN almost doubles the number of people supported in the automotive industry BEN’s new annual Impact Report provides an overview of BEN’s performance and the work the organisation has been doing in 2015/16...

Carol joins BEN with over 20 years’ experience in Marketing, Brand and Communications BEN, the automotive industry charity has recently appointed Carol Keller in a newly created role as Marketing & Communications Director. The appointment builds on the strength and…

Always looking for new ways to support BEN, Perfect Placement has come up with a unique way to raise funds for us every day. Since moving to their new premises, two pool tables have been installed in the new casual…

Ben Ball 2019 at the Roundhouse London – a spectacular show and huge success Automotive industry Christmas Ball raises funds to support colleagues in need Ben announces its biggest and most challenging Industry Leader Challenge to date – The Climb…

Ben has today officially launched its Critical response service, to support employers and their employees in times of crisis. This free service sees Ben working with automotive industry businesses to provide appropriate, often immediate, support for employees when they experience an…

Three automotive leaders cycled over 171 miles on the River Thames, raising over £202,000 so far for charity, Ben The trio cycled from Thames Head to London with a fundraising target of £300,000 Water-cycling challenge has raised money to support…

With just one week to go until the Epic Thames Waterbike Ride, three automotive industry leaders are fully prepped and ready to water-cycle the River Thames from its source to London. This is a mammoth fundraiser in support of Ben.…

Jaguar Land Rover Industry Leader Challenge smashes £160,000 target Jeremy Hicks and two teams of Jaguar Land Rover colleagues swim to success for Ben You can still donate at justgiving.com/fundraising/jlrchannelswim Ben, the not-for-profit organisation that partners with the automotive industry…

Bullying rated third most important wellbeing issue by automotive industry people Nearly a third of people in the UK have been bullied at work* Ben has launched new dedicated web resources to help people deal with bullying This Anti-Bullying Week,…

Today, on National Stress Awareness Day, Ben is revealing the results from its most recent business survey, in which automotive industry employers identified stress as a major issue affecting employees. A total of 70% of respondents to the employer survey…

A whitepaper released today by automotive charity, Ben, has found that mental health is still one of the biggest issues affecting the industry’s workforce and could cost employers as much as £1.2bn a year[1] collectively. Ben’s new whitepaper called Mental…

Ferrari North Europe hosted its 10th annual charity event at Silverstone at the end of September, hosting children whose families have been supported by Ben, as well as children who have been granted wishes by a charity called Rays of…

After 70 years at the Grosvenor House, Ben announces that Ben Ball 2019 will be held at the iconic Roundhouse in Camden on 11th December Ben is inviting the automotive industry to book tickets now for their Christmas Ball Take…

Report demonstrates the impact of Ben’s support on automotive industry people during the year Report thanks supporters for donating over £3m Ben shares health and wellbeing insights with the automotive industry Automotive industry charity, Ben, has just published its…

Ben has been supporting a man from Suffolk, after he had to give up work to care for his son with autism, but was left struggling financially and emotionally. Back in 2015, Darrell Brown discovered that his son’s school wasn’t…

Rachel Clift, Health & Wellbeing Director at Ben – the automotive industry charity The changing landscape of the automotive industry means a less certain future for its workers and their families, creating an increasingly pressured environment for them. Today’s news…