EQ8 Energy Drink, the official drink of Caterham F1 kindly donated to BEN eight tickets for the Caterham Driving Experience at the Autosport International during the weekend of 20-21 January 2012. The generous gift gave eight of our beneficiaries the experience of a lifetime and the opportunity to experience the most exhilarating sports car on the market, going from 0 to 60 in a jaw dropping 2.8 seconds. Each of our beneficiaries was taken out with an expert Caterham driver on a specifically constructed drifting and slalom course and a good time was had by all. BEN's Regional Development...

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The Yorkshire Building Society in Southport made sure that BEN's Alexandra house had a good start to 2012 by donating £100. Last year Yorkshire Building Society launched its Make a Difference week-long event at Christmas in which customers of the Society, staff and general public were invited to nominate a cause that they would like the Charities Foundation to support in time for Christmas 2011. The presentation took place on 6th January 2012 and Paula Ikin, Assistant Matron and Susan Dobson, Finance Officer of BEN's care centre Alexandra House accepted the donated £100 cheque. Thank you Yorkshire Building Society...

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A once high end car worth £10,924, Auto Express s 11 year old Lantra, with battered side panels, scraped paintwork and ageing trim, was effectively worthless but not for us. With the BEN Scrap and Donate scheme and a few simple steps the Lantra raised £140 for us and our cause. Auto Express like many others had stuck with their trusted car throughout its life but unlike most others the relationship didn't stop there. Auto Express followed their Lantra through the process of donating it to BEN s ‘Scrap and Donate scheme. From visiting the charitycar website, to the...

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We are very excited to announce that we have launched a free online recruitment advertising service, exclusively for the automotive industry. BEN Autojobs, is a dedicated section of BEN's main website where recruiters can register and post an unlimited number of vacancies at no charge. It is also free for prospective candidates looking for a job. Our website sees significant traffic from those who are either currently working or have worked in the automotive and associated industries so its audience is hugely relevant to recruiters. Ray Diggins, BEN's Head of Marketing said, "As a not-for-profit charity, BEN is pleased...

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One of the automotive industry's social highlights of the year, our BEN Ball, took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 14 December 2011. The event was attended by 1,000 people from across the automotive industry and allied trades who enjoyed a night of non-stop, sparkling entertainment including performances from The London Community Gospel Choir, the Band of The Scots Guards and the award winning Jersey Boys. The night raised in excess of £200,000 for the charity. Other highlights of the evening included a sumptuous four course meal and an amazing array of prizes in the tombola,...

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The winters don't come much tougher than in the North East Borders area and as the staff at our Birch Hill Residential Care Centre near Berwick upon Tweed know only too well, getting about in heavy snow can be a real problem. Toyota GB s Head of CSR and Environmental Affairs, Thomas Rosselle heard about this and has come up with the perfect solution; a top of the range Rav4 which Toyota has kindly supplied on a complimentary, long-term loan. BEN's Chief Executive, David Main said, "When the weather closes in on this neck of the woods, it really...

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BEN has drawn the winner for the BEN and Snap-on text competition for a Special Edition top-of-the -range tool box signed by F1's Jenson Button. Congratulations to Mr Sean Spice from Devon.

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One slightly overcast morning, on November the 24th, two teams arrived at our care centre, Lynwood, in Ascot to spread a little Christmas cheer. Once more, BMW in Bracknell had taken up the gauntlet to deck the halls of Lynwood in time for our Christmas Fayre and to help to put the residents into the Christmas mood for another festive season. From morning until night they laboured on, hanging tinsel, dressing Christmas trees and generally having a good hearted time. However, this time they were up against a team of ladies from Europcar, ready to do their bit and...

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We held our annual awards ceremony on the 17th November at out Town Thorns Care Centre, near Rugby. All nominees and guests assembled in order to celebrate the support they gave us during 2010-2011.  In total six trophies were given to individuals and organisations in recognition of their efforts and achievements during this time. Trade Journal of the Year was won by Car Dealer Magazine who beat Automotive Management Magazine, Motor Finance Magazine, and Scots Auto Scene Magazine to take this year's prize. Car Dealer provides continued coverage of our activity throughout the year. Car Dealer is also the...

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The AA continued their support of BEN by raising an amazing £91at their spine chilling Halloween fundraising day. The spectacularly spooky event took place at the AA centre in Oldbury, West Midlands. Throughout the day ‘Tricks and Treats' were handed out to the staff. The ‘Tricks' came in the form of a £1 fine for anyone who did not dress up and the ‘Treats' were two Halloween themed cakes that were up for grabs as prizes in the raffle. AA staff took the opportunity to bring out their most scary and creative Halloween outfits. Classics costumes such as wicked...

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