Breakout for Ben has raised just under £159,000 for automotive charity Ben – an amazing total that will help address its £1million fundraising shortfall.
The 10-day virtual active challenge took part in February and saw a total of 986 people from across the automotive industry take part. Participants walked, ran, cycled and exercised their way to complete over 80,000 miles collectively to raise much-needed funds for the charity.
Teams embarked on a virtual journey visiting motor circuits across the UK, starting at Pembrey Circuit in north Wales and taking in all four home nations, before ending at Silverstone.
With the Breakout total included, just under £737,000 has now been raised to help address Ben’s £1million fundraising shortfall following its rallying cry last year asking for urgent support.
Breakout for Ben was the latest challenge to launch as part of Do It 4 Ben, to help ensure no-one in automotive faces life’s toughest challenges alone. Originally an annual fundraising challenge for Ben by TrustFord, Breakout for Ben was opened up so the whole automotive industry could show their support.
Stuart Foulds, Chairman and CEO of TrustFord, said: “With all the support Ben has continued to provide and knowing that the charity needed more support, I was very happy to lend TrustFord’s ‘Breakout For Ben’ event to a broader audience of participants in 2021.’’
Matt Wigginton, Fundraising Director at Ben, said: “Thanks to the incredible support of our industry, we’ve made a huge dent in the £1m fundraising shortfall we faced during the pandemic. This means we can always be there to help people in our industry when they need us the most.”
All funds raised will help Ben support automotive industry people with their mental health, physical health and wellbeing. Fundraising like this is vital and means that Ben can be there to help those in crisis and provide support with stress, anxiety, depression, money worries, or anything else.
