Over 250 people attended this year’s BRMA annual dinner raising £1540 for the designated charity; ‘Save the Children Fund’.
Preparations are now under way for 2006 and the ‘Motown’ themed event, which will take place on the 29 September.
Full details of sponsorship opportunities and the date when the tickets will be on sale will be announced in the near future.
Transport development charity Transaid is looking for individuals willing to bike 460 km across Malawi to raise £30,000 for charity. Bicycles have been chosen as they form one of the primary means of transport in the African country.
Team members will average 100 km per day and, to cover transport costs, will have to pay a registration fee of 299 Pounds Sterling and commit to raising a minimum of 2,750 Pounds in sponsorship. The ‘Blazing Saddles Cycle Malawi’ tour will take place in September 2006 and details can be found on www.transaid.org
It is with sadness that Tyres & Accessories learnt of the passing of Ian Palmer, advertising manager of Retreading Business. Ian died suddenly on 22 September, aged 58, while working with colleagues in Belgium. He leaves a son, Stuart, and a daughter, Louisa.
Six First Stop dealers joined forces with celebrities from the worlds of television and music recently to raise money for charity. Coronation Street stars Bill Ward and Tina O’Brien, who play Charlie Stubbs and Sarah-Louise Platt in the show, joined Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding and the dealers on the Bridgestone stand at the Truckfest North West show at Haydock Park Racecourse, Merseyside.
Director of BRMA, John Dorken, successfully completed the trek he undertook in the High Andes to raise funds for the Medical Aid and Relief Charity for the Children of Chechnya. He raised £6000 and received some generous contributions from a number of companies including Michelin, Continental, Bridgestone and Pirelli.
Members of the NTDA’s Northern Ireland region are planning a charity “Tyre Push” to raise money for a Children’s Hospice and to increase awareness of the industry’s 3mm campaign.
The push will commence at Northwest Tyres in Londonderry on the 12th September and will conclude on the 12th November, taking in as many member depots as possible.
Small business employees across the country are being encouraged to nominate their boss as the most energetic in the country. Powergen’s ‘Britain’s Most Energetic Boss 2005’ is looking for bosses with positive energy, whose enthusiasm and commitment to their employees or community makes going to work fun and rewarding, not a chore. The search aims to reward the hard work and dedication of the bosses of the UK’s 3.7 million small businesses.Employees who nominate their boss at www.energeticboss.co.uk between 4 July and 12 August 2005 could win a case of champagne for themselves, and a well deserved break of a lifetime to New Zealand for their boss.
The Director of British Rubber Manufacturers’ Association, John Dorken, will be undertaking a sponsored trek in support of the children of Chechnya in August.
John is the Treasurer and Secretary of Medical Aid and Relief for the Children of Chechnya (MARCCH). MARCCH is a registered charity set up in 2001 to help the young victims of the long running conflict in Chechnya. Money is needed to meet the refurbishment and running costs of the orphanage as well as expanding activities into medical assistance.
In 2002 John and his daughter, Marina undertook a similar trek in the Himalayas, walking above the Tibetan monasteries in Sikkim to the base of the world’s third highest mountain, Kanchenjunga, and for their efforts received close to £9000. This year John will be warming up on the most famous trek in the Andes – the Inca trail – and then embarking on further trek around the highest mountain in South East Peru – Ausangate – described as ‘high, tough and cold’, taking him up to 5165 metres (nearly 17000 feet). Last time it was pretty challenging and this time will be no easier – and he will be three years further from the prime of youth!
For details of how to contribute go to the website www.marcch.org or telephone: 020 8883 8899.
A group of associates from Fulda Tyres in Birmingham have participated in the Great Midlands Fun Run, raising money for the Acorn Children’s Hospice in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham in the process.The 8.5 mile run started in Sutton Park on 5 June and ended in Sutton town centre in front of a crowd of spectators. Fulda Tyres did its bit with six employees lacing up their trainers and battling their way through the challenging course.
Thousands of Goodyear workers will lose out on their share of a £1 million repayable sickness fund because they were made redundant reports a Wolverhampton newspaper.
Workers who lost their jobs before October 2003 will not be eligible for a £1,150 payout from the Goodyear Relief Society, which has now been dissolved.
Kwik-Fit Fleet corporate accounts director Nigel Davies was one of a group of 15 cyclists who took part in the 180-mile ride from Brussels to Rotterdam in May, raising more than £6,000 in aid of a specialist palliative care centre in West Sussex.
On Saturday 16 July, BEN, the Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund will, for one night only, transform the grounds of Lynwood, its residential centre near Ascot, into a traditional fairground with a difference.
Two ArvinMeritor LVA employees are taking up the BEN Centenary Aftermarket Challenge, as they attempt to cycle the full length of the country, from Lands End to John O’Groats. The money raised will go towards supporting auto industry employees and their dependents who find themselves in need of help.
On Sunday 17th April thousands of people took to the streets of London to run the 25th Flora London Marathon. BEN, the Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund, had a team of nine industry members running to raise money for the charity. This is the largest team BEN has ever entered into the gruelling 26.2 mile race and the Fund hopes to raise around £10,000 in sponsorship thanks to the participation and hard work of the runners.
National BEN Week raised over £18,000 for our less fortunate colleagues last year, thanks to the ‘£99 for 99 years’ campaign that the charity adopted. Hundreds of industry members took part by holding their own fundraising activities ranging from raffles and dress down days to cycle rides and other sponsored events. This year, to celebrate a century of care and support for the automotive and related industries, BEN will be bringing back the campaign but re branding it as ‘£100 for 100 years’ for National BEN Week, which runs from 18-24th July (inclusive of BEN’s actual birthday, 19th July).
BEN wants even more industry members to get behind the campaign this year and raise a minimum of £100, either by holding a fundraising event or simply by sending in a donation, so that we can reach our target of £100,000 for BEN’s 100th birthday. However, as fundraising can be quite daunting, BEN has put together a fundraising pack, a comprehensive guide to planning and putting on events, sponsored activities and other fundraisers. Included in the pack are items such as the A-Z of fundraising, which is full of interesting ways to raise money, legal information and even posters and press release templates.
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