Thanks to everyone who took part last week. The money is still coming in and so far our fundraising total is £2612!
Thanks to BCA, Blue Bell BMW/MINI, BMW Bracknell, Bodyshop Magazine, Camberley Autofactors, Citroen, Dagenham Motors Trucks Division, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Europcar, Honda, Kawasaki, RIG Automotive Recruit and The IMI for their continued support of BEN.
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What did you do for BEN Week?
Posted July 29th, 2010 by Cass. Comment (0).
BEN is there in times of need
Posted July 26th, 2010 by Cass. Comment (0).
Thanks to our supporters, we’re able to help people like Elaine.
Elaine used to work in an insurance call centre when her husband became dependent on drugs and alcohol. She could no longer cope at home and it started to affect her work. That’s when she decided to get in touch with BEN.
One of BEN’s welfare [...]
Alexandra House Hits Southport Beach
Posted July 26th, 2010 by Cass. Comment (0).
Last week residents and staff at Alexandra House, our care centre in Southport, truly did hit the beach for BEN by paying a visit to Southport Pier:
BEN staff in volley ball action!
Posted July 23rd, 2010 by Cass. Comment (0).
To round off National BEN Week, staff at our head office in Ascot enjoyed a lunch time BBQ today, followed by a competitive game of volley ball!
We also said goodbye to our lovely German volunteers today, Andreas and Arthur, who have been helping at Lynwood over the past year. They have been great sports and [...]
BEN Week Quiz Night
Posted July 23rd, 2010 by Cass. Comment (0).
‘Weymouth’ Warren and ‘Jersey’ Jim hosted yesterday’s quiz night at Lynwood, our care centre in Ascot, in aid of BEN.
It was a cracking evening that saw Team ‘We Don’t Know’ walk away with the title of quiz champions! Well done to Kirsten, Kelly, Andy and Kate pictured below.
Glorious sunhats!
Posted July 21st, 2010 by Cass. Comment (0).
We’ve just had a sunhat parade over at Lynwood (our car centre in Ascot), with staff from our head office and Lynwood. Well done to Ros, whose beautiful seaside creation won the competition!
Help BEN to support people like Dev
Posted July 20th, 2010 by Cass. Comment (0).
Whether large or small, your contributions this week will go directly towards helping people in our industries who are struggling to get by - people like Dev*.
Dev is a patrol and is wife Kulwinder is a homemaker. In 2006 she became very poorly and no one could find out what was wrong with her. They [...]
And the prize for best shorts goes to…
Posted July 19th, 2010 by Cass. Comment (0).
…Jim Laney!
Residents at Lynwood, our care centre next door, enjoyed a parade of summer shorts and knobbly knees! It was a difficult decision, but Joyce decided that Jim in Finance should walk away with the title of ‘Best Shorts’. Well done Jim!
BEN is 105 today!
Posted July 19th, 2010 by Cass. Comment (0).
It’s BEN’s 105th birthday today - marking the first day of National BEN Week!
There’s lots happening this week, so make sure you keep your eye on the blog for updates and photos.
We’re starting off the week with a Bermuda shorts competition at 11.30am - knobbly knee pics to follow!
BEN’s beach-themed calendar
Posted July 16th, 2010 by Cass. Comment (0).
It’s our last day in the office before National BEN Week kicks off on Monday, so we’re busy with our final preparations here at BEN Head Office.
Here’s our plan for the week:
Don’t forget to keep us posted on your activities by emailing info@ben.org.uk, commenting on this blog, tweeting using hash tag #BENweek or simply giving [...]