Shut Brothers Motor Finance has raised over £2,000 for automotive charity, BEN, by participating within the ‘Bangers4Ben’ rally.

Every year, Bangers4Ben requires groups to purchase a car for lower than £750, theme it as they please, and drive greater than 2,000 miles over 4 days in a European location chosen for the rally. On the finish of the rally, automobiles are auctioned with all proceeds going to BEN. Since its inception, Bangers4Ben has raised over £500,000 for the charity.

This yr, Shut Brothers Motor Finance Director of Industrial Companions, John Cassidy, and Director of Associate Operations, Simon Winslow, took to the highway to lift cash of their topical ‘Barbie and Ken’ themed automobile. Alongside garnering monetary contributions, John and Simon dressed and drove their banger to and across the Emerald Isle, Eire, as a part of the fifteenth yr of Bangers4Ben, organised by BEN and The British Motor Present to lift funds and consciousness.

BEN strives to help the lifeblood of the automotive business by acknowledging that the business is people-led and goals to offer help at each juncture. With assist from the community, Shut Brothers Motor Finance efficiently doubled their goal of £1,000, elevating a complete of £2,009 for BEN. As a result of ongoing price of dwelling disaster, many staff are experiencing hardship and a few folks should not have the services to manage. Rising inflation means folks will resort to chopping down on prices to afford requirements, and could also be struggling to pay payments.

John Cassidy, director of economic companions at Shut Brothers Motor Finance, stated: “We’re dedicated to supporting BEN, who make a major distinction within the automotive neighborhood. We’re delighted to have taken half on this yr’s occasion,  and go the additional mile to lift funds and consciousness, and to do what we are able to to help automotive colleagues by way of troublesome instances. With out the help of our colleagues, associates and households, we might not be capable of help BEN’s mission.

“We had nice enjoyable with the theme and determined to have a good time one of many greatest movies of the yr. And our Barbie themed automobile appeared unbelievable. An enormous thanks to BCQ Options for kindly donating the stickers for our automobile! We mixed our creativity and willpower to compete in Bangers4Ben and smashed our preliminary goal.  I’m happy with our efforts and the numerous contribution we now have been capable of make to BEN, to permit them to proceed to do very important work and make an enormous distinction.”