Bosch Car Service National Conference backs BEN with Bikes and Bangers
Challenging its members to play their part, Bosch Car Service is using its first national conference to help raise funds for BEN with a cycle relay race and four entries in the famous Bangers 4 BEN event.
The team of eleven riders and four driving teams will take part in the two fund-raising events – travelling from Birmingham to Berkshire and Uxbridge to Turin respectively. Complementing the conference’s theme ‘Forward Together’ the teams are made up of employees from the Bosch UK Automotive Aftermarket division and four Bosch Car Service garages. Aiming to raise over £3,000, the teams behind the challenges are now asking potential sponsors to dig deep and donate.
As part of the ride and drive fundraising, the cycling team will set off early on Sunday 12 October, from the Birmingham Hilton Metropole, following the Bosch Car Service national conference, riding in relay until they reach the new BEN care home, Lynwood Nursing Home, in Berkshire.
Inspired by the Tour de France 2014, for which the Bosch Car Service network was a technical partner, the cyclists will pause for breath and refreshment at some of the Bosch Car Service garages en route.
The action continues on four wheels, with four Bosch Car Service garages teaming up with Bosch employees, to take part in the Bangers 4 BEN fun drive. The teams will drive from the Bosch Service Training Centre in Uxbridge to Turin, Italy.
However, adding a twist to the normal Bangers 4 BEN route, the teams will make two extra stops in a bid to raise even more funds for BEN. The first will be in Karlsruhe Germany, where they will visit Bosch’s Automotive Aftermarket headquarters, the hub of Bosch Aftermarket distribution, to drum up further support. Then, leaving their cars for a day, they will fly back to Birmingham, to collect donations from the full-to-capacity Bosch Car Service national conference before commencing the drive.
The Bosch staff and Bosch Car Service technicians will work together in the weeks leading up to the event, to make the cars road-worthy. They will also work together on the all-important fun fancy dress theme for their banger.
Mark Heard, Marketing Manager for Bosch Automotive Aftermarket, also one of the cyclists, said “We are all looking forward to both the charity events and the national conference, seeing Bosch employees and Bosch Car Service garages working together, having fun together and raising money in one go.”
To donate to the teams:
To donate to the Bangers4BEN challenge teams:
Collison Motoring Services in Waterlooville, Hampshire and Ed Kelleher from Bosch www.justgiving.com/RobEdBangers4Ben
Millers Garage in Newbury, Berkshire and Rachel White from Bosch www.justgiving.com/Glenn-Rachel-Bangers4Ben
Broadoak Motors in Crewkerne, Somerset, with Eddie Lightfoot from Bosch www.justgiving.com/EddieandGeorge/
Autobar Professional Vehicle Services in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, with Gareth Campbell from Bosch www.justgiving.com/GarethandDavebangers4ben
To donate to the cycling team, please visit: www.justgiving.com/Bikers4BEN-Bosch-challenge or text CYCL56 £5 to 70070.
Any donations will be greatly appreciated.
ENDS
For more information please contact Matt Sanger at Automotive PR 020 7952 1079 or msanger@automotivepr.com.
About Bosch Car Service
The Bosch Car Service national network of garages, comprising of 480 members in the UK and Ireland, is a Bosch programme to provide motorists with a high quality and technically competent alternative to main dealer car servicing and repair, for all vehicle makes and models.
Originally launched in 2003, the Bosch Car Service network of independent garages has gone from strength to strength. The latest independent customer satisfaction survey results show that an amazing 99.6% of Bosch Car Service customers would use the network again, based on their overall experience.
The scheme was also the first car repair code to achieve key accreditation, helping ensure that customers get a fair deal - first with the Office of Fair Trading and more recently with the Trading Standards Institute.
About Bosch
The Automotive Aftermarket division (AA) provides the aftermarket and repair shops worldwide with a complete range of diagnostic and repair shop equipment and a wide range of spare parts – from new and exchange parts to repair solutions – for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. Its product portfolio includes products made as Bosch original equipment, as well as aftermarket products and services developed and manufactured in-house. More than 11,000 associates in 140 countries, as well as a global logistics network, ensure that some 450,000 different spare parts reach customers quickly and on time. In its “Diagnostics” operations, AA supplies testing and repair-shop technology, diagnostic software, service training, and information services. In addition, the division is responsible for the “Bosch Car Service” repair-shop franchise, one of the world’s largest independent chains of repair-shops, with some 15,000 franchises. In addition, AA is responsible for more than 500 “AutoCrew” partners.
Additional information can be accessed at www.bosch-automotive.com.
The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. In the areas of automotive and industrial technology, consumer goods, and building technology, more than 300,000 associates generated sales of 51.5 billion euros in fiscal 2011. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 350 subsidiaries and regional companies in some 60 countries. If its sales and service partners are included, then Bosch is represented in roughly 150 countries. This worldwide development, manufacturing, and sales network is the foundation for further growth. Bosch spent some 4.2 billion euros for research and development in 2011, and applied for over 4,100 patents worldwide. With all its products and services, Bosch enhances the quality of life by providing solutions which are both innovative and beneficial.
Further information is available online at www.bosch.com and www.bosch-press.com
