Our Copart teammates proudly put on their pajamas this month to support the Ben Automotive Charity’s ‘Big Breakfast’ fundraising event, as part of our ongoing Copart Cares CSR commitment to caring for good causes, teammates, and communities.
This brand-new fundraising event for Ben, a charity that provides health and wellbeing support to people who work (or have worked) in the automotive industry, took place across one week in October, ending on World Mental Health Day, 10th October.
The aim of the event was to host a breakfast any day during that week and bring, bake, make, and sell breakfast to raise money to support Ben’s work in our industry.
At Copart, we’re a long-term supporter of Ben, having adopted them as our company charity in 2015. We hold various fundraising events on their behalf across our 19 UK locations and earlier this year we raised £5,000 with a 3 Peaks Challenge event.
So, of course, we were keen to support this new fundraising event and it didn’t take much to encourage our teammates to connect with each other over a cuppa and a range of breakfast treats!
Throughout the week, we held Big Breakfasts across our nationwide locations and raised funds through the sale of breakfast treats, games, and wearing pjs for the day.
To raise additional funds, and to help them work off those bacon butties, teammates at our Head Office in Wootton also held a ‘Plank in your Pajamas’ endurance competition.
“We are very fortunate to have access to Ben’s wide range of health and wellbeing support services, so we always enjoy the opportunity to give something back. We have an amazing culture here at Copart for charitable giving and our teammates always show a great deal of passion and enthusiasm when it comes to fundraising for good causes.
I’m delighted with the effort our teams across the UK put into the Ben’s Big Breakfast events. Everyone had a lot of fun and together they raised a fantastic amount of money for Ben, which will help them to provide even more support services to the automotive community.”
Jane Pocock – Managing Director of Copart UK & Ireland
Find out more about Ben Automotive Charity at ben.org.uk.
