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JCT600 workforce rises to 500-mile Ben charity challenge
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Click the thumbs up >Teams of car dealership employees from across the JCT600 retail network have completed a 500-mile challenge in aid of Ben in the run-up to Christmas to smash their fund-raising target for the automotive charity.
Staff from the Bradford-based AM100 car retail group walked, ran, cycled, swam and rowed their way to the landmark mileage as part of the challenge launched on October 26 and officially concluded on December 20.
JCT600âs charity challenge succeeded in raising £5,242 for Ben, but Nicola Tordoff-Sohne, JCT600âs group head of wellbeing, said that the 500-mile charity event had delivered further benefits to participants following a challenging 2020.