# BEN appoints new Director of Fundraising & Communications

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/06/29/ben-appoints-new-director-fundraising-amp-communications/
- Published: 2007-06-29T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Charles Davis has joined BEN as Director of Fundraising and Communications, with
responsibility for developing and implementing a fundraising and marketing strategy
for the automotive industry charity.
Davis joins BEN from RoSPA where he has been
Head of Driver & Fleet Solutions for the past five years, and where he has contributed
significantly to a year-on-year growth in turnover of 25% on a £2.3 million budget
culminating in a 2006 business growth of 45%.

 

 

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Davis is passionate about road safety and training and is an active member of the
a number of professional bodies and associations active in this area including The
Association of Industrial Road Safety Officers (AIRSO).

 

 

Davis said: “One of the first things I plan to do is generate additional funding
from an automotive industry which remains unsure what an important role BEN plays.
To do this effectively we will need to plan an awareness campaign directed at both
our existing supporters and also to those companies who still need to understand
how BEN can help staff within the automotive industry.”

 

 

He added: “In order to change this, we must broaden our donor base across all sectors
and this involves corporate donations and donations through payroll giving.”

 

 

Around 800,000 people work in the automotive business in Britain, yet only a very
small percentage currently commit to making regular donations to BEN.

 

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