# Hats on 4 Mental Health Day urges automotive industry to support colleagues - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/10/11/hats-4-mental-health-day-urges-automotive-industry-support-colleagues/ - Published: 2016-10-11T09:10:58+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **[Ben](http://ben.org.uk/), the motor and allied trades benevolent fund, has launched its first national fundraising day: a campaign asking people in the automotive industry to support colleagues suffering from mental health challenges.**   Ben launched [Hats on 4 Mental Health](http://hatson4ben.co.uk/) on 10^(th) October: World Mental Health Day. It asks people to wear a hat on 10^(th) November, share their pictures on social media using the hashtag #HatsOn4MentalHealth and donate £1 or more. Funds raised will help the charity support those working in the automotive industry and their families, and educate employers and management teams on how they can help their employees. ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/)   > You can take part in our first fundraising day on 10 November. Go to [https://t.co/8vmZJ4dgQg](https://t.co/8vmZJ4dgQg) > [#WMHDay](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WMHDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#HatsOn4MentalHealth](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HatsOn4MentalHealth?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#automotive](https://twitter.com/hashtag/automotive?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)( > 2/2) [pic.twitter.com/cguAdJpwS5](https://t.co/cguAdJpwS5) > — Ben (@BenSupport4Auto) [October 10, 2016](https://twitter.com/BenSupport4Auto/status/785507304267546625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   Supported by actor Tom Chambers from Holby City, Casualty, and Waterloo Road, and Mike Brewer, presenter of Wheeler Dealers Hats 4 Mental Health Day, the new campaign and fundraising day aim to shine a light on how mental health can affect anyone, at any time, and is also part of Ben’s ongoing strategy to support the automotive industry by improving the health and wellbeing of the workforce.   Jools Tait, business development director at Ben, said:   > “We’re delighted to launch our new mental health campaign, in line with World > Mental Health Day. This particular campaign is even more significant for us as > we are also introducing our first ever national fundraising day as part of it.” * **[Ben’s first national fundraising event raises £10,000 for mental health support](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/01/10/bens-first-national-fundraising-event-raises-10000-mental-health-support/)**( 10 January 2017) * **[Prince Harry records video for all runners in London’s ‘mental health marathon’](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/04/11/prince-harry-records-video-runners-londons-mental-health-marathon/)**( 11 April 2017) * **[Royal Foundation makes biggest single grant of £2 million for digital mental health start-up](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/10/10/royal-foundation-makes-biggest-single-grant-2m-digital-mental-health-start/)**( 10 October 2017) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)