Chester T. Dean 
Drive Motor Retail’s Weston-Super-Mare dealership is supporting Every Child Needs Christmas for the fifth consecutive year.
The initiative aims to give disadvantaged children living in the Bristol postcode area the opportunity to open a gift on Christmas Day.
Drive Weston, a Vauxhall retailer, acts as a drop-off point for donations and a place to sort gifts, the dealership provides vans to transport donations and the Drive Weston team provided over £2,500 worth of gifts to the campaign this year.
Simon Strange, Sales Director at Drive Weston, said: “We are proud to support Every Child Needs Christmas – no child should wake up on Christmas Day without opening anything.
“After a conversation with the organisers, I felt this was something we could help with because we have the space to sort it out and we have the vehicles to help distribute the gifts. We also have a brand that helps increase campaign exposure.
“I think it’s important, as a key business in the community, that we contribute and give something back to our region wherever we can, and that’s of paramount importance within the group. Drive Motor Retail.”
Every Child Needs Christmas founder Sara Arshad added: “I would like to say a big thank you to Drive Vauxhall Weston-Super-Mare as always for their venue, their labour, their vans and £2,500 in donations in gifts! How amazing. Simon and his team are an integral part of what we do here.
Drive Motor Retail is one of the UK’s largest private motor retail groups with sales of around £250m a year and over 700 staff employed in 16 dealerships across the country . It has expanded its franchise portfolio previously dominated by Vauxhall with the addition of three new MG Motor UK dealerships in Leicester, Bristol and Darlington this year.
Motoring charity Ben has launched a Christmas appeal which aims to raise at least £500,000, to ensure it can support the record number of people using its services this year.
In 2021, Ben has seen a 147% increase in demand for support as more people than ever turn to the charity with issues ranging from mental and physical health to poverty, domestic violence, homelessness and more.
