Through the hard working Land Rover employees, the company was able to donate a brand new Defender to a Solihull farm. The said farm specializes in training young people who have difficulties in learning. The Family Care Trust’s Newlands Bishop Farm was the fortunate beneficiary and received a Defender 110 Station Wagon. The Newlands Bishop Farm is the first beneficiary of a Land Rover vehicle—with top-quality Land Rover parts and Land Rover engine parts—under the 4×4 manufacturer’s ‘Motor-Vate’ program. It was nominated by Land Rover employee, Michael Dacre.

The Motor-Vate scheme is an incentive basis. Improvements in the employees’ attendance and the savings made by cutting absenteeism are shared among employees as well as the local community. Earlier, two randomly selected employees with perfect attendance records both received a brand new Ford car. Along with this, many other local organizations have already received generous donations.

The Newlands Bishop Farm, which is situated in Catherine de Barnes, serves to provide a good working and training environment for young people with learning disabilities. They seek to hone their social and work skills with the opportunity to gain accredited qualifications from Sutton Coldfield College in numeracy, literacy and ICT. A wide array of activities happens at the farm’s facilities. This includes a local gardening round, a woodworking unit and a horticultural, vegetable and animal area.

Daniel Adams, the manager of the farm, said: “The Defender will make an incredible difference to the farm. Not only will we use it extensively off-road to maintain the 10 acre site, our new 4×4 will also be used to support our community work, external events and provide transport for day trips. We are extremely grateful to the generosity of Land Rover and its workforce.”