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• Race Against Dementia’s fan zone activation included a dementia bus, which allows people to experience what it feels like to live with the debilitating disease. The on-site team also raised more than £35,000 to take its total fundraising amount for the season so far to over £400,000.
• The first ever career networking event between young people from Mission 44 and the F1 Engineering Scholarship took place, which was designed to connect young people and give the students an insight into the careers available in the world of F1.
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• More than 70 people attended the Formula 1 and Mission 44 Fuelling Futures workshop on driving diversity and inclusion in motorsport at the Silverstone Museum, with representatives from across motorsport, including F1 ACADEMY, Mercedes, Ferrari, Haas, Aston Martin, Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrain and McLaren Automotive, as well as organisations such as the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Association for Black and Minority Engineers, and Motorsport UK.
• More than £6,000 was raised by Formula 1 employees at the annual Summer Jam family day raffle in aid of local charity Bromley Children & Families Voluntary Sector Forum, an independent network of over 150 local voluntary groups that work with children, young people, and their families in the London Borough of Bromley.
• Ten students from the Northamptonshire Trust took part in Q&As with drivers from Williams, Haas and Ferrari. They also had a tour of the Paddock and Haas garage.
Over the 12 months since the 2023 British Grand Prix, more than £1 million has been donated by fans to vital charitable causes.
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, more than £500,000 has been raised for its supported charities, and 300 children and students have been involved in social impact activities at races.){kind=link}