TechMan acted as event sponsor for A Driving Force 2026, a 10-day, 11-country driving challenge undertaken by long-standing customer Bee Cool in support of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity. The journey saw the team deliver care packages to children in Bosnia while raising vital funds for serving personnel, veterans and their families. To learn more about TechMan’s commitment to the garage community, choose TechMan.
At TechMan, our relationship with the garages we work with goes beyond software. Bee Cool has been part of the TechMan family for many years, so when the team told us about their plans for A Driving Force 2026, we were proud to support the challenge as an event sponsor.
The mission was simple in principle but demanding in practice: travel through 11 countries to Bosnia, raising money for SSAFA along the way and delivering care packages to children living in orphanages.
In this blog, we’ll look back at the SSAFA fundraising journey, what TechMan’s event sponsorship involved, and why supporting causes like this matters to us as a business.
Bee Cool isn’t just a customer but rather a part of our long-term community of independent garages, and their commitment to a cause like SSAFA reflects the same values we try to bring to our own work, which are reliability, care and doing right by the people around you.
As an event sponsor, TechMan helped cover the fuel and travel costs required to make Bee Cool’s Journey for SSAFA possible, supporting a team that was giving up their time and energy for something bigger than themselves.
Over 10 days, the Bee Cool team covered thousands of miles, travelling from Dunkirk through France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Slovenia and Croatia before reaching Bosnia, then making the same journey home via Brussels.
Along the way, the team tackled some of Europe’s most demanding driving routes, including the Grossglockner Pass and long stretches of the German Autobahn, alongside stops of real cultural and historical significance.
Reaching Bosnia was more than a milestone in the challenge. It was the reason behind the entire SSAFA fundraising journey. Once there, the Bee Cool team delivered care packages to children living in orphanages, turning miles on the road into a direct, tangible impact on the ground.
What made the challenge stand out was that it wasn’t only about raising funds from a distance but about showing up in person for the communities the money was intended to help. As part of TechMan’s corporate social responsibility, we were honoured to support this cause.
Throughout the journey, the team’s fundraising efforts went directly to SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, supporting serving personnel, veterans and their families across the UK.
Challenges like A Driving Force 2026 rely on sponsors willing to help cover the practical costs involved, freeing up more of the money raised to go directly to the cause itself. It’s a small but meaningful way for businesses like TechMan to contribute to a bigger mission.
From Dunkirk to Bosnia and back, David, Rab and the wider Bee Cool team gave their time, energy and effort to a cause that mattered far more than the miles travelled.
Watching Bee Cool’s Journey for SSAFA unfold, from remembrance moments at the start to the final stretch back into Brussels, was a privilege for everyone at TechMan.
Now you know all about TechMan’s community-giving-back experience. TechMan is proud to stand behind long-standing customers like Bee Cool, not just as a software provider but as part of a wider community that supports one another through initiatives like A Driving Force 2026.
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If you’d like to support SSAFA, you can donate here (Enthuse A Driving Force for SSAFA 2026). Click here to learn more about TechMan, or contact us to request a demo.
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