May 16TAXI interviews volunteer cabbiesAs the cabbies and veterans assembled at Harwich on 2 May for their ferry crossing to the Hook of Holland, Taxi interviewed some of the...
May 13WWII Wren attends Liberation Day services in the NetherlandsA WWII veteran was a guest of honour at services in the Netherlands, marking the country’s freedom from Nazi rule. Connie visited the...
May 2WWII veteran Connie Bateman finds a new home, TAXIConnie, who was a Combined Ops WREN, moves to Royal Star & Garter. The Taxi Charity has been supporting veterans and their loved ones...
Apr 27WWII veteran may miss liberation event over passport delays, Evening StandardA 97-year-old Second World War hero caught up in the passport crisis fears he will be forced to miss an “important” trip to Holland to...
Apr 19WWII veteran paints famous care home cat, TAXIWWII veteran, Bill Gladden, who is 98-years-old, lives in Suffolk and recently joined the Taxi Charity on a visit to the Netherlands. On...
Apr 4Walking better and standing taller, TAXI"These men are heroes, and I love that the Dutch teach their children from a young age that what happened must never be forgotten." TAXI...
Mar 8Veterans on the move, TAXIAt last, after a two-year break, the Taxi Charity can take veterans to the continent once again... TAXI spoke to Dick Goodwin, Vice...
Mar 1Veterans impressed by the 'new' Airborne Museum, renkum.nieuws.nlThe veterans escorted to Arnhem for a planning trip with the Taxi Charity appeared in the Dutch press... Translation Text from Dutch...
Feb 22Cab driver trains as Army ReservistTAXI talks to London cab driver and Taxi Charity volunteer, Seb Philp. Last time we spoke, you told us about completing the Three Peaks...
Feb 8WWII veteran Roy Maxwell celebrates his 100th birthday, TAXIIn June 1944, as part of the 1st Special Service Brigade, No. 4 Commando landed on Sword Beach thirty minutes before the rest of the...
Jan 28New year, new home for WWII veteranTAXI caught up with 96-year-old veteran, Harry Rawlins, and volunteer, Anne Parsons, who have become great friends. Anne was instrumental...
Dec 14, 2021Millwall FC host Taxi Charity Christmas celebration, TAXIOn Thursday 2 December, veterans, cab drivers, volunteers, supporters and invited guests joined together at Millwall FC for the Taxi...
Nov 30, 2021London’s Finest, TAXITAXI talks with Poppy Cabs coordinator and London cab driver, Mike Hughes It’s the day after Remembrance Sunday and Mike is deservedly...
Nov 16, 2021Reaching out to veterans young and old, TAXITAXI talks to Frances Wyhowska, Vice President, Taxi Charity for Military Veterans, about her role, cabbies, and the current focus of the...
Nov 9, 2021Poppy Cabs taxi drivers to fall silent as nation pauses to remember on 14 NovemberOn 14 November, when the capital falls silent at 11:00am, hundreds of London’s black cab drivers who volunteer their time to drive...
Nov 2, 2021Veterans attend Not Forgotten centenary event, TAXITAXI talks to cabbie and Taxi Charity volunteer Danny Shelton about taking a group of veterans to the Not Forgotten centenary event....
Oct 27, 2021Behind Enemy Lines: Interview with 1 SAS veteran, Alec BorrieSAS veteran, Alec Borrie, was recently interviewed by History of War magazine about his involvement in the invasion of occupied France in...
Oct 19, 2021Operation Market-Garden, TAXITAXI talks to Frans Ammerlaan, founder of The Market Garden Foundation which aims to keep alive the memory of what Great Britain did for...
Oct 10, 2021World War Two prison camp escapee celebrates 100th birthday, BBCA pilot who escaped a prisoner of war camp after being captured in Allied attempts to end World War Two early has celebrated his 100th...
Oct 1, 2021Taxi Charity gets well-deserved award, OnRouteThe Taxi Charity was delighted to feature in the October issue of OnRoute magazine, the magazine for London’s taxi and private hire trades.