Deux vétérans de 90 ans sautent en parachute pour la bonne cause, Europe 1
Deux vétérans britanniques de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, âgés de 90 ans, ont sauté en parachute samedi dans le Calvados pour récolter...
News & Updates
- Aug 18, 2016
Fred and Ted parachute into the Merville Battery 72 years after D-Day, Mature Times
It was a strategic operation that didn’t go to plan and has taken has taken on a legendary quality in the retelling of the history of...
- Jul 18, 2016
The taxi charity hoping to win the lottery, The Suburb Circular - July 2016
An article about the Taxi Charity, written by committee member, Ian Parsons, is featured in the July issue of The Suburb Circular. You...
- Jul 15, 2016
Taxi Charity receives support from fellow service charities for National Lottery Award
A huge thank you to The Confederation of Service Charities (Cobseo), which includes Help for Heroes, Blind Veterans UK, ABF The Soldiers'...
- Jul 6, 2016
Shooters Hill WW2 veteran fundraising for charity run by London cabbie, News Shopper - 6 July 2016
A Shooters Hill World War Two veteran is fundraising for a taxi charity that arranges free outings for ex-soldiers. Geoffrey Pattinson,...
- Jun 24, 2016
Taxi Charity in the Press: Still giving, OnRoute magazine - June/July 2016
They say charity begins at home, but for some war veterans it also travels abroad. The Taxi Charity has been busy fundraising with...
- Jun 23, 2016
400 veteran servicemen stop off for elevenses at South Holmwood, Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser
THE sun shone down and villagers lined the streets waving Union Flags as scores of Second World War veterans arrived in South Holmwood...
- Jun 22, 2016
Taxi Charity committee members interviewed on London Live
Watch Taxi Charity committee members, Frances Wyhowska and Ian Parsons, being interviewed about the Worthing outing on London Live this...
- Apr 19, 2016
Taxi Charity's Graham Pike appears in OnRoute magazine
Taxi Charity committee member, Graham Pike, is featured in the April edition of Transport For London's OnRoute magazine. Graham, who has...
- Jan 27, 2016
Chelsea Pensioners steal the show at Dad's Army premiere
Chelsea Pensioners rubbed shoulders with the stars last night at the Dad's Army premiere in London. Taxi Charity regulars Bill Woods (far...
- Jan 13, 2016
In Memoriam: Fred Walker, Chelsea Pensioner - Telegraph Obituary
Fred Walker, who has died aged 91, was a former Army Commando who, in June last year, was one of 19 Pensioners at the Royal Hospital...
- Dec 14, 2015
Taxi Charity in the press: News Shopper, 14 December 2015
Where do they get the energy?': Daredevil war veterans, all over 90, take flight thanks to Erith man's donation An 89-year-old daredevil...
- Dec 11, 2015
Taxi Charity in the press: Bexley Times, 11 December 2015
89-year-old Erith war veteran raises £1700 for Taxi Charity after parachute jump Edward ‘Ted’ Pieri, who turns 90 next May, jumped from a...
- Sep 29, 2015
Taxi Charity in the press: Kent Online, 29 September 2015
Click here for the full story: www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/ted-89-leaps-from-plane-43924/ #TedPieri #RedDevils
- Aug 17, 2015
Moving photo of veteran Danny McCrudden on front page of The Observer
Danny McCrudden, one of our veteran collectors, featured on the front page of yesterday's Observer (as well as page 2 of the Mail on...
- Aug 17, 2015
Taxi Charity in the press: ITV.com, 15 August 2015
London cabbies waive fares for VJ Day veterans Taxi drivers will be providing free transport for veterans attending the VJ Day...
- Aug 17, 2015
Taxi Charity in the press: The Independent, 15 August 2015
VJ Day: London's black cab drivers ferry veterans for free on anniversary of victory London’s black cab drivers have offered veterans...
- Aug 17, 2015
Taxi Charity in the press: Evening Standard, 15 August 2015
'The least we can do': Hundreds of London cabbies give up day's fares to take veterans to and from VJ Day celebrations Hundreds of...
- Jun 17, 2015
Taxi Charity annual veterans' outing to Worthing makes it onto ITV News
Yesterday's Taxi Charity veterans' outing to Worthing made it onto ITV News. A big thank you to ITV Meridian coming along to report on...