The Taxi Charity hosts a special event to mark International Women's Day
On Monday 6 March 2023, the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans hosted an event at The RAF Club in London to celebrate International...
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News & Updates
- Mar 3
Taxi Charity receives £18,000 funding from ABF The Soldiers’ Charity
The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans was delighted to receive an £18,000 grant from ABF The Soldiers’ Charity to fund its programme of...
- Feb 16
RAF veteran and retired cab driver talks about his long association with the Taxi Charity
2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans. One man who has been associated with the charity for almost...
- Dec 21, 2022
WWII veteran Harry Rawlins receives the Thank You Liberators medal at Dutch Embassy
On 13 December 2022, WWII veteran Henry ‘Harry’ Rawlins was presented with the 'Thank You Liberators' medal at a ceremony at the...
- Nov 21, 2022
WWII veteran Peter Colthup celebrates his 100th birthday
WWII Arnhem veteran Peter Colthup had a very special 100th birthday celebration when he was presented with two medals for his part in...
- Nov 17, 2022
Veteran Reg Pye finds the French girl he has been looking for since WWII
Thanks to a campaign launched by the Taxi Charity in June to find the young girl Reg had shared his food with in Normandy in 1944, they...
- Nov 4, 2022
Free Poppy Cabs service for veterans
On Remembrance Sunday, kind-hearted London cab drivers will give up their time to drive veterans around London. On 13 November, hundreds...
- Oct 26, 2022
Taxi Charity attends unveiling of Desert Rats memorial
On 23 October, Taxi Charity volunteers were delighted to attend the dedication and unveiling of a Desert Rats monument at the National...
- Oct 18, 2022
WWII veteran John Bosley dies aged 97
WWII veteran, John Bosley, from Warminster died on Tuesday 4 October, aged 97. Born in 1925, John enlisted in 1943 at the age of 17, and...
- Sep 23, 2022
103-year-old WWII veteran commemorates Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands
The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans was delighted to take 103-year-old Arnhem veteran Ray Whitwell to the Netherlands for the...
- Sep 5, 2022
WWII veterans and Taxi Charity volunteers joined the thousands at Wandeltocht Airborne March
On 3 September, a group of Taxi Charity volunteers who had brought seven WWII veterans and their carers and families to the Netherlands...
- Aug 7, 2022
Downton resident jumps for veterans
Malcolm Dean, 76, from Downton near Salisbury has raised £3,700 for the Taxi Charity The Taxi Charity was delighted to receive a donation...
- Aug 3, 2022
WWII veteran to help find home for dog
When WWII veteran Bill Gladden heard that one year old terrier Cody was having a difficult time finding a new home, he offered to help...
- Aug 3, 2022
WWII veteran Alfie ‘Fred’ Lee dies, aged 95
On Thursday 28 July, Alfie ‘Fred’ Lee, from Odiham in Hampshire, a much-loved member of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans, died at...
- Jul 27, 2022
'Market Garden Challenge' aims to raise £10k for veterans
This September, two Taxi Charity volunteers plan to cycle 115km across the Netherlands on WWII gearless bikes and then walk 40km to...
- Jul 27, 2022
WWII veterans to join Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity 'Summer In The City' event
On 2 August, the Taxi Charity will support the Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity at their summer event at Television Centre and White...
- Jul 18, 2022
London Waterloo to the Waterloo Battlefield
Taxi Charity volunteer cab drivers take veterans and archaeologists to Belgium to support Waterloo Uncovered The Taxi Charity for...
- Jul 13, 2022
Obituary: Major Edwin ‘Ted’ Hunt MVO
On 9 July 2022, WWII veteran and former Queens’s Bargemaster Major Ted Hunt MVO died aged 102 Edwin ‘Ted’ Hunt MVO, a retired waterman...
- Jul 7, 2022
Surrey village maintains 74 year tradition for Taxi Charity
The small village of South Holmwood, near Dorking, has been welcoming London cab drivers and veterans every summer since 1948. One couple...
- Jul 5, 2022
The veterans return to Worthing in our iconic black cabs
On 5 July 2022, after a break for the past two summers, 60 black cabs once again made the journey from London to Worthing with a group of...
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