News & Updates

Major Edwin ‘Ted’ Hunt MVO from Worthing will be celebrating his 102nd birthday on 23 March 2022. Edwin 'Ted' Hunt MVO is a British...

Three Taxi Charity volunteers took WWII Royal Navy veteran Ernie Davis from Hornchurch out for lunch to celebrate his 97th birthday on 18...

Roy 'Doug' Miller from Wallington, who recently moved in with his daughter in Kenley, Croydon had two daughters and was a very popular...

On 17 March, WWII veteran, Ray Whitwell, from Malton, North Yorkshire will be 103. He will celebrate his birthday with his daughter,...

A group of four fundraising London cab drivers plan to row 3,200 miles across the Atlantic to raise £12,000 for charity In 2023, a group...

The Taxi Charity took a small group of veterans to the Netherlands over the weekend of 24 - 27 February to visit the Airborne Museum....

Poppy Cabs is a free service for veterans, which this year also supported bereaved families On 14 November, the capital fell silent at...

Hounslow resident Rajindar Singh Dhatt will celebrate his 100th birthday on 28 October with his family and friends Rajindar Singh, one of...

The Taxi Charity was thrilled to take two Royal Navy veterans to a dinner on board HMS Victory on Saturday 9 October. The Taxi Charity,...

Ron Johnson from Shrivenham, Swindon, will be celebrating his 100th birthday on 9 October with a party. When Ron was born in 1921, King...

On behalf of Her Majesty The Queen, The Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London, Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE, officially presented the Queen's Award...

The Taxi Charity was saddened to receive the news that one of our longest serving veterans, Ken Watts, had passed away on 22 August Ken...

August 15 is the anniversary of the surrender of Japan, known as VJ Day. WWII veterans Roy ‘Doug’ Miller and Alfie ‘Fred’ Lee were both...

On 4 August 2021, WWII veteran, Walter Gordon Knight, was presented with the 'Thank You Liberators' medal by Military and Air Attaché,...

WWII veteran, Jim Knox (97), attended a Taxi Charity event and surprised everyone when he decided that instead of supporting the younger...

On 30 June, veteran Harry White celebrated his 100th birthday by climbing over the dome of famed London landmark, the O2. Veteran Harry...

On the 77th anniversary of D-Day, volunteer London cab drivers took a large group of WWII veterans to the National Memorial Arboretum to...

On Saturday 5 June, a group of WWII veterans were invited to enjoy an afternoon on the Normandy Flyer steam train on the Battlefield...

The Taxi Charity lost another of its family yesterday when WWII veteran Harry Bailey, who was to many the face of the charity, died in...

Pictures of rows of iconic London taxis lining up on The Mall to pay their respects to Prince Philip on Friday 9 April have gone around...