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Jun 15

Taxi Charity wins Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, TAXI

What does it mean to win the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service? TAXI finds out from a handful of those volunteers who helped make it...

Jun 8

WWII veterans delighted as British Normandy Memorial opens

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

Jun 5

D-Day 77 National Memorial Arboretum Itinerary

4 - 7 June 2021 The weekend of the 5 and 6 of June is the 77th anniversary of the WWII D-Day landings. We would normally take a group of...

Jun 5

Veterans to attend D-Day landings memorial service at the National Memorial Arboretum, TAXI

When the outbreak of the pandemic required the Taxi Charity to return early from an event with WWII veterans in The Netherlands in March...

Jun 4

WWII veterans visit the Battlefield Line

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

Jun 3

Major Ted Hunt and Ian Parsons interviewed on BBC Radio Leicester

Ahead of the Taxi Charity trip to the Battlefield Line on Saturday 5 June and to the National Memorial Arboretum for the 77th anniversary...

Jun 2

Letter from Rt Hon Oliver Dowden asking us to pass on his thanks to our volunteers

The Taxi Charity was delighted to receive a letter from Rt Hon Oliver Dowden, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport,...

Jun 2

Taxi Charity chairman interviewed on talkRADIO about QAVS and D-Day 77

Taxi Charity chairman, Ian Parsons, was interviewed by Julia Hartley-Brewer on her breakfast show on talkRADIO this morning. Following...

Jun 2

Chairman’s Blog: We are delighted to have been awarded the QAVS

This is a seminal moment in the 73-year history of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans. We have won the Queen’s Award for Voluntary...

Jun 2

Taxi Charity receives Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans is thrilled to have been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. The charity...

May 17

London cabbies to attempt Three Peaks Challenge

London cabbies, Scott Murray and Seb Philp, talk to TAXI about attempting the Three Peaks Challenge on 26 June 2021 to raise funds for...

Apr 25

The Taxi Charity supports veterans from all conflicts

Many people think that the Taxi Charity only supports veterans from WWII, but the charity promotes the wellbeing of veterans from all...

Mar 28

A chocolate treat for veterans this Easter

This Easter, the Taxi Charity is delivering chocolate and a card to veterans across the UK When the Taxi Charity sent its veterans an...

Mar 22

The Taxi Charity reflects on the past 12 months

When the UK went into the first Coronavirus lockdown on 20 March 2020, no one could have predicted that a year later the country would...

Mar 16

Artist Rosa Branson MBE and the Taxi Charity

Renowned artist, Rosa Branson MBE, has spent a lifetime creating breathtakingly beautiful pictures, including a picture for the Taxi...

Feb 22

WWII veteran and London cabbie form great friendship

WWII veteran, Ron Johnson, and London cabbie, Peter Carey, met through the Taxi Charity and have become great friends Peter Carey has...

Feb 14

WWII veteran, John Clarke, interviewed on talkRADIO on Valentine's Day

On Sunday 14 February, WWII veteran John Clarke MBE was interviewed by John Nicolson on talkRADIO about his wartime brief encounter at St...

Feb 11

Taxi Charity AGM to be held on 8 March 2021

The Annual General Meeting of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans will take place at 2pm on Monday 8 March 2021. Due to Covid...

Jan 13

Poppy Cabs raises £6,000 for good causes

Despite the cancellation of the Remembrance Day services in London in November, Poppy Cabs' supporters once again proved just how...

Dec 18, 2020

Taxi Charity chairman delivers Christmas stocking to veteran, Tom Weatherall

Taxi Charity chairman, Ian Parsons, was delighted to deliver a Taxi Charity Christmas stocking to veteran Tom Weatherall and his wife,...

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