London cabbies take Chelsea Pensioners to see the Christmas lights
Volunteer cab drivers from the Taxi Charity are taking Chelsea Pensioners to see the London Christmas lights The Taxi Charity and the...
News & Updates
- Dec 22, 2021
Taxi Charity distributes hundreds of Christmas cards to WWII veterans from Dutch children
The Taxi Charity was delighted to receive hundreds of Christmas cards from school children in the Netherlands for WWII veterans across...
- Dec 14, 2021
Millwall FC host Taxi Charity Christmas celebration, TAXI
On Thursday 2 December, veterans, cab drivers, volunteers, supporters and invited guests joined together at Millwall FC for the Taxi...
- Dec 12, 2021
Former Taxi Charity committee member Dennis James has passed away
It is with deep sadness that the Taxi Charity announces the death of Dennis James. Dennis was a London licenced taxi driver for over 50...
- Dec 7, 2021
Taxi Charity chairman and WWII veteran attend Admiralty Service at St Martin-in-the-Fields
Taxi Charity chairman, Ian Parsons, and WWII Royal Navy veteran, John King, were delighted to attend last night's Admiralty Service at St...
- Nov 16, 2021
Taxi cabs come together for veterans on Remembrance Sunday
Poppy Cabs is a free service for veterans, which this year also supported bereaved families On 14 November, the capital fell silent at...
- Oct 13, 2021
WWII Royal Navy veterans enjoy dinner on HMS Victory
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,...
- Sep 27, 2021
Taxi Charity presented with the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service
On behalf of Her Majesty The Queen, The Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London, Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE, officially presented the Queen's Award...
- Sep 4, 2021
Chairman's Blog: A big thank you to the Mayor of the Municipality of Renkum
I recently received a box containing 50 special commemorative lapel pin badges and a letter from Agnes Schaap, Mayor of the Municipality...
- Jun 15, 2021
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, 2021
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, 2021
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, 2021
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, 2021
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, 2021
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, 2021
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, 2021
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, 2021
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, 2021
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, 2021
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...