Taxi Charity takes veterans on roadtrip to the Netherlands for Liberation Day celebrations
The Taxi Charity is delighted to be able to escort 25 veterans and their carers to the Netherlands for the Liberation Day celebrations....
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News & Updates
- Mar 7, 2022
Fundraising cab drivers to row the Atlantic
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...
- Feb 28, 2022
Arnhem veterans return to the Netherlands
The Taxi Charity took a small group of veterans to the Netherlands over the weekend of 24 - 27 February to visit the Airborne Museum....
- Feb 22, 2022
Cab driver trains as Army Reservist
TAXI talks to London cab driver and Taxi Charity volunteer, Seb Philp. Last time we spoke, you told us about completing the Three Peaks...
- Feb 21, 2022
WWII veteran Roy Maxwell celebrates his 100th birthday
Volunteers from the Taxi Charity joined Roy Maxwell and his family and friends on Sunday 20 February to celebrate his 100th birthday. The...
- Feb 7, 2022
A big thank you to Ubiquitous for our new livery
The Taxi Charity has a new stylish livery thanks to the generosity of Ubiquitous, who created the design and wrapped the cabs without...
- Jan 21, 2022
Taxi Charity receives Charity Today James E Smith Special Recognition Award
In September 2021, the Taxi Charity was announced as one of 20 finalists in the 2021 Charity Today Awards. The Charity Today Awards is a...
- Dec 23, 2021
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...
- 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...
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