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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,...
Oct 13, 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 27, 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...
Sep 4, 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 15, 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 8, 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 5, 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 4, 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 3, 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...
Jun 2, 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...
May 17, 2021


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...
Apr 25, 2021


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 28, 2021


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 22, 2021


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...
Mar 16, 2021


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 22, 2021


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 14, 2021
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