News & Updates

Every year since 1948, the Taxi Charity has been taking veterans to Worthing for the day to spend time with their friends and enjoy...

Fabulous photos from Bernard Birien who joined us for our last night at the Mercure Hotel in Caen on 7 June 2019. A wonderful reminder of...

Thirty of the Taxi Charity's volunteer London cabbies will be escorting 40 veterans and their carers to Normandy for the 75th anniversary...

The Taxi Charity recently escorted a group of nonagenarian RAF veterans to Berlin for the 70th anniversary celebrations of the Berlin...

A huge thank you to The Badge for its wonderful coverage of our Dutch liberation trip (2 - 6 May) in the May issue . ...

Wonderful photos from our trip to the Netherlands for the Dutch Liberation Day celebrations. Click here to view the full album on Flickr...

We were delighted to receive some fantastic press coverage for our recent Navy veterans trip to Portsmouth, which was funded and...

Volunteer taxi drivers escorted a number of Navy veterans to Portsmouth on Wednesday 10 April. We are delighted to report that this three...

The Taxi Charity will be escorting a number of veterans to Portsmouth for a three day trip (10 - 12 April), funded and organised by the...

Marie Scott did interviews today with ITV News London, ITV Evening News and Channel 4 News. The 92-year-old WWII switchboard operator,...

For Marie Scott, the 75th anniversary of D-Day has become an even more special year as she has been awarded the highest French decoration...

On 1 May 2019, Chelsea Pensioner Mike Smith will be attempting his 100th parachute jump at an event to raise funds for the Taxi Charity. ...

On Thursday 7 March, on the last day of the Taxi Charity's planning trip for D-Day 75, veterans Frank Pendergast, Fred Glover and Bill...

The Taxi Charity would like to wish veteran Ray Whitwell a wonderful 100th birthday!

On Tuesday 26 February, Ian Parsons of the Taxi Charity escorted WWII veteran Frank Ashleigh (Glider Pilot Regiment) to Cranmore School...

In case you missed it, here's a wonderful video of veteran Danny McCrudden singing with Katie and Amy from The D-Day Darlings on ITV...

With their debut album riding high in the charts, The D-Day Darlings are busy rehearsing for a concert in London – where they will be...

The Taxi Charity invited its collectors and supporters for a slap-up lunch at the RAF Club in Picadilly on Thursday 21 February. Also in...

8 May 1926 - 12 January 2019 Today we said farewell to Edward 'Ted' Pieri - an Airborne Warrior of Market Garden, Norway and Palestine....

The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans is delighted to announce that Eddie Hillery has been appointed president. Eddie has been involved...