News & Updates

Three veterans will be guests of the Taxi Charity at a lunch on 15 August to celebrate their 100th birthdays On 15 August, the 74th...

This September, a fleet of London licenced black cabs will travel to Arnhem with eight Operation Market Garden veterans for Airborne...

On Saturday 22 June, a fleet of London taxis, driven by volunteer cabbies, took veterans from London and the South East to the Home Front...

I have no idea how my predecessors felt when they began their time as chairman of this wonderful charity. However, I doubt the momentous...

Every year since 1948, the Taxi Charity has been taking veterans to Worthing for the day to spend time with their friends and enjoy seaside favourites, fish and chips and ice cream. This year’s outing is only a week or so after many of the veterans spent a week in Normandy with the Taxi Charity for D-Day 75, remembering the friends they lost. Over 60 kind-hearted volunteer London cabbies will pick up nearly 200 veterans and their carers from their homes across the South Eas

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...