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Press Release: Seventieth annual day trip to Worthing for WWII veterans
Every year since 1948, the Taxi Charity has been bringing veterans to Worthing for the day to spend time with their friends and comrades and enjoy seaside favourites, fish and chips and ice cream. Following a tradition that began seventy years ago, 100 kind-hearted volunteer London cabbies will pick up veterans and carers from their homes across the capital on Tuesday 12 June and take them for a much-loved day trip to Worthing. After a pit stop at South Holmwood village nea
Jun 11, 2018


Photo Gallery: Taxi Charity veterans trip to Normandy
On 4 - 8 June 2018, volunteer cabbies from the Taxi Charity escorted 25 WWII veterans on a trip to Normandy. Their busy itinerary was as...
Jun 10, 2018


WWII war veterans support The D-Day Darlings on Britain's Got Talent!
The Taxi Charity escorted a group of war veterans to Britain's Got Talent to support The D-Day Darlings for their semi-final and final...
Jun 8, 2018


Press Release: Veterans to visit Normandy to remember the most memorable wartime operation ever plan
The 6th June 1944 is fixed in the memory of WWII veterans as the date of one of the most important wartime operations ever planned and...
May 31, 2018


Taxi Charity escorts veterans to Netherlands for Remembrance and Liberation Day commemorations
On 2 - 6 May 2018, 20 volunteer cabbies from the Taxi Charity escorted 34 WWII and Korean War veterans and their carers to the...
May 8, 2018


Taxi Charity escorts French students to Imperial War Museum to meet with WWII veterans
On Tuesday 10 April, volunteer cab drivers from the Taxi Charity ferried French students from Park Lane to the Imperial War Museum. On...
Apr 11, 2018


Taxi Charity sponsors a brick at Fulham Palace
On Thursday 5 April, the Taxi Charity was invited to Brick Fest at Fulham Palace. Lee Copeland, who is a volunteer at Fulham Palace,...
Apr 8, 2018


Photo Gallery: Lunch at RAF Club
Fantastic photos, courtesy of Robin Savage, from our lunch at the RAF Club on 24 January 2018. #RAFClub
Mar 16, 2018


Photo Gallery: Taxi Charity 70th anniversary celebrations at The Bedford Arms
Wonderful photos from our 70th anniversary celebrations at The Bedford Arms, where the Taxi Charity was formed on 27 February 1948. The...
Feb 26, 2018


WWII veterans and London cabbies to celebrate the Taxi Charity's 70th birthday at the Fulham pub
On Sunday 25 February 2018, WWII veterans and London cab drivers will return to The Bedford Arms in Fulham where the Taxi Charity was...
Feb 24, 2018


Team Be Lucky to jump for Taxi Charity
On 26 July 2018, Team Be Lucky, made up of four London cabbies, two veterans and a Taxi Charity committee member, will be undertaking...
Jan 9, 2018


Taxi Charity holds annual veterans Christmas lunch at Millwall FC
On 7 December 2017, the Taxi Charity held its annual Christmas lunch for war veterans. As in previous years, the event was held at...
Dec 11, 2017


'My Memory' - a watercolour by war veteran, Bill Gladden
WWII veteran Bill Gladden has always enjoyed painting and on several occasions has raised money for the Taxi Charity by donating his...
Nov 27, 2017


Lest we forget, OnRoute magazine
Some of our volunteer black cab drivers were featured on pages 8 and 9 of the November issue of OnRoute magazine in an article about...
Nov 19, 2017


Forces TV video report of our Back To The Beaches trip shown on Remembrance Sunday
In case you missed it, here's the wonderful video report by Forces News, filmed when they covered our Back To The Beaches trip to France...
Nov 13, 2017


Wartime poetry by John Crosson, 7th KOSB, 1st Airlanding Brigade, 1st AB Div
Taxi Charity committee members, Dick Goodwin and Ian Parsons, recently accompanied seven Arnhem veterans on a memorable four-day visit to...
Oct 1, 2017


Taxi Charity attends 71st anniversary of the Airborne March
On Friday 1 September 2017, the Taxi Charity took seven Arnhem veterans to the Netherlands to attend the 71st Airborne March, also known...
Sep 30, 2017


Taxi Charity organises veterans flying day at Damyns Hall Aerodrome
On 21 September 2017, volunteer drivers from the Taxi Charity escorted a number of military veterans, including its own veteran...
Sep 22, 2017


Be a Poppy Cab on Remembrance Sunday
London’s taxis will once again be providing a FREE taxi shuttle service for veterans going to and from the Cenotaph Service on 12...
Sep 16, 2017


Veterans attend Festival of Flight at Biggin Hill Airshow
On Saturday 19 August 2017, a delegation of veterans and Chelsea pensioners were invited to the Festival of Flight at Biggin Hill Airshow...
Aug 24, 2017
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