YOUR VETERANS NEED YOU! The Taxi Charity is appealing for your votes as it strives to get national recognition for our veterans disabled in war, on BBC One in this year’s National Lottery Awards. The project beat off stiff competition from over 600 organisations to reach the public voting stage in this year’s National Lottery Awards – the annual search for the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded projects. The London Taxi Benevolent Association for War Disabled (aka Taxi Charity) is

We were up early for breakfast at 7:00am. After breakfast we had to go through the loading up procedure once again - 95 taxis and 300 people - believe me, it was a nightmare but we managed! Once again, the convoy was on the move. We departed for Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery. A lot of Canadian troops lost their lives in this area, along with our own boys. We had a simple and dignified service and laid our wreaths. Looking around at our veterans gathered together amid the ro

Refreshed and rested, we disembarked at 8:30am and formed a convoy on the quay. The Dutch national police then took charge of us, guiding and escorting the entire convoy to Arnhem. They closed off all the motorways for us - we were the only vehicles allowed on the road. Before we knew it, we were in Arnhem. The police were absolutely wonderful. Our thanks to them for all their help. We arrived at Bronbeek Military Veterans Home to be welcomed by Dutch VIPs, local mayors, the

Hello again all of you wonderful people out there who helped our Taxi Charity to achieve our financial target and enabled us to take our veterans on this trip - The Return of the Liberators (1945 - 2015) - back to Holland to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. We gathered our veterans, their helpers and supporting volunteers (300 in total) together on Saturday 2 May 2015 from far and wide. Our 95 marvellous London taxi drivers (all volunteers)

Our veterans' trip to Arnhem might not have featured in the British press (aside from a piece in the Evening Standard), but it certainly didn't get ignored by the Dutch press. Here are some press clippings from the Arnhem edition of de Gelderlander newspaper and website. The Dutch press wrote about our veterans impending arrival in an online piece published on 29 April 2015: www.gelderlander.nl/regio/arnhem-e-o/arnhem/laatste-taxikonvooi-britse-veteranen-bij-gelderse-herdenki

On 2 May 2015, 80 London taxis took 160 veterans to Arnhem to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Dutch liberation. We have our first set of photos from the trip ready on our Flickr channel. Here's a taster... Click here to view the full set. #netherlands2015 #outings

The Evening Standard ran a story about our veterans' trip to Arnhem (2-6 May 2015). London taxi drivers honour WW2 heroes with trip to Arnhem Taxi Charity organises emotional trip for WW2 war heroes RAMZY ALWAKEEL Published: 06 May 2015 Eighty London taxi drivers were today due back in the capital after giving up their Bank Holiday weekend to take a group of war heroes on an "emotional" trip to Holland. The £120,000 pilgrimage, organised by the Taxi Charity to remember the Li

On 2 May 2015, 80 volunteer London taxi drivers will drive 160+ WWII veterans and their carers to Arnhem to join the Dutch people in their Liberation of Holland 70 year celebrations. Here's an overview of the trip itinerary: Sat 2 May 2015 17:00 Depart Union Jack Club, London 21:00 Night ferry from Harwich to Hook of Holland Sun 3 May 2015 08:00 Disembark ferry. Dutch National Police motor cycle escort to Arnhem 12:00 Lunch at Bronbeek Military Home & Museum 14:30 C

This month, the Taxi Charity features in a five-page article in Legion magazine, the official magazine of The Royal British Legion. Click here to view an electronic version of the magazine. The article is written by Janet Hodgson, who has spent a great deal of time with our veterans, and has been on several of our trips. She recounts her emotional experience of the 2012 veterans' trip to Holland, ahead of this year's trip, which takes place on 2 May. The article also includes

Our committee members have been busy dotting the i's and crossing the t's for our veterans trip to the Netherlands on 2 May 2015. Our Chairman, Gary Belsey, Appeals Officer, Dick Goodwin, Honorary Secretary, Paul Davis and Press Officer, Derek Leone, recently travelled to Holland to finalise many aspects of our forthcoming trip. Things like ferry arrangements, hotel bookings, police escorts, meetings with Dutch administrators, visiting the Bronbeek veterans home, meeting the

Hello my taxi troopers. First many thanks, yet again, to our team of collectors. We had two great days at London Bridge on 9 April and at Euston on 14 April. The boys are just little money magnets with another £11,464 in the pot for the Holland trip. Great stuff, lads! Just two more collections to go: Bank station on 22 April and Blackfriars on 30 April. I will see you all there. To all you would-be donators out there, time flies so please don’t put it off any longer. You on

We've set up a dedicated Facebook page for the Return Of The Liberators 1945-2015 campaign that we're currently collecting for. In May 2015, we plan to take 160 WW2 veterans to the Netherlands, joining the Dutch people in what we hope will be a remarkable and very special celebration. Please 'like' the new Facebook page so you can keep up to date with news and photos about this special trip. https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Return-of-the-Liberators-1945-2015 #taxicharitynew

Hello again, Fast Eddie reporting in with a news update. Well, my dear readers, don’t think for one moment because I have not posted on here for three weeks that nothing is happening! Far from it - at this moment in time it is all systems go. Since last we talked on 16 March, our gallant little band of collecting veterans have been into battle three times at Kings Cross, Victoria and Green Park stations, raising another £12,785. This makes a grand total so far this year of £4

In May 2015, the London Taxi Benevolent Association for War Disabled will be taking 160 WWII veterans to The Netherlands in 80 taxis. If you know a WWII veteran who might be interested in joining us, or if you would like to know more about this unique journey and the work of the Taxi Charity, please contact us. #outings #taxicharitynews #netherlands2015 #veteransnews