During the recent visit to the Netherlands London cab driver Ian Parsons handed over the role of Chairman of The Taxi Charity to fellow cab driver Brian Heffernan. The previous and new Chairman agreed that the Taxi Charity trip to the Netherlands for Wandeltocht, the Airborne commemorative walk, over the first weekend of September was…
London Cab Drivers, Taxi Charity volunteers and WWII veterans joined the thousands at the annual Airborne March in Oosterbeek. On 3 September, a group of Taxi Charity volunteers who had brought seven WWII veterans and their carers and families to the Netherlands joined the estimated 32,000 other participants to walk a 15km section of the…
On 3 September the charity Diagrama Fostering hosted a picnic at the Purley Scouts Hall in South Croydon for their foster children and carers. On 3 September the charity Diagrama Fostering held a Superhero family fun day and picnic for their foster carers, foster children and their families. The event was attended by over 100…
Four fundraising cab drivers have secured the future of a Tanzanian orphanage with £2,000 to help to buy the land the home is built on. Four London cab drivers Daren, John, Stuart, and Bob have presented Asha-Rose Migiro the Tanzanian High Commissioner with a cheque for £2,000 which will help to buy the land that…
A group of 34 adults who are part of the Diagrama Foundation Supported Living Service in Bromley are thrilled to have secured an allotment in Orpington. The allotment in Orpington will benefit 34 adults with learning disabilities who are part of Diagrama Foundation’s Supported Living Service in Bromley. It is well documented that allotments not…
This September two Taxi Charity volunteers plan to cycle 115k across The Netherlands on WWII gearless bikes and then walk 40k to commemorate the battle fought by the allies during Operation Market Garden in 1944. Taxi Charity volunteer’s Chris Willmott and Seb Philp have set themselves an impressive two-day challenge to raise £10k for the…
Taxi Charity volunteer cab drivers take veterans and archaeologists to Belgium to support Waterloo Uncovered. The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans was once again delighted to support the charity Waterloo Uncovered by taking veterans and archaeologists from London to the site of the battle of Waterloo in Belgium. Waterloo Uncovered enables veterans and serving personnel…
The small village of South Holmwood, near Dorking has been welcoming London cab drivers and veterans every summer since 1948. One couple is determined that the tradition will continue. Resident Ian Fairbrother 79 has lived in South Holmwood all his life. His wife Sue 74 is a relative newcomer having only moved to the village…
On 5 July, after a break for the past two summers, 60 black cabs once again made the journey from London to Worthing with a group of veterans. Every year since 1948, (apart from during the pandemic) The Taxi Charity has been taking veterans to Worthing for the day, to spend time with their friends…
The Taxi Charity was delighted to take four Blues and Royals Veterans to France for a ceremony to unveil the restored statue of Field Marshal Earl Haig by his Grandson, The Lord Astor of Hever. The Taxi Charity was thrilled to be invited to Montreuil-sur-Mer by Lord Astor of Hever for a ceremony in honour…