On Saturday 5 June, a group of WWII veterans were invited to enjoy an afternoon on the Normandy Flyer steam train on The Battlefield Line in Leicestershire The WWII veterans were driven to the Battlefield Line in London Black cabs driven by Taxi Charity volunteers. The…
On 2 June 2021, a list of The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS) Awardees was published in ‘The Gazette’ and on the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport homepage. The list included the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans. The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans is thrilled to have been awarded the prestigious Queen’s…
The Taxi Charity lost another of its family yesterday when WWII veteran Harry Bailey, who was to many the face of the charity, died in hospital, surrounded by his family WWII veteran Harry Bailey, 99, from Lewisham, was a huge part of the Taxi Charity family. He was equally…
The Taxi Charity has very special memories of the kindness and warmth Prince Philip, showed veterans at their event in Worthing in 1979 In the summer of 1979, the Taxi Charity was delighted that The Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh agreed to be guest of honour at the charity’s annual visit to the seaside…
On Friday 9 April 101-year-old WWII Veteran Major Edwin ‘Ted’ Hunt MVO was taken to have his second Covid inoculation by the Taxi Charity Major Edwin ‘Ted’ Hunt MVO was driven to Lancing Parish Hall for his second Covid vaccination on Friday 9 April by Taxi Charity volunteer and London cabbie Mike Hughes. He was…
This Easter the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans is delivering chocolate and a card to veterans across the UK When the Taxi Charity sent its veterans an Easter card and chocolate in 2020 just after the country entered lockdown little did they know that a year later Covid restrictions meant that once again they would…
When the UK went into the first Coronavirus lockdown on 20 March 2020 no one could have predicted that a year later the country would still be facing so many restrictions. The Taxi Charity has been looking back on the past year. The Taxi Charity was with a group of veterans in Oosterbeek in…
Renowned artist Rosa Branson MBE, has spent a lifetime creating breathtakingly beautiful pictures including a picture for the Taxi Charity Rosa Branson MBE was born in 1933, and for over 60 years has been painting and designing fabrics. She specialises in the Old Masters oil painting technique of layering subtle glazes of translucent paint…
The Taxi Charity was sad to hear that WWII Veteran Geoff Pulzer, a much-loved member of the charity family, had died on 2 March 2021 in Barnet Hospital WWII veteran Geoff Pulzer, 97, from Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire, served with the 23rd Hussars, attached to Brigade HQ of 29th Armoured Brigade, part of 11th Armoured Division…
On 20 January 2021, 100-year-old, Major Ted Hunt, received his Coronavirus vaccination On 20 January Lancing resident, Major Ted Hunt was taken to Lancing Parish Hall by The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans for his Coronavirus injection. London Black Cabbie and volunteer for the Taxi Charity Mike Hughes, took Major Ted, accompanied by…