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…
After a year like no other The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans has delivered a little Festive cheer to veterans who have missed out on so much during the Pandemic At Christmas for the last ten years veterans would gather from all over the south east for a huge party organised by the Taxi Charity.…
Cabbies from the London Taxi Drivers’ Charity for Children have been distributing “school starter packs” to children returning to the classroom this September Over 1,000 backpacks containing stationery essentials are being distributed to a number of schools teaching disadvantaged and special needs children across London and the South East. The idea to help welcome children…
As work dries up in London, cabbies are temporarily turning to other work London Cabbie, Lianne Rolls, 46, from Poplar, has been working at Chase Farm Hospital, for the Enfield GP Federation COVID-19 Clinical Assessment Centre delivering Oximeter machines, which monitor patient’s oxygen levels via a video call, taking medication to patients isolating at home…
As the surge in demand for food banks increases during the COVID-19 lockdown, the London Taxi Drivers Charity for Children has stepped in to help a food bank in North London With families being made, or facing redundancy or furlough during the pandemic the demand for help from food banks is increasing dramatically and the…
London Cabbies Stuart Lockhart 47 and Lynsey Lockhart 45 married in July 2019 in Scotland. Stuart has been a cabby for 16 years and Lynsey for 8 years and they met in their roles as cab drivers. Recently they climbed in the Atlas Mountains as part of a holiday to Morocco and they were hooked…
On Sunday 19 January, the London Taxi Drivers Charity for Children hosted its annual Mad Hatters Tea Party for over 600 disadvantaged and special needs children, at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane The children were entertained with a disco and live music from Britain’s Got…
Mother and daughter artists Lélia and Lyora Pissarro painted their lion sculptures in London in July for the ‘Lions of Windsor 2019’ public art trail, which saw a giant pride of supersized lion displayed across Windsor and the surrounding region from August to October to celebrate Queen Victoria’s 200th anniversary. The Pissarro lions were displayed…
Last weekend, five London Cabbies collectively known as “Cabbies Do Kilimanjaro” set off up north to climb Kinder Scout in the Peak District The Cabbies are on a year long mission to lose 25 stones, raise £20,000 for the Taxi Charity and climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. They have already lost 110 pounds and…
A group of five London cabbies known as Cabbies Do Kilimanjaro are delighted to announce the support they will be receiving from Be Military Fit (BMF) on their year long mission to shed 25 stones and then climb Kilimanjaro while raising £20,000 for The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans Be Military Fit has generously…