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News & Updates
Feb 28, 2020
Navy veterans are guests of honour on HMS Queen Elizabeth, ITV News
A group of veterans have been guests of honour on board HMS Queen Elizabeth in Portsmouth. Among the group were five veterans who served...
Feb 19, 2020
The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans’ work, City Matters
The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans has been supporting ex-servicemen and women since 1948, but it wasn’t until 2016 – when the...
Feb 9, 2020
Cabbies for charity, OnRoute Magazine
Thank you to OnRoute magazine for their coverage of our veterans Christmas lunch at Millwall Football Club in their latest issue. Last...
Feb 9, 2020
Veterans enjoy lunch at the RAF Club, The Badge
A huge thank you to The Badge for its wonderful coverage of our veterans lunch at the RAF Club (23 Jan) in the February issue. #TheBadge
Dec 13, 2019
War vets enjoy Christmas party at Millwall FC, The Badge
The Dutch Liberation Medal was presented to Tom Schaffer at the annual Taxi Charity Christmas lunch at Millwall FC by Lieutenant Colonel...
Dec 13, 2019
WWII vet receives Dutch Liberation Medal, The Badge
The Dutch Liberation Medal was presented to Tom Schaffer at the annual Taxi Charity Christmas lunch at Millwall FC by Lieutenant Colonel...
Dec 13, 2019
New Year new challenge for London cab drivers, The Badge
After three London cabbies lost 12 stones and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2019 for the Taxi Charity, the new year is heralding a much...
Nov 10, 2019
Frank Pendergast shares his thanks to the Taxi Charity
WWII veteran Frank Pendergast thanks the Taxi Charity for picking him up from home and taking him to the Remembrance Sunday...
Nov 10, 2019
The Berlin Airlift, RAF Association Air Mail Magazine
In May 2019, the Taxi Charity escorted a group of nonagenarian RAF veterans to Berlin for the 70th anniversary celebrations of the Berlin...
Oct 1, 2019
Prince Charles praises cab trade, TAXI magazine
Prince Charles praised the charitable work of the cab drivers when he met a much-loved taxi charity’s volunteers at the Ambassador of...
Sep 16, 2019
100-year-old Ryedale veteran takes to skies in a glider, The Scarborough News
Veteran Ray Whitwell, from Malton, who celebrated his 100th birthday in March, took to the skies in a glider during a visit to Holland....
Sep 5, 2019
Veterans guests at charity lunch, The Badge
Three veterans were guests of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans at a lunch on 15 August to celebrate their 100th birthdays. #TheBadge
Aug 21, 2019
WWII veterans George Parsons and Jeffrey Haward appear on ITV News
The Taxi Charity threw a 100th birthday party for WWII veterans George Parsons and Jeffrey Haward at the Union Jack Club on 15 August...
Aug 16, 2019
The Taxi Charity getting veterans from alpha to bravo, Forces Network
A taxi charity is escorting veterans from the forces community to special, organised events - allowing them to share stories and revisit...
Jul 24, 2019
Skydiving wives raise £7,000, The Cab Driver
Thank you to The Cab Driver newspaper for featuring our recent article by Taxi Charity chairman, Ian Parsons, about the skydiving wives -...
Jul 11, 2019
Taxi Charity takes veterans to Worthing, The Badge
Every year, since 1948, the Taxi Charity has been taking veterans to Worthing for the day, to spend time with their friends and enjoy...
Jul 10, 2019
The Taxi Charity to take veterans to explore the fate of the Waterloo wounded, The Badge
The Taxi Charity will be taking six veterans to Belgium, in six London licensed taxis, on 11 July, to join a team of military veterans...
Jun 12, 2019
75th Anniversary D-Day, The Cab Driver
Thank you to The Cab Driver newspaper for its recent article, by Dave Allen, about the Taxi Charity's recent veterans' trip to France for...
Jun 7, 2019
D-Day 75th anniversary: London veterans look back, onlondon.co.uk
A taxi drivers' charity has maintained a long tradition of marking the push to Normandy by JOSHUA NEICHO “I did 50 years as a black cab...
May 15, 2019
Taxi Charity takes veterans to the Netherlands, The Cab Driver
Thank you to The Cab Driver newspaper for including an excellent article by Taxi Charity Vice Chairman, Ian Parsons, about our recent...
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