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News & Updates
Jan 6
D-Day veterans appear on The National Lottery's Big Bash
On 4 December 2024, The National Lottery hosted a spectacular music and entertainment show at the OVO Arena, Wembley, which included...
Nov 26, 2024
Christmas lights to support veterans
A Bristol home bedecked with Christmas lights will raise vital funds for the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans Richard Isles from...
Nov 18, 2024
WWII veteran, Peter Smoothy, celebrates his 100th birthday
On 19 November, WWII veteran Peter Smoothy from Kent will celebrate his 100th birthday On 6 June 1944, Peter Smoothy was one of the...
Nov 11, 2024
WWII veteran John King celebrates his 100th birthday
On 11 November, naval veteran John King celebrated his 100th birthday with a party for friends and family. Born on 11...
Sep 7, 2024
Taxi Charity adviser Frans Ammerlaan presented with MBE
On Friday 6 September, veterans and volunteers from the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans gathered at the ambassador’s residence in The...
Aug 4, 2024
Veterans attend Battle Proms Picnic Concert at Highclere Castle
On 3 August, WWII veterans Norrie Bartlett, Harry Rice, Mervyn Kersh and Marie Scott, post-war veterans Vic Needham Crofton and Peter...
Jul 9, 2024
Seventy black cabs take veterans to Worthing
On 2 July, 70 volunteer cab drivers from the Taxi Charity drove veterans to Worthing for a day out at the seaside. Over 100...
Jun 11, 2024
Taxi Charity escorts veterans to Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day
The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans was delighted to take a group of veterans to Normandy for the 80th anniversary of Operation...
May 30, 2024
New Chair and Vice Chair for the Taxi Charity
In May 2024, the Taxi Charity elected cab drivers Colin Mills and Paul Cook to lead the charity. At a committee meeting in May, the Taxi...
May 29, 2024
Veterans gather at Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar
On 28 May, the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans escorted a group of veterans to the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar. Among the group of...
May 13, 2024
Thousands cheer British veterans in the Netherlands
On 5 May 2024, 13 British veterans and one Canadian veteran led the Liberation Day Parade through Wageningen, applauded by thousands who...
Mar 21, 2024
Obituary: Tom Schaffer 25 April 1926 - 16 March 2024
Tom Schaffer, who was affectionately known as the poster boy of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans, died on 16 March 2024 - he was...
Mar 14, 2024
Taxi Charity ambassador Frans Ammerlaan awarded Honorary MBE
Taxi Charity ambassador and Dutch advisor, Frans Ammerlaan, has been awarded an Honorary MBE by King Charles for services to...
Feb 11, 2024
Hearts from Herts for our veterans
A Hertfordshire-based charity that supports adults with learning disabilities has delivered Valentine love hearts for veterans supported...
Oct 22, 2023
Obituary: Alec Hall 3 June 1922 - 16 October 2023
WWII veteran Alec Hall from Southend-on-Sea, died at home on Monday 16 October with his family by his side. Alec Hall served with the 181...
Oct 18, 2023
Poppy Cabs support veterans on Remembrance Sunday
On 12 November, when the capital falls silent at 11:00am, hundreds of London’s black cab drivers who volunteer their time to take...
Oct 3, 2023
Veterans and cabbies take to the track at Goodwood
On 29 September, ten London cab drivers who volunteer for the Taxi Charity took 15 veterans to Goodwood to participate in a Mission...
Sep 23, 2023
Taxi Charity takes veterans to the Netherlands for annual Operation Market Garden commemorations
Four London cab drivers, who volunteer for the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans, travelled to the Netherlands with five war veterans...
Sep 14, 2023
WWII veterans enjoy event hosted by Taxi Charity at Biggin Hill
WWII veterans enjoyed an event hosted by the Taxi Charity at Biggin Hill with two Spitfire flights and entertainment from the D-Day...
Sep 6, 2023
Veterans and cab drivers attend the British Ambassador’s residence in The Hague
On Friday 1 September, a group of Taxi Charity volunteers, veterans and supporters attended a reception at the Ambassador’s residence in...
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