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Jul 20, 2018

Press Release: Korean veteran 85 and Chelsea Pensioner 70 to skydive for Taxi Charity

Korean veteran Bill Parr (85) and Chelsea Pensioner Mike Smith (70) will be joining the Red Devils at Langar Airfield near Nottingham on...

Jun 11, 2018

Press Release: Seventieth annual day trip to Worthing for WWII veterans

Every year since 1948, the Taxi Charity has been bringing veterans to Worthing for the day to spend time with their friends and comrades...

May 31, 2018

Press Release: Veterans to visit Normandy to remember the most memorable wartime operation ever plan

The 6th June 1944 is fixed in the memory of WWII veterans as the date of one of the most important wartime operations ever planned and...

Sep 15, 2017

A first-aider from Essex is training London’s iconic black cab drivers to help save lives

The recent London terror attacks have inspired Danny Hyde, from Loughton, to provide free first aid training for taxi drivers across the...

Jun 28, 2017

London cab drivers treat 200 WWII veterans to seaside outing

Recently returned from the trip of a lifetime to the beaches of Normandy, 90 London cab drivers are on the road again, this time taking...

May 30, 2017

Press Release: WWII veterans make a final D-Day trip back to the beaches

Big-hearted drivers of London’s iconic black cabs are transporting heroes of World War II on the trip of a lifetime, back to the...

Jan 25, 2017

WWII veterans invited on final trip back to the beaches

Kind-hearted drivers of London’s iconic black cabs are making plans to transport hundreds of World War II veterans on a final trip back...

Nov 6, 2016

Press Release: Acts of Remembrance – Veterans who liberated France and Holland celebrate with an eve

WWII veterans who star in a heart-warming documentary about an extraordinary veterans’ charity road trip to The Netherlands, are...

Sep 13, 2016

Press Release: Taxi Charity stars on BBC One at National Lottery Award ceremony

WWII veterans Fred Glover and Geoff Pattinson and volunteer committee members from the London Taxi Benevolent Association for War...

Sep 12, 2016

National Lottery Press Release: Taxi Charity shines on TV as they receive National Lottery Award

The London Taxi Benevolent Association for War Disabled Charity, aka the Taxi Charity, will celebrate their recognition as the nation’s...

Aug 26, 2016

Press Release: Taxi Charity voted UK's best voluntary/ charity project in the National Lottery A

The London Taxi Benevolent Association for War Disabled, also known as the Taxi Charity, was presented with a National Lottery Award...

Aug 17, 2016

Press Release: Fred and Ted parachute into the Merville Battery 72 years after D-Day

It was a strategic operation that didn’t go to plan and has taken has taken on a legendary quality in the retelling of the history of...

Aug 1, 2016

Press Release: Veterans and committee members to skydive for the Taxi Charity

Two WWII veterans, Ted Pieri and Fred Glover (both aged 90), are undertaking a pair of tandem skydives to raise funds for the Taxi...

Jul 15, 2016

Press release: Cabbies and war veterans on full steam for Bluebell Railway trip

Scores of WWII veterans are heading to the Bluebell Railway for a day to remember along with their families and friends on Tuesday 19...

Jun 30, 2016

Press Release: London’s taxi charity for WWII heroes needs your vote

A charity led by cab drivers who support London’s war veterans is appealing for public votes in the finals of this year’s National...

Jun 22, 2016

National Lottery Press Release: Taxi Charity named as finalist in 2016 National Lottery Awards

YOUR VETERANS NEED YOU! The Taxi Charity is appealing for your votes as it strives to get national recognition for our veterans disabled...

Jun 17, 2016

Press Release: Convoy of cabs travels to Worthing with WWII veterans

Now in its 68th year, it’s a highlight in the diary for hundreds of brave war veterans and their families. Nearly 100 cab drivers are...

May 12, 2016

Press Release: WWII veterans pay their respects at an emotional ceremony

Scores of London cabbies have forgone their fares to transport war heroes to the battle fields of Belgium. The 64 London taxi drivers,...

May 9, 2016

Press Release: London cabbies transport war heroes to WWI battlefields

Scores of cabbies are offering their services to the Taxi Charity - also known as the London Taxi Benevolent Association For War Disabled...

Dec 13, 2015

Press Release: Parachuting octogenarian helps veterans to find their wings

An 89 year-old World War II veteran who undertook a charity parachute jump has raised money to help other veterans take flight. Edward...

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