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News & Updates
May 8, 2018
Taxi Charity escorts veterans to Netherlands for Remembrance and Liberation Day commemorations
On 2 - 6 May 2018, 20 volunteer cabbies from the Taxi Charity escorted 34 WWII and Korean War veterans and their carers to the...
Apr 11, 2018
Taxi Charity escorts French students to Imperial War Museum to meet with WWII veterans
On Tuesday 10 April, volunteer cab drivers from the Taxi Charity ferried French students from Park Lane to the Imperial War Museum. On...
Apr 8, 2018
Taxi Charity sponsors a brick at Fulham Palace
On Thursday 5 April, the Taxi Charity was invited to Brick Fest at Fulham Palace. Lee Copeland, who is a volunteer at Fulham Palace,...
Mar 16, 2018
Photo Gallery: Lunch at RAF Club
Fantastic photos, courtesy of Robin Savage, from our lunch at the RAF Club on 24 January 2018. #RAFClub
Feb 26, 2018
Photo Gallery: Taxi Charity 70th anniversary celebrations at The Bedford Arms
Wonderful photos from our 70th anniversary celebrations at The Bedford Arms, where the Taxi Charity was formed on 27 February 1948. The...
Feb 24, 2018
WWII veterans and London cabbies to celebrate the Taxi Charity's 70th birthday at the Fulham pub
On Sunday 25 February 2018, WWII veterans and London cab drivers will return to The Bedford Arms in Fulham where the Taxi Charity was...
Jan 9, 2018
Team Be Lucky to jump for Taxi Charity
On 26 July 2018, Team Be Lucky, made up of four London cabbies, two veterans and a Taxi Charity committee member, will be undertaking...
Dec 11, 2017
Taxi Charity holds annual veterans Christmas lunch at Millwall FC
On 7 December 2017, the Taxi Charity held its annual Christmas lunch for war veterans. As in previous years, the event was held at...
Nov 27, 2017
'My Memory' - a watercolour by war veteran, Bill Gladden
WWII veteran Bill Gladden has always enjoyed painting and on several occasions has raised money for the Taxi Charity by donating his...
Nov 19, 2017
Lest we forget, OnRoute magazine
Some of our volunteer black cab drivers were featured on pages 8 and 9 of the November issue of OnRoute magazine in an article about...
Nov 13, 2017
Forces TV video report of our Back To The Beaches trip shown on Remembrance Sunday
In case you missed it, here's the wonderful video report by Forces News, filmed when they covered our Back To The Beaches trip to France...
Oct 1, 2017
Wartime poetry by John Crosson, 7th KOSB, 1st Airlanding Brigade, 1st AB Div
Taxi Charity committee members, Dick Goodwin and Ian Parsons, recently accompanied seven Arnhem veterans on a memorable four-day visit to...
Sep 30, 2017
Taxi Charity attends 71st anniversary of the Airborne March
On Friday 1 September 2017, the Taxi Charity took seven Arnhem veterans to the Netherlands to attend the 71st Airborne March, also known...
Sep 22, 2017
Taxi Charity organises veterans flying day at Damyns Hall Aerodrome
On 21 September 2017, volunteer drivers from the Taxi Charity escorted a number of military veterans, including its own veteran...
Sep 16, 2017
Be a Poppy Cab on Remembrance Sunday
London’s taxis will once again be providing a FREE taxi shuttle service for veterans going to and from the Cenotaph Service on 12...
Aug 24, 2017
Veterans attend Festival of Flight at Biggin Hill Airshow
On Saturday 19 August 2017, a delegation of veterans and Chelsea pensioners were invited to the Festival of Flight at Biggin Hill Airshow...
Aug 14, 2017
Photo Gallery: Veterans jump for Taxi Charity
On Thursday 10 August 2017, war veterans Ted Pieri, Fred Glover and Dick Carpenter (all 91), undertook tandem skydives with the Red...
Aug 8, 2017
100th skydive for Chelsea Pensioner along with WWII veterans, Fred and Ted
Chelsea Pensioner Mike Smith (68) will be swapping his scarlet uniform for a red jumpsuit when he joins two WWII heroes on a charity...
Jul 26, 2017
Taxi Charity and its veterans featured in History of War magazine
We are delighted that the Taxi Charity and a number of the veterans the charity escorted to France for our Back To The Beaches trip...
Jul 1, 2017
Back to the beaches, OnRoute magazine
Our Back To The Beaches veterans trip to Normandy featured on page 5 of the July issue of Transport for London's OnRoute magazine. Click...
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