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May 1, 2020
Taxi Charity delivers RNRMC goodie bags to naval veterans
The Taxi Charity is delighted to be able to deliver wonderful goodie bags to veterans which have been donated by the Royal Navy & Royal...
Apr 7, 2020
COVID-19 Update from Taxi Charity chairman, Ian Parsons
Taxi Charity chairman, Ian Parsons, explains how volunteer drivers and committee members are helping veterans during the coronavirus...
Jan 28, 2020
Veterans enjoy lunch at The RAF Club
On 23 January, a group of veterans were invited to a special lunch at The RAF Club in Mayfair to thank them for all they do to help raise...
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...
Oct 19, 2019
Taxi Charity escorts veterans to Airborne Wandeltocht 2019
In September 2019, volunteer cabbies from the Taxi Charity escorted a number of veterans to the Netherlands to take part in the Airborne...
Sep 3, 2019
Chelsea Pensioner Mike Smith makes his 100th parachute jump
On 9 July, Chelsea Pensioner Mike Smith did a tandem skydive with the Red Devils, marking his 100th parachute jump! He was escorted to...
Jul 20, 2019
Watch Susy's tandem skydive
On 9 July, Susy Goodwin did a tandem skydive with the Red Devils to raise much needed funds for the Taxi Charity. Check out her wonderful...
Jun 28, 2019
Taxi Charity escorts veterans to Hever's Home Front
On Saturday 22 June, a fleet of London taxis, driven by volunteer cabbies, took veterans from London and the South East to the Home Front...
Feb 28, 2019
Danny McCrudden sings live on ITV News
In case you missed it, here's a wonderful video of veteran Danny McCrudden singing with Katie and Amy from The D-Day Darlings on ITV...
Dec 22, 2018
Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity produces wonderful video about the Taxi Charity
Wonderful video about the Taxi Charity - its veterans and volunteer drivers - produced by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity....
Dec 22, 2018
Cabbies Do Kili interviewed on London Live
Roshan Varma and Brian Heffernan, two of the five cabbies that have pledged to lose five stone each and climb Kilimanjaro next year to...
Jul 28, 2018
Photo Gallery: 'Team Be Lucky' skydive for Taxi Charity
On Thursday 26 July 2018, Team Be Lucky, made up of four London cabbies, two veterans and a Taxi Charity committee member, undertook...
Jul 21, 2018
Taxi Charity proud to support Waterloo Uncovered
Volunteer cabbies from the Taxi Charity joined forces with Waterloo Uncovered to escort a number of veterans to an archaeological dig at...
Jun 8, 2018
WWII war veterans support The D-Day Darlings on Britain's Got Talent!
The Taxi Charity escorted a group of war veterans to Britain's Got Talent to support The D-Day Darlings for their semi-final and final...
Mar 19, 2018
The Taxi Charity is proud to support There But Not There campaign
The Taxi Charity is proud to be supporting fellow charity, Remembered, and its 2018 There But Not There campaign. November 2018 will mark...
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...
Nov 9, 2017
British Army remembers the fallen with poignant video featuring the Last Post
THE BRITISH Army has released a video ahead of Remembrance Day entitled The Last Post, featuring a bugler playing the emotive tune of the...
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...
Jun 8, 2017
Veteran glider pilot Frank Ashleigh and Taxi Charity vice president Ian Parsons interviewed by Chris
WWII veteran glider pilot Frank Ashleigh and Taxi Charity vice chairman Ian Parsons were interviewed by Radio 5 Live's Chris Warburton...
Jun 5, 2017
London Cabbies Take D-Day Veterans Back To Normandy, Forces Network
Almost 100 D-Day veterans have been back on the beaches of Normandy to remember fallen comrades thanks to a group of London taxi drivers....
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