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MAD HATTER’S TEA PARTY 2025

Last Sunday 19th January, the LTCFC hosted our 51st annual Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at the prestigious Grosvenor House Hotel, marking 53 years of tradition. Around 600 children, accompanied by their parents and carers from all corners of London, gathered for a day filled with wonder and joy. The entertainment lineup was nothing short of […]

LTCFC wins Charity Film Awards

Our film ‘Then. Now. Forever’ won the coveted Piccadilly Lights Spotlight Prize (PLSP), at the 2024 Big Syn International Film Festival Awards on Friday 8th November, in a gala awards ceremony at Curzon Soho in London. The Big Syn International Film Festival is the world’s biggest sustainability film festival, reaching over 50 million in 120 […]

LTCFC Quiz Night

On Monday 20th November the London Taxi Drivers’ Charity for Children held their first ever fundraising quiz night at the historic Red Lion Pub in Crown Passage SW1. The event was hosted by the Management and staff of the pub and was a huge success, with 30 guests in attendance. The guests participated in a […]

Mad Hatter’s Tea Party 2023

Our 95th year anniversary celebrations got off to an amazing start on Sunday 29th January as we held what was our 49th Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House. Firefighters from Soho Station of the London Fire Brigade parked up their appliance on Mayfair’s Park Lane, and along with London’s Pearly Kings, […]

LTCFC Special Garden Project at Norwood

On Sunday 15th May, the LTCFC taxi drivers and volunteers descended on the Norwood Buckets & Spades Centre in Finchley armed with their gardening equipment and a huge assortment of flowers, bulbs, shrubs, evergreens, and trees. From 9am until 2pm our “ground force” team worked extremely hard clearing dead plants and stinging nettles from all […]

Free Now Golf Day

On July 26th the London Taxi Drivers Charity for Children were the sole beneficiaries of a fabulous charity golf day organised by the Taxi App Company ‘Free Now’, at the glorious Mannings Heath Golf Club in Horsham Sussex. The weather was just brilliant to compliment a wonderful day on the golf course. Our thanks go […]

LTCFC Mad Hatter’s Hat Competition Winners

Founded in 1928, the London Taxi Drivers Charity for Children has assisted many special needs and vulnerable children. The charity is renowned for the taxi outings taking hundreds of children to the seaside. Also, a firm favourite is the Annual Mad Hatters Party at the Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London. Unfortunately, due to the covid […]

New High Vis Vests for School

On Thursday 9 May, committee members Colin Greaves, Malcolm Shaffron and John Godfrey from the London Taxi Drivers’ Charity for Children (LTCFC) visited Gainsborough Primary School to deliver 180 brand new high visibility vests, which were purchased by the charity for the school. The vests will ensure that the children and teachers are visible and […]

Hope Dixey Tricycle Appeal

The LTFUC purchase a much needed specially adapted tricycle for little Hope Dixey, Aged 5. On Tuesday 17th April, the LTFUC represented by Raymond Levy, PR and Appeals Officer, Colin Greaves, presented little Hope, aged 5 with her new Tricycle. This will enable her to walk again as she suffers from a very rare metabolic […]

LTFUC Presented with Award

We are delighted that on Friday 15th December 2017 our Honorary Chairman, Michael Son BEM and Honorary Secretary Malcolm Shaffron both accepted an invitation on behalf of the LTFUC to the Motor Industry Public Affairs Association (MIPAA) Board of Directors’ Annual Lunch. During the lunch Michael Son BEM was honoured to accept The MIPAA Chairman’s […]

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