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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 […]
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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 […]
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LTCFC at the Stephen Hawking School
The London Taxi Drivers’ Charity for Children recently brought their annual party to the Stephen Hawking School in East London. The children at this school, who were too severely disabled to attend the Mad Hatters Party in January, were treated to a special event organized by the committee. The event featured bubbles and slime activities, […]
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Treasurer’s Report 2023
I would like to start my first and this 2023 Treasurer’s Report by thanking the Chairman and my fellow Committee Members for their support during my first year as LTCFC Treasurer. I would also like to express my thanks to Gerry Dunn MBE, the charity’s previous Treasurer of 21 years for his ongoing assistance and […]
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LTCFC Annual General Meeting
The London Taxi Drivers’ Charity for Children will be holding their Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 5th March 2024 at 7:00pm at the Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre, 235a Westferry Road, London E14 3QS. Anyone wishing to attend the meeting should contact our Honorary Secretary Malcolm Shaffron via email on m.shaffron@ltcfc.org.uk
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Mad Hatter’s Tea Party 2024
On Sunday 21st January we held our 50th Mad Hatter’s Tea Party for over 600 disadvantaged and special needs children, in the Great Room of the JW Marriott Grosvenor House. A firm favourite with the children, Action Amanda got the party started, getting the children up dancing, and singing along to several of […]
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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 […]
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Outing to Paradise Wildlife Park
The success of the London Taxi Drivers’ Charity for Children’s outing on 12th July to Paradise Wildlife Park in Hertfordshire was heart-warming, and made possible through the coordination and planning between the LTCFC Committee and Paradise Wildlife Park Management, with the generous financial support from The Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers alias Wire Workers. […]
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More Fun at Docklands Sailing Centre
Over two consecutive Mondays in June, the LTCFC took children from Cubitt Town School and Our Lady & St Joseph Catholic School for fun days out at the Docklands Sailing and Watersports Centre. The children, along with a team of staff members and helpers had a fun-packed day kayaking and paddle boarding, assisted by the […]
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A Right Royal Week for LTCFC
You will be aware that the then Duchess of Cornwall, now Her Majesty the Queen, has been the Patron of the LTCFC since 2010. Before King Charles III Investiture, I was delighted to have received an invitation to view the Coronation Procession at the grandstand opposite Buckingham Palace on the 6th May 2023, representing the […]