The late Douglas Sherry, MBE, known in the taxi trade as ‘The Godfather’, was a great friend to the taxi trade and was very highly thought of by us all, so it was very fitting that on Saturday 8th August, 2009 the committees of three of London’s Taxi trade charities, The London Taxi Benevolent Association […]
On Tuesday 14th July 2009 the London Taxidrivers’ Charity for Children took 300 ‘special needs’ and disadvantaged children in a convoy of 100 balloon decorated taxis on yet another of their legendary outings (81 to be precise) to Southend on Sea. The taxis started to arrive at east London’s Victoria Park from 7am and what […]
On Tuesday 7th July 2009, the committee of the London Taxidrivers’ Charity for Children were invited to attend the morning assembly at Underhill Junior School, Mays Lane, Barnet, where a cheque in the amount of £555.60 was presented to the fund’s Hon. Secretary, Malcolm Shaffron. Also in attendance from the committee were Susan Angel, Paul Barber and Raymond […]
On Tuesday 23rd June 2009 the LTFUC were invited to attend Woodfield Special School in Kingsbury, north west London, to attend the official opening of the school’s new medical room, which had been completely furnished by the fund at a cost of £3,000. In attendance on the day were the Chairman David Lessman and other members […]
On Tuesday 19th May 2009 over 300 ‘special needs’ and disadvantaged children received a special treat when they were collected from three schools in Mill Hill and Barnet and taken in two convoys of 100 taxis on a ‘Taxi Safari’ to Woburn Safari Park and we are deeply grateful to the Mayor of Barnet, Councillor […]
The London Taxidrivers’ Charity for Children were delighted to hear from John Anderson of the Royal Oak Taxi Centre that they would be the beneficiaries of an Easter Raffle that he was organising. On the day of the raffle all the drivers there were pleasantly surprised to see a gorgeous ‘Bunny’ selling tickets for the raffle […]
On 22nd January 2009, the LTFUC presented an Easy-Lift Bench to Kisharon’s Day School in Temple Fortune. The donation of the electric changing bench, worth over £2,000, will help facilitate the changing of the younger pupils at the ‘special needs’ school. Kisharon is a charity established 32 years ago, which specialises in caring for and […]
Over 800 ‘special needs’ and disadvantaged children poured through the doors of the Grosvenor House, Park Lane, W1 on Sunday 18th January 2009 and enjoyed a brilliant and unforgettable afternoon. The atmosphere was fantastic and every entertainer, celebrity, carer and helper was full of passion and enthusiasm, all determined to give the children a great […]
Received 10 November 2008 from Bournemouth Carnival Band Dear Ray, Maureen and all the Committee involved with the LTFUC. On behalf of the Bournemouth Carnival Band I would like to thank you for inviting us to take part in the Lord Mayor’s Parade with you last Saturday. Apart from the initial hic-cup and of course […]
Within the 2007 Chairman’s Report, I wrote that as we would celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Fund in the following year, a number of special events were in the planning stage. Little did I suspect that 2008 would prove to be the busiest, most rewarding, and most enjoyable year in the history of the London […]