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Step by Step Appeal

Step by Step are proud to be the grateful recipients of a new jumping castle, kindly granted by the London Taxi Drivers’ Charity for Children. The jumping castle provides their children with a safe space to let off steam, have fun and enjoy activities that regular children enjoy. LTFUC committee member Gerry Dunn MBE went […]

The Joseph Clarke School

On Wednesday 12th January 2011 the Hon. Chair and Committee of the LTFUC attended the Joseph Clarke School for the Visually Impaired at Highams Park, London, E4 to officially present the staff and children with some much needed equipment, consisting of notebooks, computer touch screens, projectors, tripods, etc. value £10,000, following an appeal we had […]

Giving a Child a Break

The kind invitation to attend the Police Summer Camp Barbecue, Disco and Prize Giving on the last night of camp on Thursday 29th July 2010 was well attended by the Committee. We had received an appeal to fund six new much needed Tents, value £720 and we were very pleased to officially present these to the Police […]

Douglas Sherry, MBE

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 […]

Underhill Junior School Donation

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 […]

Woodfield Special School

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 […]

Kisharon Day School Donation

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 […]

Dockland Scout Project Donation

The LTFUC help the Dockland Scout Project after being bequeathed £12,000 from the late Daphne Joan Lines. The late Daphne Joan Lines was a great friend of LTFUC Committee members Susan Angel and her sister Lilian Julier and through them she came to know the taxi trade and the London Taxidrivers’ Charity for Children and […]

Kisharon Plaque Unveiling

Kisharon (Tuffkid Nursery, Western Avenue, NW11, is a British charity founded in 1976 and specialises in caring for and educating children and adults with profound learning disabilities. Typically many students may have one or more of the following : Asperger’s Syndrome, Down’s Syndrome, Autism and Cerebal Palsy. Tuffkid Nursery is part of the Kisharon charity […]

UCH Presentation 2006

Barbara Windsor took time out from Albert Square to attend the opening of a new children’s sensory room donated by the LTFUC to the University College Hospital, Euston Road, London, NW1 (Children’s Galaxy Ward) on Friday 10 November 2006. The London Taxidrivers’ Charity for Children recently donated a miniature taxi, murals and sensory equipment totalling […]

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