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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 […]

Southend-on-Sea Outing 2019

Every year, we ask for help from volunteer London licensed taxi drivers to take part in an outing, where we take over 250 special needs children to Southend-on-Sea. This year, the date set for Tuesday 25 June. Can you join us on Tuesday 25 June 2019? To give you an idea of what goes on […]

LTCFC Livery Taxi Campaign

Would you like to help us raise awareness for the London Taxi Drivers’ Charity for Children? Working in conjunction with Ubiquitous Taxis, they are offering a number of LTCFC livery taxi wraps for any interested parties (12 months). If you would like to be part of this campaign, in addition to help raise awareness for […]

Reception at Buckingham Palace

Love was most certainly in the air for our charity on Thursday 14 February 2019 when 150 of the charity’s supporters, benefactors, fundraisers and volunteer London licensed taxi drivers made their merry way to Buckingham Palace for a reception hosted by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall. As the attendees gathered outside the large […]

Mad Hatter’s Tea Party 2019

On Sunday 13 January 2019 we held our 47th annual Mad Hatter’s Tea Party in the Great Room of the Grosvenor House (JW Marriott Hotel) on Park Lane where we were hosts to 530 special needs and disadvantaged children, along with their carers. On arrival the children were welcomed by a host of wonderful costume […]

Norwood Bedroom Redecoration

Our charity, which supports children with special needs and the Jewish charity Norwood have a historic relationship that goes back almost 90 years! We recently donated £696 to Norwood’s Buckets and Spades respite centre in East Finchley to enable the redecoration of one of the bedrooms at the Lodge, which is used daily to provide […]

Treasurer’s Report 2018

I would like to start my 17th Hon Treasurer’s report by thanking all members of the fund for their continued and unstinting work raising funds in a very difficult and challenging financial times not only for the cab trade but also their own time. As usual our first function of the year was the famous […]

Chairman’s Report 2018

This year has been a milestone for the charity as we celebrate 90 years helping disadvantaged and vulnerable children. The history of the charity started with a London taxi driver named Mick Cohen, who had grown up in the Norwood Orphanage. He recruited 12 taxi drivers to raise money for the orphanage to take the […]

Fundraiser at Burlington Arcade

We held another successful fundraiser at Burlington Arcade on Friday 21 December 2018 to raise funds for our Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. On the day we raised £2,130 which is a fantastic achievement. Committee members Sim, Malcolm, Steve and Colin having fun The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, which takes in January 2019 and has been held […]

Bill Tyzack and the LTCFC

The USA-based TLPA described Bill Tyzack BEM as one of the world’s finest ambassadors of the taxi industry! This is his story… Up until his death on 27th April 2017, Bill Tyzack’s name was synonymous with the London Taxi Drivers’ Charity for Children and until that sad day, Bill was still the Charity’s Honorary Lifetime […]

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