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Southend 2020 Outing is cancelled
It is with much regret that we have to announce that our outing to Southend on 14th July has been cancelled following Government guidelines issued due to the current situation with the Covid19 Coronavirus. The LTCFC committee are really disappointed to take this decision but the health and safety of the children, carers, drivers and […]
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On Valentine’s Day Married London Cabbies Announce their Commitment to Get Fit and Climb Mount Kilimanjaro to Raise Funds for Children’s Charites in the UK and Tanzania
London Cabbies Stuart Lockhart 47 and Lynsey Lockhart 45 married in July 2019 in Scotland. Stuart has been a cabby for 16 years and Lynsey for 8 years and they met in their roles as cab drivers. Recently they climbed in the Atlas Mountains as part of a holiday to Morocco and they were hooked […]
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Mad Hatter’s Tea Party 2020
On Sunday 19th January, the London Taxi Drivers Charity for Children’s Chairman Bradley Winfield welcomed around 600 children with special needs and their carers to the 48th Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House, before handing over to DJ Lee Raw to start up his decks. From this moment on everyone knew […]
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Chairman’s Report 2019
Dear Colleagues, Supporters and Friends, Helping those less fortunate children and their parents or guardians, has been the focus of the charity since 1928. The taxi outings and children’s parties have always been key to the benefit given to so many special needs and disadvantaged children, for which the LTCFC is legendary. However, in recent […]
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Treasurer’s Report 2019
In this my 18th Annual Treasurers report I would like to start by thanking all the members of the Fund for their continued support at a most challenging time for fund raising. I know how difficult it must be for the trade, but as usual they have come up trumps when it concerns our charity […]
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Cabbies Do Kilimanjaro 2
New Year New Challenge for London Cab Drivers After three London cabbies lost twelve stones and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2019 for charity, the new year is heralding a much bigger challenge for a group of thirty London Cab Drivers Two of the original Cabbies Do Kilimanjaro, Daren Parr and John Dillane, have embarked on […]
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London to Brighton Cycle Ride – Sunday 15th September 2019
On the bright and sunny morning of Sunday 15th September, 14 members of the London Taxi Drivers’ Charity for Children (LTCFC) Cycle Team assembled on Clapham Common to take part in the 2019 Skyline London to Brighton Cycle Ride. The team comprising:- LTCFC Committee Members Colin Greaves, Steve Bell and Paul Barber, taxi driver Keith […]
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Wonderful Donation
We rely heavily on our donations from our kind sponsors and the fantastic efforts of our many volunteers including our wonderful London licensed taxi drivers. We cannot thank you enough for the wonderful work you do and this week we were absolutely delighted by the amazing efforts of taxi driver Alec Wilkey. Alec is a […]
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Southend 2019 Outing
On Tuesday 25 June, we welcomed lots of volunteer London licensed taxi drivers and 200+ special needs and disadvantaged children to Sainsbury’s (Low Hall) car park in Chingford, where our legendary outing to Southend-on-Sea was about to commence. As the children arrived, they were greeted by Marco the Clown who certainly put a smile on […]
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Amanda’s Action Club
You may remember Amanda’s Action Club from our yearly Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. Amanda comes along to entertain the children at the Grosvenor House Hotel and has done so for the past 7 years. Amanda’s Action Club has made it to the National Finals for the Entertainment Awards 2019. Nominated for the Best Entertainer category, […]