All Posts Reports Chairman’s Report 2014 20th December 2014 / 13th March 2018 by Nick Dove I am proud to serve this charity in its 86th year as its current Honorary Chairman and what a year we have had. For those of you who do not know about the children’s charity, the first ever trip started in 1928 when some of the London taxi drivers, who were themselves once children of […] Read more » Mad Hatters Tea Party Sainsburys Southend-on-Sea
All Posts Reports Hon. Chair Report 2013 20th December 2013 / 12th March 2018 by Nick Dove The London Taxidrivers’ Charity for Children celebrated 85 glorious years of helping disadvantaged children in 2013. This fund was started by a handful of drivers in the Leicester Square Shelter, now in Russell Square, who decided to give something back and take a few underprivileged children from the Norwood Orphanage to London Zoo. From this […] Read more » Anniversary Concert Mad Hatters Tea Party Royalty Southend-on-Sea
All Posts Reports Treasurer’s Report 2013 19th December 2013 / 12th March 2018 by Nick Dove Even though the economy seems to be picking up, many charities are suffering, with The London Taxidrivers’ Charity for Children being no exception. However, as a result of the prudent safeguards of the last few years, the Fund has maintained strong reserves to enable continued support for the many disadvantaged children of Greater London. General […] Read more » Grants Mad Hatters Tea Party Southend-on-Sea
All Posts Outings Roald Dahl’s ‘Matilda’ The Musical 9th August 2013 / 11th May 2018 by Nick Dove To commemorate our 85th anniversary, the Royal Shakespeare Company very kindly invited the Fund to take 50 underprivileged and ‘special needs’ children to see a matinee performance of Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical. The big day finally arrived and on the morning of Wednesday 7th August 2013, fifty very excited children were collected from London’s East End and taken to the Cambridge […] Read more » Musical
All Posts Outings Southend-on-Sea Outing 2013 28th June 2013 / 11th May 2018 by Nick Dove Fun, laughter and jollity were the order of the day on Thursday 27th June 2013, when a convoy of 100 decorated taxis took 300 very deserving children on the London Taxidrivers’ Charity for Children’s legendary outing to Southend-on-Sea. This year the Fund is proudly celebrating its 85th anniversary and this was the charity’s 47th outing to […] Read more » Anniversary Southend-on-Sea
All Posts Events Mad Hatter’s Tea Party 2013 21st January 2013 / 12th May 2018 by Nick Dove On Sunday 20th January 2013, with all the odds stacked against us in such adverse weather conditions, the LTFUC managed to pull off another brilliant and successful ‘Mad Hatter’s Tea Party’ in the Great Room of the Grosvenor House (a JW Marriott Hotel), giving hundreds of children a fantastic and unforgettable time, whilst also celebrating our 85th anniversary. I must […] Read more » Anniversary Mad Hatters Tea Party
All Posts Reports Treasurer’s Report 2012 19th December 2012 / 12th March 2018 by Nick Dove The past twelve months have continued to be a difficult time not only for the general economy, but for the taxi trade in particular. However, The London Taxidrivers’ Charity for Children, with grateful thanks to the generosity of its many benefactors, has been able to replenish a depleted reserve, and maintain a high profile. The […] Read more » Mad Hatters Tea Party
All Posts Reports Hon. Chair Report 2012 19th December 2012 / 12th March 2018 by Nick Dove In a year when the double dip recession hit the taxi trade hard, the London Taxidrivers’ Charity for Children has, with our supporters help, gone from strength to strength. The trustees of this Fund work hard and diligently for no financial remuneration, enabling us not only to keep our reputation as being the best, but […] Read more » Mad Hatters Tea Party Pearly Festival Royalty Southend-on-Sea
All Posts Events Lunch at Clarence House 13th December 2012 / 12th May 2018 by Nick Dove On Wednesday 12th December 2012 (12.12.12) the London Taxidrivers’ Charity for Children were invited for the third year running to take eight very deserving children to Clarence House to help the Fund’s Patron, HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, decorate the Christmas tree. Also invited were the Helen and Douglas House Hospice in Oxford, who also […] Read more » Royalty
All Posts Events Fundraising Pearly Festival 2012 1st October 2012 / 12th May 2018 by Nick Dove The London Taxidrivers’ Charity for Children had the pleasure of being invited to attend the traditional annual London Pearly Kings and Queens Costermongers’ Harvest Festival Parade (14th Anniversary) held on Sunday 30th September 2012 at the Guildhall and I went along, together with the fund’s Hon. Chair, Susan Angel and committee member Steven Bell, and […] Read more » Anniversary Fundraising Pearly Festival
