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CHOICEQUOTE ‘PEDAL POWER’ IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS
tribute myself. The
bike ride goes right past my front door and when I saw it last year I thought it would be a fun thing to do, so I decided to com- bine the two ideas and try and raise some money.
If all
pledges are collected then I will raise above £800 which is much more than I thought I would - I’m really pleased to be able to put something back into a worthwhile charity’.
ChoiceQuote Taxi Insurance Specialist Rob Leyland put him- self firmly on the fundraising map recently with his 60 mile bike ride from Manchester to Black- pool. It took place on Sunday 12th July and Rob chose to raise money for Derian House Children’s Hos- pice in Chorley.
Rob explained ‘My own son, Alexander, has cerebral palsy and spends time at Derian House - the work they do there with the kids is amaz- ing and when I read that government fund- ing could run the house for only 4 days out of 365, I decided that I needed to do something to con-
ChoiceQuote provides specialist insurance services to the taxi industry as well as offering motor trade, haulage, van, car and home insurance. It employs more than 60 people at its Head Office in Liverpool with a further 10 staff working in offices in Manchester and Birm- ingham. For more information on ChoiceQuote Insurance, visit
www.choicequote.co.uk or call 0800 440 2156
LONDON CABBIES SPREAD A BIT OF HAPPINESS
Glorious sunshine and cheering crowds greeted London taxi drivers and their spe- cial passengers for Maldon’s annual Cab- bie Day.
The event brought more than 100 black cabs and 130 disabled and disad- vantaged children
from East London to the town for a proces- sion down Maldon High Street and on to the Plume School. Shopkeepers deco- rates their premises with balloons supplied by Maldon Town Council. The cabbies and their passengers were fed at the school,
in Fambridge Road, while Year 10 pupils organised games, raf- fles and activities for the children. Cabbie Trevor Edwards told the Colchester Evening Gazette: “My brother is disabled and when he was a kid he came out on this. I promised I would return.
“It’s a buzz and the feeling when you drive home at the end of the day is amazing. Everyone is here to see the kids smile. The people here are absolutely unbeliev- able. They make us feel so welcome. This is a proper community and credit goes to Maldon.”
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IPSWICH CABBIES BOOST HOSPICE WITH DONATION
Taxi drivers from one Ipswich firm have dug deep into their pock- ets to raise money for St Elizabeth Hospice. Drivers from Avenue Taxis, based in Neale Street, nominated the hospice as their annu- al charity for the third consecutive year. They volunteered to
donate part of their earnings each week to help raise more than £5,000 to the worthy cause.
Avenue Taxis chair- man Cyril Hall handed over the cheque for a total of £5.088.75 to members of staff at the hospice.
Mr Hall told the
Ipswich Evening Star: “Throughout the year each driver donates a small amount from their wages every week to charity.
“It is the third time they have chosen the hos- pice because many of them have friends or family who have used its services.”
Avenue Taxis drivers present a cheque to St Elizabeth Hospice LTFUC NEWS: BARNET & SOUTHEND
On Tuesday 7th July 2009, the committee of the LTFUC were invited to attend the morning assembly at Underhill Junior School, Barnet, where a cheque in the amount of £555.60 was presented to the fund’s Hon. Secretary, Malcolm Shaffron. On 19th May 2009 the LTFUC had taken chil- dren from Underhill Junior School on a trip to Woburn Safari Park and Naz God- dard, the Head Teacher,
said they
were indebted to the LTFUC for giving them this opportunity and that this donation was to show the apprecia- tion of the parents, teachers and carers for taking the children on the outing. The LTFUC are deeply grateful to Naz and everyone at the school for the kind
hospitality shown to us and we thank everyone who con- tributed to this kind donation and hope to take the children out again in the future. On Tuesday 14th July 2009 the London Taxidrivers’ Fund for Underprivileged Chil- dren took 300 ‘special needs’ and disadvan- taged children in a convoy of 100 balloon decorated taxis on yet another of their leg- endary outings to Southend on Sea. The excited children start- ed to arrive at 8.30am. After a hastily con- sumed breakfast, the convoy set off with music and horns blar- ing and numerous people lined the streets clapping, wav- ing and cheering. We arrived at the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend at 12.30pm and the chil- dren were greeted by
‘Eddie the Eagle’ from Essex County Cricket Club. After a hastily consumed lunch, the children spent an afternoon of fun and jollity at Adventure Island, enjoying all the free rides that were on offer.
At 4.30pm it was to the Cliffs Pavilion for a tea and disco and we were pleased to wel- come the Deputy Mayor of Southend, Councillor Ann Hol- land. With the speeches and presen- tations over, the long awaited disco finally started, with drivers frantically trying to copy the children’s moves to ‘Agadoo’. An hour later, to ensure a hasty retreat, the disco ended with a cleverly planned giant conga which led everyone out of the hall and back to their taxis.
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