CHARITY CORNER
DRAGON TAXIS SUPPORTS WELSH WOMEN’S AID OVER FESTIVE SEASON
Taxi and private hire firm, Dragon Taxis, donated £1,000 to Welsh Women’s Aid to
support its
participation in the global ‘16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence’ campaign. Welsh Women’s Aid is the national charity in Wales working to end violence against women and girls in all its forms. Dragon Taxis made its donation via the Big Give Christmas Challenge, the UK’s biggest digital match funding campaign. Donations made to Welsh Women’s Aid during the week of
the campaign were doubled (up to £5,000.) This means that the £1,000 donation became £2,000, helping Welsh Women’s Aid surpass its £10,000 target. Dragon Taxis, a regional brand of
taxi and private hire technology platform Veezu, stepped in to donate to the worthy cause through its new community support programme ‘Funded by Veezu’. The programme is a way in which local not-for-profit initiatives can receive grants between £500 and £1,000. Jack Price, regional director at Dragon Taxis, said: “Driver partners operate in the heart of their communities and often hear first- hand the difficulties people face. We wanted to give something back to those in need in our local area.”
BELFAST UBER DRIVERS DONATE TIPS TO HELP CHARITY DURING COST OF LIVING CRISIS
A number of cabbies in Belfast have donated their Christmas tips to help a local charity through the cost of living crisis. The idea started when Uber driver Jim Heaney wanted to do a good deed over the festive season. He saw local charity The People’s Kitchen had issued an appeal and decided to do what he could to help. The People’s Kitchen began life in 2017 as St Patrick’s Soup Kitchen. It was started by SDLP Councillor Paul McCusker – a long-time advocate for the homeless. Now based at 1 Antrim Road, The People’s Kitchen doesn’t just help the homeless, but those living in poverty, with numbers growing due to the cost of living crisis. Over the space of December, three drivers were able to raise £600 to help the charity. Jim said: “I work early mornings
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and tend to sit around Dublin Road and Botanic Avenue, where a lot of homeless people would be living. I see it everyday, and wanted to do more to help.
I came up with this idea of donating a portion of tips, and mentioned it to some of the guys. We got printed signs saying we were giving 50% of the tips from December to The People’s Kitchen, but I then increased that to 75% as
I was getting more tips than normal. “We work through Uber primarily, so there’s generally very little cash tips, it’s usually through the app. But I was finding more people were giving cash tips to make sure to donate to the charity.” Stopping by The People’s Kitchen’s hub, Jim and driver Oliver were able to see the work done there first-hand and were able to hand over their donation in person. They have now said they will be keeping the appeal going in their taxis, and will be encouraging other drivers to get involved. “Coming here and seeing the work they do, and speaking to the people involved, it brings it home and encourages us to keep going with it indefinitely,” Oliver said. You can find out more about the People’s Kitchen by clicking here:
https://peopleskitchenbelfast.org
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