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WAKEFIELD CABBIES CHIP IN FOR HOSPICE
Kind-hearted taxi driv- ers from a Wakefield firm have been mak- ing a lp donation to charity from every fare they have carried throughout December. The 55 drivers from UK Fleet Taxis make around 4,000 journeys a week and will hope to have raised around £150 for Wakefield Hospice by the end of the festivities.
Bosses at the firm,
which has offices at Providence Street and Westgate railway sta- tion, have pledged to top up the fund to £250.
Javed Iqbal, one of the partners, told the Wakefield Express: “We wanted to help Wakefield Hospice as it’s a very worthwhile cause and we are going to continue raising money throughout the year.
“We have already planned a town centre bucket collection and I’m going to abseil down the Cathedral next year.
“But as well as raising money we want to remind the people of Wakefield that taxi drivers do a lot of good work for the community and to change the image that some people have of them.”
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TAXI FIRM GIVES OWLS BUS FOR COMMUNITY PROGRAMME
The boss of Sheffield’s biggest taxi firm has donated a 17-seater bus to Sheffield Wednesday Community Pro- gramme.
Arnie Singh, director of Sheffield City Taxis, said he wanted to help the club contin- ue its good work. The bus will be used by support services in the Study Support Centre at the club as well as being used to transport school chil- dren to other initiatives.
Sheffield Wednes- day’s disabled teams will also use it for
away games and, as a result of the donation, the club has been able to give one of its existing buses to SWFC Ladies to sup- port their travel arrangements.
Mr Singh, who hand- ed over the bus keys to the club’s commu- nity manager Marcus Brameld, told the Doncaster Star: “I am very pleased City Cars is in a position to help the Sheffield Wednesday Commu- nity Programme. “The community team at the club run some great schemes for people in the region
and I hope by donat- ing this bus we can aid them in continu- ing the good work.” Marcus said: “I would like to thank Sheffield City Taxis for our new bus which, without a doubt, will allow us to carry out a larger vol- ume of work in Sheffield and sur- rounding areas. “The Community Pro- gramme runs coach- ing sessions and edu- cational initiatives as well as supporting the club’s disabled team and this bus will be used to help us fulfil all of these commit- ments.”
COURTESY TAXI FOR PAISLEY VETERANS!
A big-hearted taxi driv- er handed an early Christmas present to Scotland’s brave vet- erans.
Robert Malcolm hit on the idea after attend- ing an Erskine presentation in Glas- gow City Chambers. He decided on the spot to donate valu- able advertising space to the charity. Robert told the Paisley Daily Express: “After hear- ing a talk from a Falklands veteran I
Staff at Liverpool insurance broker ChoiceQuote turned Santa in December by providing presents for a local children’s home. Each day staff bought in varying items for the children aged between 6 – 18 years including a DVD player, Board Games, CD’s, Football memo- rabilia, Toiletries, Books, Art sets and selection boxes. With over 100 items, there were 4 large sacks delivered to the home, ready to be opened on Christmas Day.
Marketing Manager for ChoiceQuote, Lindsay
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Brown, said: “We dis- cussed doing something different at Christmas and the staff decided that rather than buying presents for col- leagues, that they would instead buy toys, games and goodies for a chil- dren’s home nearby. We are extremely proud that our staff helped to give thought to those less fortunate than themselves at Christmas”.
Pictured are Marie Fearnehough, Carol Bray and Sue Ray- ment from ChoiceQuote with the
sacks of presents col- lected throughout December.
ChoiceQuote provides specialist insurance services to the taxi industry as well as offering motor trade, van, car, commercial risk and home insur- ance. ChoiceQuote’s business has grown strongly in recent years and employs over 80 staff at 4 key locations in the UK; Liverpool, Manchester, Birming- ham and Glasgow. For more information on ChoiceQuote, visit
www.choicequote.co. uk or call 0800 440 2156.
knew I wanted to help the charity that had saved his life.
“It costs £28,000 per day to keep the five homes across Scot- land open and hopefully my taxi will help spread the word.” And it was a proud moment when the colourful cab drove through the same gates that have seen 75,000 veterans enter since 1916.
Residents and staff were out in force to
see the taxi and WWII RAF veteran Joe Park- er climbed inside to have a look from the customer’s point of view.
Joe said “Robert is a very generous man and I think the taxi looks great. “We are always very grateful for the sup- port we get from the public and with the ongoing conflicts, our younger veterans will need this support for many years to come.”
Joe Parker teams up with Robert to show off the Erskine cab PHTM FEBRUARY 2010
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