...CORNER DUNDEE CABBIES’ FUNDRAISER
Dundee taxi drivers handed over a cheque for £1,600 to Youth- Link, a voluntary organisation which provides help and
support to youngsters. The cash came from the drivers’ big day out fundraiser.
Pictured above are drivers Tony Waters,
Graeme Stephen, Peter Longmuir and Chris Elder with volun- teers and kids from the Youth-Link organi- sation.
BLACKPOOL CABBIES PUSH THE TAXIS OUT FOR TROOPS
Taxi drivers in Black- pool have been hailed as heroes after raising hundreds for charity. Dozens of cabbies from across the resort took part in a sponsored taxi push last summer to raise money for the Fylde Ex-Service Liai- son fund. And at a ceremony held last month, they handed over a cheque for £800. The push took place
on Blackpool’s Golden Mile and coincided with Blackpool’s annu- al Veterans’ Week in June.
Councillors attended the town hall to thank cabbies for their con- tribution. The cheque was handed over to Blackpool Mayor Cllr Norman Hardy.
Cllr Ron Bell told the Blackpool Gazette: “The cab drivers really
deserve some recog- nition for their hard work and generosity. “Their kindness demonstrates what the people of Blackpool are really like and it gave an extremely pos- itive image of the town. “The feedback from the veterans them- selves was fantastic and they were delight- ed with what the cab drivers were offering.”
WEYMOUTH DRIVER RAISES £3K IN CHINA CHALLENGE
son’s disease so it is a cause that is really close to my heart. “I would like to thank everybody who spon- sored me over the course of the last year. “In particular, Weyline Taxis, Lanes Bar and Restaurant, The Old Rooms and Wild about Hair,
who helped
Paul Payne astride the Great Wall of China recently
A taxi driver took part in the hardest chal- lenge of his life when he scaled the Great Wall of China. Paul Payne spent more than 80 hours climbing the famous landmark during a two-week expedition. The Weymouth Cricket Club first team captain raised £3,000 for the charity Cure Parkin- sons Trust.
He was among a party of 52 walkers who raised more than £150,000 for different charities. Mr Payne, 31, who also
played football for Weymouth, told the Dorset Echo: “It was physically one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, and in hindsight I would have done a lot more training.
“But the feeling of accomplishment was just amazing and made it worthwhile. It was overwhelming and has already con- vinced me and many of the others who took part to do another event next year.” He added: “I have a family member that suffers from Parkin-
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organise many events for me.”
The Cure Parkinson’s Trust is a patient-led charity that funds research which will have an impact on the lives of people with Parkinson’s, with the hope of an eventual cure for the condition. The trust was founded in 2005 with the goal of finding a cure for Parkinson’s disease by investing in under- resourced and under-funded projects that offer hope of a cure in the future. Anyone who would like to sponsor Mr Payne can visit the website www.justgiv-
ing.com/paulpayne.
From left, Doug Mitchell, from Age Concern, holds some of the petrol donated by Asda with Sarah Mann, from Asda, and cabbie Chris Bray
A kindly cabbie won’t take a penny for help- ing the vulnerable off the ice - or even a tank of petrol. Taxi driver Chris Bray, 51, has been rescuing elderly people he’s seen struggling over Carlisle’s icy pave- ments during the big freeze. When staff at Asda, on Kingstown Road, read his story in the News and Star they offered him a free tank of petrol for his efforts.
But Chris, from Carlisle, decided the gift would be better donated to senior charity Age Concern. He told the Carlisle News and Star: “They phoned me on Wednesday and asked if I’d like to come up, and I thought it was very nice of them. But I
spoke to my wife shortly afterwards and decided I’d rather give it to someone who needs it more than me.”
Over the past few weeks he estimates he’s helped around 21 people off the ice and taken them for free wherever they wanted to go. It started when he saw two pension- ers clinging to the railings at Carlisle Cemetery trying to put flowers on a grave. He added: “It costs me money, but better that than let somebody fall and break their leg. They’ve all paid tax to the government for years and years, and I think the pavements should have been grit- ted.”
The petrol will be donated to Age Con-
cern member Doug Mitchell who volun- teers driving elderly people to and from day care centres. He said: “I think it’s absolutely fantastic - the man deserves a medal. This sort of weather basically means that many of the elderly can’t get out at all. Unfortunate- ly, as a volunteer driver, I’m not allowed to pick them up in case they fall.” Sarah Mann, Fresh Team leader at Asda, handed over a 15-gal- lon tankful of petrol to power the Age Con- cern bus. She said: “We’re really pleased to be able to help. “Obviously Chris has done a lot for his com- munity and we just wanted to make a con- tribution.”
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ROTHERHAM CABBIE HITS THE HEIGHTS
It was an uphill task for charity runner Zulfigar Ali as he raised funds for children in Darfur. Rotherham taxi driver Mr Ali managed to run up Deadman’s Hill, one of the steepest hills in Sheffield, for the Darfur Children’s Appeal. The charity fund rais-
ing idea initially came about as a joke due to his lack of fitness, but he had the will-power to pull it off.
In total Mr Ali, of Fer- ham, raised £1,120 in conjunction with Rotherham based charity World Aid Foundation.
For further information log onto www.worl-
daid.org.uk Volunteer Masarat Din, from World Aid, told the Rotherham Record: “This was a truly fantastic effort and it proves anything is possible if you really want to achieve it.”
KIND CARLISLE CABBIE GIVES UP FREE PETROL TO CHARITY
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