CHARITY CORNER
BLACK CABS DESCEND ON DOVER TAKING SICK AND TERMINALLY ILL CHILDREN TO DISNEYLAND
Scores of black taxis and their drivers descended on Dover ferry port carrying some very important passengers on a special journey. The cabbies travelled in convoy to the port bringing groups of sick and terminally ill children to Disneyland Paris. The annual outing across the Channel was the 28th trip organised by
The
Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers, which plans the outing every year. They set off from Canary Wharf in London on Friday 29 September
before boarding the P&O ferry. Every vehicle was sponsored and fund-raising events are held throughout the year. But it could not happen without the cabbies
who give up their time to drive the children to the theme park and then take the youngsters around. The convoy, which can reach up to five miles long, is so large police outrider escorts are used both in Britain and France. A gala Disney dinner and disco then took place on the Saturday evening.
The Magical Taxi Tour has support- ed some 6,000 children visit Disneyland, and for many it would be their first trip in a cab and first trip abroad.
SCEPTRE FINANCE DIRECTOR COMPLETES MEMORY WALK IN AID OF ALZHEIMER’S SOCIETY
Finance expert Brian Chester,
completed the 7k Memory Walk in Chelmsford with his sister on Sunday 1 October in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society. Brian, who is the director of finance
brokerage Sceptre
Finance, has been arranging taxi and private hire finance for over 30 years. His late father suffered from Alzheimers before his death in 2019. Brian said “It’s such a cruel illness that puts a huge strain on carers and loved ones.
CORKER TAXIS ST. ALBANS SUPPORTS ITS LOCAL CHARITY
On Saturday 30 September, the company participated in Herts Young Homeless ‘Great Big 11 Mile Walk.’
Not only did the firm provide ground transport for walkers from St. Albans to the start of the walk in Markyate; four drivers also took part and the firm raised £640 through fundraising and donating £1
for every app booking made during the month of September.
18 NOVEMBER 2023 PHTM
“We are so pleased to have raised £990 for this very worthy cause. “We’d like to thank friends, family and business associates, especially Close Brothers Asset Finance, for their support and kind donations”. To make a donation, the link is:
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/c helmsfordmw2023-brianchester
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80
