 Dial-a-Cab began producing E-Statements for members around 2.5 years ago and we had a great initial response in signing up around 700 drivers. This figure has barely changed. Dial-a-Cab is committed to reducing its Carbon Footprint of not only taxi |
Your Society needs you, the environment needs you... To use E-Statements! |
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journeys, but all aspects of
its business. One such area where we can improve on our Carbon
Footprint is Driver Statements. We have reduced the amount of
printing, postage and packaging by having fortnightly runs, but
this can be greatly reduced if we could double the number
receiving an E-Statement. Ideally, every driver should be receiving an E-Statement. Please sign up if you haven’t done so already. Just send an email to driverservices@dialacab.co.uk and put E-Statement and your |
badge number in the subject
field. The advantages to this service are obvious and remember,
your statements are held for a rolling two years from when you
start. As a contrast, Dial-a-Cab already has over 2,700 clients on E-billing and it is now mandatory for every new client to be on E-billing. Your Society Needs You - The Environment Needs You. Please sign up now. Warren Smith |
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Dial-a-Dream and The Independent |
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The Independent newspaper
recently donated a large chunk of valuable space to
Dial-a-Dream, the children’s charity that helps turn the
wishes of terminally ill children into reality. It asks that we
try to help the charity in getting a child to say Let me live
another day by giving them a dream to show that not all
memories in their life are bad. So for the benefit of those who may be new to the licensed taxi business – a trade that has long been famous for its charity work – this is why the Dial-a-Dream name has such obvious similarities to that of Dial-a-Cab. It was the late 1980s and two Dial-a-Cab drivers were talking at our previous Brunswick House home about a disturbing incident they had both read about involving a children’s charity. It had been set up with the noble aim of helping to make sick children’s wishes come true, but had suddenly cancelled a children’s organised trip due to what were described as "financial irregularities". Those two drivers organised a series of events that they hoped could raise enough money to save the children’s trip and astonishingly, raised £28,000 in just nine weeks - including one amazing evening at a pub in Ilford where they raised around £16,000 in just one night! Those same two drivers - Tom Whitbread and Bob ‘the dog’ Heath - later went on to set up Dial-a-Dream – and you don’t need to be brain of Britain to work out how they thought of the name! It is a completely voluntary organisation, which helps to make a wish come true for sick – often terminally ill - children between the ages of 3 and 18. |
 6 bedrooms and five bathrooms in the villa! That was over 20 years ago and Dial-a-Dream is now one of the longest running and most respected charities of its kind. Over the years, the number of children whose wishes have been fulfilled run well into four figures. Some children want to do fairly simple things – perhaps they have never owned a bike and would love one - others have their fantasies of going to meet Mickey Mouse at either Disneyland Paris or Florida (where Dial-a-Dream have three properties that are used for the children) and the charity helps bring their wishes to reality. Dial-a-Dream need help in raising funds every bit as much now as they ever did and while they shake the begging bowl out occasionally, you can also help just by enjoying yourself! How? Well, if you are thinking of a holiday in Disneyworld Florida, then visit their website at www.thedreamvillas.com and see what you think of their villas because providing no children are scheduled to be there at that time, they are available for rent. All three villas are specially designed with children in mind and are brim-full of luxuries. As an example, if you enjoy going with a group of friends, the largest of their villas sleeps 12 and includes a pool, jacuzzi, carpeted barbeque, 400 film cinema, large games room with pool table, high speed internet, a 40 inch TV and the whole fully air-conditioned villa is in a private secure estate with a 24 hour security guard. The estate has tennis and volleyball courts, is in close proximity for that round of golf and just a few minutes drive from Disney. Dial-a-Dream can also assist with your flights and car hire should you want them to. Any monies raised by renting out the villas goes towards making another terminally ill child’s dream a reality. You can view photographs relating to some of the dreams on Facebook under the Dial-a-Dream page or you can watch a video on YouTube under Dial-a-Dream video. If you would like to just talk about a sick child or offer to help in fund raising, then talk to Bob on 020 8530 5589 or email the chairman at tom@dialadream.org. Otherwise you can visit them at www.dial-a-dream.co.uk. |
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