A taxi insurance company based in Southport has thrown its weight behind a fundraising drive to send Ambulances to the Ukraine frontline.

Leicester Street based InsureTaxi is supporting a £30,000 appeal to buy 2 2nd hand vehicles for transporting military and civilian casualties to hospital.

Colleagues took their effort to the Private Hire and Taxi Magazine (PHTM) national expo in Milton Keynes last week where visitors to their stand chipped in cash giving the appeal a £500 boost.

Now the company’s 52-strong workforce are organising their own whip rounds and fundraising efforts like a charity car wash when graduates will wash cars for colleagues.

Branch director Karl Garcia said:- “The taxi industry is close knit and we were delighted with the positive feedback and generosity towards our fundraising. People kept stopping to drop money into our collection bucket and one visitor kindly gave a £50 note. We had a QR code for online donations which should also generate more. With this and the charity car wash, we hope to double what we have made so far.”

Founded in 2005, Insure Taxi provides cover for thousands of private and public taxis and traditional black cabs nationwide.

Karl added:- “It was good to meet so many people from the industry at the PHTM expo including existing clients and potential new ones. It was nice also to meet up again with those involved in driving food parcels to vulnerable people in the pandemic.”

Insure Taxi is part of The County Group, backed by Global Risk Partners, and is 1 of the country’s largest insurance brokers.

Now staff across the organisation’s 40 offices are doing their bit to support British Ukrainian Aid and raise money for the Ambulances.

The appeal was spearheaded by Group Commercial Director Paula Williams and her husband Paul who plan to drive the vehicles themselves to the Polish-Ukrainian border.

So far it stands at £17,000 and the company has set up its own Just Giving page to help push towards the target.

CEO Alastair Christopherson said:- “The County Group prides itself on being part of the community with each office doing its bit to support local causes. We are also part of a global community shocked by the atrocities in Ukraine. The medical infrastructure has suffered badly and on the front line, 4x4s are being used to rescue casualties. This is where the ambulances will come into their own, transporting the wounded back to the main Hospitals. We wish to congratulate our Southport office on their sterling effort to help boost the appeal. Thanks to everyone involved, the appeal is more than half way to reaching target.”

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