Ayr taxi drivers hit road to Blair Drummond Safari Park for children and carers at Whiteleys Retreat

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Ayr taxi drivers are banding together to organise a day out at Blair Drummond Safari Park for children and young carers at Whiteleys Retreat.Rodney Harris, who works for Ayr Premier Taxis and owns the Venga Party Taxi, decided to have a meeting with taxi owners John Kelly, Thomas Lindores and Rikki Colville to discuss a potential fundraiser.

They decided to take their own approach to the famous Glasgow Taxi Outing and started Ayr Taxi Day Out. Drivers are hoping that, together with their colleagues, they can fund a day to remember at Blair Drummond on Sunday, December 8.

Rodney told Ayrshire Live: "John, Thomas, Rikki and myself are making this event happen. We are calling ourselves Ayr Taxi Day Out and there are going to be other taxi drivers and owners who will be taking the time off to take all the kids up to Blair Drummond for a day out, giving something back to the community. "We reckon we will have at least 15 hackneys."He added: "We discussed the idea and we agreed to give it a go and put the word out.

John then contacted Whiteleys Retreat to see if they would be kind enough to be our backers' beneficiary and they agreed."Blair Drummond Safari Park was the chosen place due to it being on level ground."That's what the fundraiser is for, to pay for the entrance fees and also give donations to Whiteleys Retreat who provide therapeutic respite to children with life-altering illness."John, who has owned Ayr Premier Taxis since 2018 and has been in the taxi trade since 1993, said: "We are a Hackney company based in Ayr, and have a fleet of 12 wheelchair-accessible taxis, mostly all driven by their owner/operators."I was approached by one of our operators, Rodney, about the possibility of doing something for local