On Tuesday 14th May, The Southampton Hackney Association was invited to attend the "Helping Victims of Hate Crime" App Launch for Smart Phones, it was held at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. The app has been designed to give people more information about hate crimes and to encourage communities to come forward and report them.

You can now upload both platforms of the "Helping Victims of Hate Crime" App free of charge on your smart phone:

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/hate-crime/id599314473?mt=8  (iPhones)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.revelmob.hatecrime (Android)

The app includes a definition of what hate crime actually is, as well as more detailed information about crimes which target a victim's race, sexual orientation, transgender identity, disability, religion, age, refugee or asylum status. 

There is more information about the app, Hate Crimes and Hate Incidents on the Hampshire Constabulary webpage by clicking here. 

To all taxi drivers why not visit the The Sweet Market who advertise on the partners page of our website, just by the Bargate Taxi Rank?

Apart from the great sandwiches and coffee, Kevin and Caroline keep a large stock of taxi receipt pads, account books and the 2013 - 2014 Passenger Ship Movement Diary which only costs £1.

Have a flutter and buy a lottery ticket - you may be a winner! Or top up your phone, Gas or Electric card - it's all there

Apart from selling the National Newspapers, they have newspapers from other parts of the world. Plus you can pick up groceries, magazines, birthday cards and much more, making The Sweet Market well worth a regular visit!

Would you like to advertise on our website? Get in touch to have a chat, our website gets lots of visits daily, and we can link from ours to yours!

We often get requests to find lost items in taxis, and this can be extremely difficult since rather than being a taxi company, we are an association of taxi drivers.  However, if we can help we always will.  

Just recently the Southampton Hackney Association received a lovely email from one of the passengers who used a Southampton licensed white taxi: 

"Hi, I just want to say thank you to the taxi driver who returned my watch to me.  I got a taxi from Southampton Central to my home and accidentally left a Links of London bag in it.  I didn't realise I'd lost it till this evening and was extremely upset - obviously!  This evening, the same driver knocked on my door and gave me the bag back.  It has totally restored my faith in humanity, and I can't thank this gentleman enough.
Thanks again to him."

The Southampton Hackney Association - representing the licensed white taxis in Southampton City.