Vaxi Taxi
Health and Wellbeing Pop Ups Project.
Vaxi Taxi Health and Wellbeing Pop Ups
Taking NHS care outside the GP surgery walls to the hearts of communities.
Reaching people with barriers to accessing the NHS, including the most vulnerable in our communities.
Over 60 Pop Ups across London since February 2021.
Asylum seeker centres, homeless shelters, drug and alcohol support centres, food banks, boxing clubs, festivals, high streets.
Over 2500 people given health and wellbeing information and signposting.
Overwhelmingly positive feedback from service users.
Vaxi Taxi Health and Wellbeing Pop Ups
The Vaxi Taxi Health and Wellbeing Pop Ups Team are proud and delighted to have delivered over 60 Pop Ups so far across London since early 2021 with a focus on areas of deprivation. We are delivering Pop Ups in a range of community settings, such as local festivals, foodbanks, community and faith centres and for football supporters at Millwall Football Club, along with key stakeholders, including Enfield GP Federation, Partnership Southwark, Camden Council The London Firebrigade and many more. We have continued to collaborate with The London Clinic to deliver ‘The London Clinic and Vaxi Taxi Health and Wellbeing Pop Ups’. Our team has delivered health and wellbeing checks, information and signposting to thousands of people experiencing barriers to accessing health and allied care. The feedback has been excellent, with comments including:
‘It’s so educating and enlightening!’
‘Would be good if the organisation could come in frequently’
‘Fantastic, very warm welcome!’
‘Very interesting, learned something new!’
‘Very well organised, everyone was positive and friendly’
'People are scared of going to the doctor, this will encourage them more'
‘I liked coming today, very happy with the pop up’
Over 99 % of people fed back that they would like more Vaxi Taxi Pop Ups in the future!
Thank you to our service users and, Vaxi Taxi team members and Pop Up partners including : The Redeemed Assemblies Foodbank, the Astley Estate TRA Community Centre, Millwall Community Trust, Millwall FC, Euston Foodbank, The Central Gurdwara, Croydon BME Forum, Change Grow Live, Partnership Southwark and Camden, The London Clinic and all the Vaxi Team!
More Vaxi Taxi Pop Ups are planned for 2025!
Recent Feedback from the Refugee Team, Camden Council
‘Dear Dr. Sharon, I wanted to extend my heartfelt thanks to you and every member of your team for making last Tuesday such a meaningful and successful day.
With more than 70 service users in attendance, a truly fantastic turnout, it wouldn't;t have been possible without your dedication, generosity, and support. It was incredibly heartening to see so many individuals engaging with the service you provided. For people navigating a new county, often with limited English and many barriers in accessing support, your presence and care made a real and lasting difference…Your professionalism, warmth, and kindness meant the world to so many, and certainly to us’
- Refugee Lead, Camden Council
Mayor of Camden Visits Vaxi Taxi Pop Up
On 6th May 2025 we delivered a bespoke Pop Up for asylum seekers living in Camden hotels. We were honoured to be visited at the Pop Up by the Mayor of Camden, Councillor Samata Khatoon, who spoke about the important contributions of the Vaxi Taxi Health and Wellbeing Pop Ups to the local community's health and wellbeing needs.
Millwall Football Community Trust on the Vaxi Taxi / Health and Wellbeing Pop Ups:
Swiss Cottage Library (Mayor of Camden, Councillor Samata Khatoon, and Dr Sharon Raymond)
Swiss Cottage Library
Edmonton Green Library, Enfield
Edmonton Green Library, Enfield
Edmonton Green Library, Enfield
Edmonton Green Library, Enfield
Euston Foodbank, Camden
Euston Foodbank, Camden
Change Grow Live, Croydon
Change Grow Live, Croydon
Castlehaven Community Centre, Camden
Castlehaven Community Centre, Camden
Astley Estate Community Centre
The Redeemed Assemblies Foodbank
Millwall FC
Millwall FC
Millwall FC
Millwall FC
Millwall FC
Millwall FC
Millwall FC
We are pleased to announce that the work of the Vaxi Taxi Health and Wellbeing Pop Ups has been included in the Royal College of General Practitioners’ London City Health Conference on 12th June 2025.
On 22nd May 2025 research on the Vaxi Taxi Health and Wellbeing Pop Ups was presented at the 24th Research Day of the Croydon University Hospital, London.
We are proud to share that the Vaxi Taxi Health and Wellbeing Pop Ups initative has been awarded the national Mitzvah Day Charity Partner Award on 27th March 2025!
We are proud to share the publication on 21st June 2024 of the Vaxi Taxi Health and Wellbeing Pop Ups poster presentation in the British Journal of General Practice publication. Thank you to all who have contributed!
The Vaxi Taxi Health and Wellbeing Pop Ups Project has been set up by the Crisis Rescue Foundation, which collaborates with local community organisations and clinicians to identify the needs of the community in each area to create a bespoke health and wellbeing event. The events rely on volunteers and everyone has a specific role.
Dr Sharon Raymond, CRF Director
As referenced in “NHS England Reducing Barriers to Access”
In the News:
The Times, ‘You’ll never guess what I had in the back of the cab last night — a vaccination clinic’: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/youll-never-guess-what-i-had-in-the-back-of-the-cab-last-night-a-vaccination-clinic-57kppswhd
Sky News, ‘COVID-19: London's Vaxi Taxi scheme is driving vulnerable people to get their jabs’: https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-londons-vaxi-taxi-scheme-is-driving-vulnerable-people-to-get-their-jabs-12315281
New York Post, ‘Vaxi taxi’ helps alleviate vaccine anxiety in the UK’: https://nypost.com/2021/03/06/vaxi-taxi-helps-alleviate-vaccine-anxiety-in-the-uk/
Evening Standard, ‘Black cabs ‘Vaxi Taxi’ scheme launched to transport people to Covid-19 vaccine clinics’: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/black-cabs-vaxi-taxi-covid-vaccine-b919766.html
Euronews, ‘Vaxi Taxi targets vaccine anxiety as UK minority uptake lags’: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2021/03/06/vaxi-taxi-targets-vaccine-anxiety-as-uk-minority-uptake-lags
Secret London, ‘A Group Of Circus Performers Lined Up To Get Vaccinated In Full Costume’: https://secretldn.com/zippos-circus-performers-vaccinated/
Vaxi Taxi: Free Black Cab helping vulnerable people get vaccinated: https://www.itv.com/news/london/2021-05-27/vaxi-taxi-free-black-cab-helping-vulnerable-people-get-vaccinated
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“No one is safe until everyone is safe.”
— Dr Sharon Raymond
DISCLAIMER
Please note the Vaxi Taxi Health and Wellbeing Pop Ups are solely managed and delivered by Raymond Medical Limited, private limited company. Company number 13907472. Registered office address 7, Hendon House, Brent Street, London, UK, NW4 2NR.
The Vaxi Taxi/ Health and Wellbeing Pop Ups provide service users with basic health measurements ( i.e. BP, height, weight, BMI), as well as mental health self-checks, and service users are signposted to NHS and allied health and wellbeing information and services. The CRF Pop Ups team are not intended to replace individualised patient care by a registered healthcare professional. Service users should consult with a GP or other appropriate medical professional for all their medical issues. Service users should always call 999 in a medical emergency.