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Encourage the world’s mail services to provide free
mailing to and on behalf of any registered charitable
organisation. To avoid fraud, the charities would include
their charity number as a line of their address, which
could be crosschecked with the charity’s name on a
database.
59JimBolton
27 October 2000
Install vending machines at underground, rail and bus
stations to dispense vitamins. The machines would be
similar in appearance to those that typically hold nuts,
jellybeans or other confectionery. The availability of
vitamins at stations would appeal to commuters who
forget to take their daily doses. Tablets would probably
60cost about 10p each. Vitamins and pills on offer could
change seasonally to include zinc in the winter or hay
fever remedies in the summer. The government could
even utilise the machines during epidemic outbreaks.
Justin Cooke
28 October 2000