Harefield Gazette

Little things mean a lot

- >> continued from page 15 MARY SMITH Project manager Saving Londoners’ Lives Via email DR HELEN JACOBUS College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences Brunel University Kingston Lane Uxbridge SIR JOHN RANDALL MP Uxbridge and South Ruislip NICK HURD M

fundraisin­g window, so people wishing to support this valuable project should visit Crowdshed’s website to donate, or for more informatio­n on rewards for funding this valuable project.

Go to https://www. crowdshed.com/projects/ saving-londoners-livesvital-education-for-youths opportunit­y to use The Joking Computer, software that can build millions of jokes. There will also be a comedy improvisat­ion by the Funny Women Players, based on suggestion­s from the audience on the topic of humour and ‘being human’, plus lively panel discussion­s.

Admission is free but we ask that you book a place.

Feeling Funny, Being Human is at Brunel University’s Antonin Artaud Theatre, on the campus off Kingston Lane, Uxbridge, on Friday, November 21, 4pm to 7pm. WE ARE urging you to support Penny for London and register for the scheme.

Unveiled by Boris Johnson, this is a revolution in charitable giving which is set to transform the life chances of young Londoners from disadvanta­ged background­s all over the capital.

The new scheme, devised by the Mayor’s Fund for London, marks a step change in how we donate to charity, harnessing the huge potential of contactles­s payments that now total into the millions.

By registerin­g your contactles­s debit or credit card, you can donate one penny, or more if you wish, every day you travel on London Undergroun­d, bus, tram, DLR, London Overground, and National Rail services that accept Oyster.

Contactles­s cardholder­s can opt in via the Penny for London mobile site or website – www. pennyforlo­ndon.com.

Transport for London, which operates Europe’s largest single payments system, counted more than five million contactles­s journeys in the first month that the facility was available on all London transport.

Every penny donated by the public will be used to benefit young Londoners via the Mayor’s Fund for London charities and other not-for-profit concerns.

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