Highlights from Past Winners

We’ve been consistently blown away by the range and calibre of entries. Here are some of the organisations that sponsors and partners frequently highlight

Nishka Mathur

Nishka Mathur

Education Award

Nishka Mathur is 15 years old and passionate about tech literacy for young people, especially girls, from disadvantaged communities. Over the last two and half years she has designed and...

Finalist 2020
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Thomas Laurenson

Digital Volunteer Award

Thomas Laurenson is founder of TL Tech Smart Home Solutions.  Thomas is an expert problem solver, taking a hands-on approach to tasks and looking for creative ways to improve the...

Finalist 2020
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Clin-e-cal

Digital Health Award

Clin-e-cal is a British digital health start-up, spun out from the University of Manchester and the Manchester Foundation Trust. Its free smartphone app, Rafi-Tone, has been developed to make using...

Finalist 2020
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Present Pal

Accessibility Award

Present Pal, by Estendio, is building life changing accessible technology for the one billion people across the world with disabilities. Our story begins with our founder, Chris. Diagnosed with dyslexia...

Finalist 2020
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#MuseumJigsaws

Arts and Culture Award

The Cooper Gallery, operated by Barnsley Museums, was forced to close its doors in March 2020 due to the pandemic. Like many people and organisations, they had to explore new...

Finalist 2020
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Oak National Academy

Education Award

Oak National Academy is the collective effort of over 300 teachers from England’s state schools to provide nearly 10,000 free lessons for pupils learning at home and in school due...

Finalist 2020
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Sign2Word

Accessibility Award

Did you know there are 12 million hearing impaired people in the UK, 900,000 are severely or profoundly deaf and 70,000 use British Sign Language(BSL) as their main or only...

Finalist 2020
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Turn on the Subtitles Campaign

Education Award

Here’s the problem: literacy matters. It really matters. Those with low literacy levels are three times more likely to be incarcerated, three times more likely to hospitalised and three times...

Finalist 2020
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Xploro

Digital Health Award

Xploro is a clinically proven Digital Therapeutics platform that uses augmented reality, gameplay and artificial intelligence to deliver health information to young patients, reducing the anxiety associated with hospitalisation, improving...

Finalist 2020
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Green Shoots

Africa Award

Green Shoots is a South African education organisation founded in 2012 by two ex-teachers to design and implement sustainable, scalable & inclusive technology enabled education solutions.   Green Shoots targets primary...

Finalist 2020
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Disability, Design and Innovation MSc at UCL with the Global Disability Innovation Hub

Education Award

The Disability, Design and Innovation MSc at UCL is the first of its kind in the world. Developed by the Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDI Hub), the programme is a...

Finalist 2020
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Hatsumi

Arts and Culture Award

Hatsumi is a company that develops playful, new and innovative approaches to improve physical and mental health that integrates immersive technology, storytelling, and design. Its core product, Bodymapping, is a...

Finalist 2020