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

CENTURY Tech

CENTURY Tech

Connected Society Award

Half a billion children lack basic literacy and numeracy skills, while 80% of teachers are considering leaving the profession due to unbearable workloads – an unsustainable situation. For decades AI...

Finalist 2019
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Caroline Keppel-Palmer

Digital Volunteer of the Year Award

Founder of Museum Freecycle, Caroline is committed to using technology to help the museums reduce their environmental impact.  Museum Freecycle is an online network that enables unwanted equipment to be...

Finalist 2019
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Mihika Sharma – Smart Stick

BT Young Pioneer 2019

Mihika Sharma has designed an amazing smart stick that can help both blind as well as deaf people. In 2016, Manisha was helping a blind lady cross the road, when...

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Ecoed Life

Community Impact Award

Every day people are bombarded with information and images about a frightening future. Our climate is changing; storms and hurricanes are becoming worse and more frequent with more devastating effects,...

Finalist 2019
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Joshua Lowe – EduBlocks

BT Young Pioneer

It’s an incredible achievement to say that something that started out as a Saturday afternoon project is now being used in schools in more than 120 countries around the world,...

Finalist 2019
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Lost Voice Guy (Lee Ridley)

Tech4Good Awesome Award 2019

Lee Ridley is an English stand-up comedian, performing under the stage name of Lost Voice Guy. Disabled since early life, and unable to speak, he is the first stand-up comedian...

Winner 2019
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The Centre for Child Protection at the University of Kent

Community Impact Award

The Centre for Child Protection at the University of Kent was set up by Professors Reeves and Shemmings to research and develop innovative and effective learning and training tools in...

Finalist 2019
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Tess Brady & Amy McMullan – Be Seen Trendy

BT Young Pioneer

“Be Seen Trendy” is a small hand held device consisting of a Raspberry Pi computer with an NFC shield which can read NFC labels attached to the coat hangers of...

Finalist 2019
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Dr Sue Black, OBE

Tech4Good Special Award 2019

A technology Evangelist and Digital Skills Expert, Dr Sue Black was awarded an OBE for “services to technology” in the 2016 Queen’s New Year’s Honours list. As well as creating...

Winner 2019
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Good Boost

Ageing Society Award

Good Boost is a social enterprise made up of a team of engineers, researchers and healthcare professionals. Beginning four years ago in Oxford swimming pools, their mission is to tackle...

Finalist 2019
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Everyone Can

Accessibility Award

Everyone Can helps disabled people to speak, control their environment, gain independence and have fun through training and assistive technology. By carrying out assessments to see how a person’s disability...

Finalist 2019
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Safe & Found Online

Ageing Society Award

Safe and Found Online is a social enterprise established by two long standing work colleagues in the social housing sector, Chris Cheshire and John Henderson. John has been an Alzheimer’s...

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