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

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Generation Code

Digital Skills Award

Developing new skills and sparking an interest in coding, Generation Code allows young people to get creative, develop their computational thinking and coding skills to become better equipped to take...

Winner 2018
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GiveVision

AbilityNet Accessibility Award

GiveVision is using augmented reality and a virtual reality headset to help visually impaired people see better. The latest headset – SightPlus – works as an advanced digital magnifier and a...

Finalist 2018
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Stretchlab at the Mustard Tree

Digital Skills Award

Stretch charity has been working with a homeless charity called The Mustard Tree. Together they work with groups of homeless, refugee and dispossessed people who have little access to technology....

Finalist 2018
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Facebook

AbilityNet Accessibility Award

https://www.facebook.com/accessibility/videos/1628143837229335/ Facebook is using artificial intelligence and machine learning services to power accessible technology for people with low vision and vision loss. In 2016, Facebook launched Automatic Alt Text (AAT) a...

Finalist 2018
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Apart of Me

Digital Health Award

Apart of Me is a safe, virtual world helping young people cope with grief: a mobile application that incorporates grief therapy interventions in an immersive and effective way, developed by...

Finalist 2018
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Be My Eyes

AbilityNet Accessibility Award

Be My Eyes is a free app that connects blind and low vision people with sighted volunteers and company representatives for visual assistance through a live video call. Be My...

Winner 2018
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Immersive Rehab

Digital Health Award

Immersive Rehab uses Virtual Reality to achieve important gains in mobility and function beyond what can be achieved with current physical & neuro-rehabilitation practices, thereby focusing in particular on improving...

Finalist 2018
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Tap to the App

Community Impact Award

As part of Music in Hospitals & Care Scotland’s Tap to the App Project, 45 individuals in care homes across Scotland aged 60-98 were invited to attend creative digital workshops...

Finalist 2018
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Seeing AI

AbilityNet Accessibility Award

Seeing AI is a free app from Microsoft that narrates the visual world for the blind and low vision community. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person on the planet...

Finalist 2018
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Moment Health

Digital Health Award

Nuala Murphy founded technology company Moment Health – a world first – to tackle maternal mental health and make it mainstream.  Conceived with the aim to connect mothers with tools...

Finalist 2018
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Relias – Zero Suicide Alliance

Community Impact Award

https://vimeo.com/reliaslearning/review/262988157/9152743caf Interactive eLearning course ‘Suicide, Let’s Talk’ is a collaboration between Relias, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and the Zero Suicide Alliance. The mission: to reduce the incidence of suicide...

Finalist 2018
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WaytoB

People's Award

WayToB is a wayfinding app for people with a learning disability (LD), an estimated group of 1,087,100 people in England alone. Smartphone applications for wayfinding such as Google Maps are...

Winner 2018