SignVideo
BT Connected Society Award
SignVideo was born in response to the frustration of the deaf British Sign Language (BSL) community. It can be incredibly difficult to communicate with hearing people and do normal, everyday...
One Digital Partnership
Digital Skills Award
One Digital is a unique digital skills partnership that has successfully worked with more than 11,000 people across the UK. “I got a job! Because of the help the Digital...
OrCam MyEye
BT Connected Society Award
The worlds most advanced and wearable artificial vision device is helping people regain their independence. MyEye, designed by OrCam, provides advanced text-to-speech from any surface, sign, document or computer. Users...
#DigitalCity
Digital Skills Award
Think PokemonGo for digital skills; that’s #DigitalCity. A city-wide trail for young people and their parents, connecting them with local digital businesses, helping them find out what skills they need...
EduBlocks
BT Young Pioneer Award
Think you can’t code? Think again. Thirteen-year-old Joshua Lowe is passionate about programming and he says his project could get everyone coding, “especially those who think they can’t.” He’s been...
MakerClub – BrightSparks
Digital Skills Award 2017
MakerClub’s BrightSparks programme gives Brighton tech companies the chance to make a life-changing difference to children from low-income families. A lack of access to technology, combined with reduced school and...
Emily-Jayne Crittenden
Tech Volunteer of the Year
In just three years, this volunteer has had undeniably huge impact on tech in Norwich and the wider region. Emily-Jayne Crittenden, runs two local tech businesses. She entered the industry...
Our MK
Community Impact Award
“Our MK empowers citizens of Milton Keynes to put forward ideas that will impact the community and help shape the future of MK. It’s a website open to all citizens...
Christine Dodds
Tech Volunteer of the Year
Many people with sight loss believe their visual impairment excludes them from using technology. This tech volunteer finalist is showing people with visual impairments that this simply isn’t true. The...
OptiKey
AbilityNet Accessibility Award
OptiKey, a new assistive on-screen keyboard, has the potential to change millions of lives. “OptiKey was written to challenge the outrageously expensive, unreliable and difficult to use AAC (alternative and...
