Thought Sort
Digital Health Award
Shift.ms is the only community dedicated to recently diagnosed people with multiple Sclerosis (MSers), providing a positive, enabling online community for over 9,500 MSers, empowering them to acknowledge their MS,...
DontBottleItUp: Free online support for alcohol
Digital Health Award
DontBottleItUp is a free online support service available 24/7 to anyone seeking advice, support, and information about their drinking. Using a quick, easy, and confidential online questionnaire people can find...
Using apps to connect people and places
Young People’s Award
At just 21, Sam Heather has already created over 20 apps, which have been downloaded more than 500,000 times. Currently a student at the University of York, Sam uses his...
Dispatch App saves time and lives in London
Digital Health Award
London’s Air Ambulance delivers an advanced trauma team to critically injured people in London, responding to, on average, 2,000 people every year. Time is a critical factor in helping to...
Teaching accessibility and tech, despite losing her sight
Young People’s Award 2015
Beth Deer is 16 years old, and last year she went completely blind. She received a BrightSpark scholarship through youth-led charity Young Pioneers, and is now studying to be a...
Helping young people personify and cope with stress
Digital Health Award
StressHeads is an innovative digital tool, accessible via mobile and desktop applications, which helps young people cope with, and understand, the causes of stress. Created by YouthNet, the brains behind...
Hands Free Computing: Making computers accessible for everyone
Digital Skills Award
Using a variety of programmes, assistive software, training, apps and on-going support, Hands Free Computing help make computers accessible for everyone, regardless of their disability. Since they began in 1997,...
Understanding e-safety awareness and your digital footprint
Digital Skills Award
Cyber Champions address the social challenge of using digital technology by supporting children and adults, and promoting online wellbeing. Through free courses, interactive workshops and mentor programmes, they deliver a...
Peer Assist: Breaking the cycle of re-offending
Community Impact Award
Peer Assist is a new digital platform developed to extend the reach of St Giles Trust services to ex-offenders and their families across the UK. High re-offending rates cost the...
Going above and beyond to support disabled people
IT Volunteer of the Year Award
Cecil Taylor is a dedicated volunteer with ITCanHelp. Visiting disabled people in their homes, day centres or residential accommodation, he helps resolve computer problems and provides support and guidance to...
Learning hub provides carers with information and support online
Community Impact Award
Carers Link is a local voluntary organisation in East Dunbartonshire for family carers, providing information, advocacy, emotional support (both one-to-one and in groups) and training for adults who care for...
From client to volunteer, supporting disabled people get back to work
IT Volunteer of the Year Award
Dalton Brown volunteers at Access to Business in Wolverhampton, supporting unemployed disabled people as they get back into work, training and self-employment. Before becoming a volunteer in August 2013, Dalton...
