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...
Chatterbox
Community Impact Award 2017
Chatterbox is an online and in-person language tutoring service, delivered and developed by refugees. It brings together refugee talent with people and organisations who need people with excellent language skills....
AutonoMe
AbilityNet Accessibility Award
“Smart devices and our support systems are making the 21st century living accessible to everyone. Often people with learning disabilities are left behind or an afterthought when it comes to...
John Crich
IT Volunteer of the Year Award
John Crich is a volunteer Digital Champion with Time to Get Online, a digital inclusion project that pairs tech-savvy volunteers with people who want to learn how to use their smartphone,...
John Pollard
IT Volunteer of the Year Award
In 2011, John Pollard had a vision for a community learning centre that would improve the lives of local people by utilising technology, the internet and his vast experience in the IT...
Allan Robson
IT Volunteer of the Year Award
A volunteer with AbilityNet for the past five years, Allan Robson helps older people use technology to change their lives. With a full-time job as an IT professional for a government levied...
BBC micro:bit
Digital Skills Award
It’s clear that there is a strong and well established need to focus on computing, digital and coding skills within the UK. A number of reports have highlighted this skills gap, including a...
Robin Christopherson, MBE
Tech4Good Special Award 2016
Head of Digital Inclusion at AbilityNet, Robin has worked for over 20 years at the UK charity. He is an inspirational public speaker, he’s been a leading global expert on...
South London Raspberry Jam
Digital Skills Award
Set up to provide young people, aged 5-15 years old, with an opportunity to explore coding in a fully inclusive setting for free, South London Raspberry Jam was inspired by...
TeenTech
Digital Skills Award
Every year in the UK, TeenTech work with and connect over 5,000 young people with over 2,000 engineers, scientists and people working in technology. We work with communities to develop...