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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Camara

Community Impact Award

To date, 1 million children in Kenya regularly do not attend school, for a variety of reasons. To address this problem, Camara has developed a training approach that focuses on providing...

Finalist 2016
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Wayfindr

AbilityNet Accessibility Award

Sight loss can lead to isolation, poverty and depression. Almost half of the estimated 2 million visually impaired people living in the UK say they would like to leave their homes...

Winner 2016
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WeKonnekt

BT Young Pioneer Award

WeKonnekt are a group of five pupils from Denbigh High School in Luton: Hasan and Shayaan (Year 10) and Luay, Itesham and Shakil (Year 9), who came together to create...

Finalist 2016
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Alcove

Digital Health Award

Publicly funded adult social care services are in crisis, with nearly £5bn cuts in the last 5 years, and local authorities across the UK facing a £1.1bn deficit in adult social...

Finalist 2016
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Drake Music Scotland

AbilityNet Accessibility Award

Drake Music Scotland use digital technology to make it possible for people with disabilities of all ages and abilities to play, learn, compose and perform music. Using a combination of movement sensors,...

Finalist 2016
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eWATERPay

BT Young Pioneer Award

30,000 people die each week in Sub-Saharan Africa from drinking unsafe water, despite billions of pounds having gone into installing over 800,000 hand pumps. This is largely due to lack of...

Winner 2016
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MyWard

Digital Health Award

Devon Partnership Trust developed an innovative electronic visual control board. The concept of ‘MyWard’ is to provide simple visual clues and prompts for improving quality and safety of care. This...

Winner 2016
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Daily reminder encourages active participation in recovery

Digital Health Award 2015

BuddyApp is a health and wellbeing app that utilises SMS text technology to engage individuals in their care, by recording their mental, emotional and physical wellbeing in-between sessions, by sending...

Winner 2015
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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...

Finalist 2015
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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...

Finalist 2015
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Helping older and vulnerable people get online

IT Volunteer of the Year Award

Jane Styles and Ole Constantine have been volunteering with Wales & West Housing for over two years, helping older and vulnerable people get online. Despite both suffering ill health, Jane...

Finalist 2015
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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...

Finalist 2015