Granset.com: Supporting over 50s get online
Digital Skills Award
Through free online guides, a public forum and video content, Gransnet.com is showing the over 50s that the internet connects people, with a wealth of knowledge, support, advice and entertainment...
Supporting LGTBQ teenagers with a free app
Young People’s Award 2015
Josie Baldwin, Emily Bowes, Katie Griffiths and Alexandra Hill, all aged 14, are the team behind the I’m Okay app. The girls wanted to build an app to support teenagers,...
Free app connects homeless, and those at risk, with support services
Community Impact Award 2015
Set up in 1971, Simon Community Northern Ireland is the leading homelessness charity in Northern Ireland, providing a range of services for people who are homeless or at risk of...
Turning young tech consumers into tech creators
Digital Skills Award 2015
Apps for Good is a free education programme, working to change tech education forever; to turn young tech consumers into tech creators, unlocking the confidence and talent of young people...
Making 3D printed limbs accessible for all
Young People's Award
Vitória Maurício is an anatomical artist and 3D modeller, who had just finished a Masters degree at Glasgow University when she found Open Bionics on Twitter and asked to be...
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...
Encouraging students with complex needs to interact with the world
IT Volunteer of the Year Award 2015
Rachael Moat is a musician and music teacher who volunteers once a week at Seashell Trust, a school for children with complex needs and severe learning difficulties, including little to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
