App to help blind and partially-sighted people find their way around
Youth Award
This award was a competition for young people from across the country to submit their ideas for how they would use digital technology to make the world a better place....
Tackling social exclusion in mental health
Community Impact Award 2013
Self Help Services is a user-led group that has delivered Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Services to over 1500 people across Greater Manchester in the past year. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is...
Dame Steve Shirley – a lifetime of using technology for good
Tech4Good Special Award
Arriving as a refugee from Nazi Germany at the start of the Second World War Dame Stephanie Shirley’s early hardship was a spur to an amazingly successful career in IT. Having...
Helping charities fundraise using the internet
Digital Giving Award 2013
The Big Give is a not-for-profit, charitable website which helps charities to use the internet to fundraise in innovative ways. Every year, the Big Give runs an online matched funding...
Using e-learning to deliver affordable cognitive behavioural therapy
Community Impact Award
Self Help Services is a user-led group that has delivered Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Services (cCBT) to over 1500 people across Greater Manchester in the past year. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy...
Teaching coding and other digital skills to children
Digital Skills Award 2013
Code Club organises after-school clubs for 9-11 years, with over 1,946 clubs in the UK teaching kids the forgotten art of computer programming. Code Club HQ provides a full set...
A farm-based mental health charity using social media to reach supporters
Grow Your Charity Online Award 2013
Established in 1989 Prospects Trust is a charity based on 18 acres of organic farmland at Snakehall Farm in rural Cambridgeshire. It not only grows the best organic produce but...
Helping blind and partially-sighted people use technology
IT Volunteer of the Year
David Bennoson has been helping the RNIB as a volunteer since 1971 and is now part of the RNIB Technology Support Squad as Volunteer Coordinator for Gloucestershire. This is a...
Helping people gain basic IT skills
Local Digital Champions Award
Norman Hunter is an IT tutor by profession, but his vision for supporting Go-On UK and helping people to gain basic IT skills goes way beyond his professional role. Working...
Making cash machines more accessible for blind and partially sighted people
Accessibility Award 2013
Imagine how difficult it is for a blind or partially sighted person to use a cashpoint unaided. It’s an everyday task that many of us take for granted that can...
