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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MeeTwo Mental Health App

Connected Society Award 2019

MeeTwo is a free, fully moderated, peer support mental help app. Peer support is recognised as an untapped resource for ‘mental help’ and offers a uniquely scalable solution to the...

Finalist 2019 Winner 2019
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Mihika Sharma – Smart Stick

BT Young Pioneer 2019

Mihika Sharma has designed an amazing smart stick that can help both blind as well as deaf people. In 2016, Manisha was helping a blind lady cross the road, when...

Finalist 2019 Winner 2019
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Chris Grant

Digital Volunteer of the Year Award 2019

Chris Grant is AbilityNet’s Area Coordinator in Scotland, or “King of Scotland” as he is affectionately known by the central team. Since starting in May 2018, he has completely transformed...

Finalist 2019 Winner 2019
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Safe & Found Online

Ageing Society Award

Safe and Found Online is a social enterprise established by two long standing work colleagues in the social housing sector, Chris Cheshire and John Henderson. John has been an Alzheimer’s...

Finalist 2019 Winner 2019
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WhiteHat

Tech4Good Diversity Award 2019

WhiteHat is a tech startup on a mission to create a diverse group of future leaders by building outstanding  apprenticeships as an alternative to university. Byreaching out to students from...

Finalist 2019 Winner 2019
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Digit Music

Accessibility Award

Control One, created by Digit Music,  was developed in response to the need for a non-instrument alternative for severely disabled people to create music. The only product of its kind,...

Finalist 2019 Winner 2019
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National Theatre Smart Caption Glasses

Inclusive Design Award 2019

The National Theatre’s Smart Caption Glasses system is an automated, always-on closed captioning service which pairs speech-following technology with smart glasses allowing patrons with hearing loss to attend any performance...

Finalist 2019 Winner 2019
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Beam

Community Impact Award 2019

Beam uses tech to crowdfund employment training for homeless people. Its innovative approach uses digital technology to remove financial barriers for the homeless community and allows them to improve their...

Finalist 2019 Winner 2019
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Jangala

Tech4Good for Africa Award 2019

Jangala was developed as an internet solution to help refugees living in the Jungle refugee camp in Calais.  Since this first implementation, it has developed into a social enterprise to...

Finalist 2019 Winner 2019
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Mind of My Own (MOMO)

Community Impact Award

“I finally found a way to tell someone what was happening to me. I got help to make me safe.” “I love the apps, they have helped me express my...

Winner 2018
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Be My Eyes

AbilityNet Accessibility Award

Be My Eyes is a free app that connects blind and low vision people with sighted volunteers and company representatives for visual assistance through a live video call. Be My...

Winner 2018
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WaytoB

People's Award

WayToB is a wayfinding app for people with a learning disability (LD), an estimated group of 1,087,100 people in England alone. Smartphone applications for wayfinding such as Google Maps are...

Winner 2018