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...
Arnav Sharma
Tech4Good People’s Award 2016
Aged just nine years old, Arnav Sharma studied the cause, diagnosis and effect of asthma and came up with a solution; the AsthmaPi kit. Using a Raspberry Pi hooked up...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
3 words to address the world
BT Ingenious Award 2015
Around 75% of the world suffers from inadequate addressing systems – around 4 billion people. An address means that people can receive vital deliveries and aid, disease can be reported...
Open Bionics create affordable, accessible 3D printed limbs
Accessibility Award 2015
Open Bionics is revolutionising healthcare by using 3D scanning and 3D printing to dramatically cut the cost of fitting hand amputees with robotic prosthetics. Bionic limbs can cost anything from...
Jimmy Wales
Tech4Good Special Award 2014
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales won the Tech4Good Special Award, for inspiring others to use technology for good. Wikipedia is a not for profit project written and edited by millions of...
