Helping people with dementia keep track of appointments
People's Award
When Kevin Marsch’s mum was diagnosed with Vascular Dementia in 2010 he used his IT skills to build a simple system to help her keep track of appointments and medication...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Cosmic
BT Get IT Together Award 2013
From its base in Devon, Cosmic is a social enterprise that has worked tirelessly to help overcome digital exclusion in the South West for almost 20 years. In that time...
Alison Crerar – IT Can Help
IT Volunteer of the Year 2012
Building a network of volunteers to help disabled people use computers in their home Alison Crerar was as an academic in Computing. Her research and teaching focused on human-computer interaction,...
Delivering better care services through technical innovation and partnership
Working Together Award 2012
Social Care Institute of Excellence, winners of the Working Together Award Get Connected Investment Project is a capital grant scheme. that has distributed almost £12 million to over 1,200 care...
Global Autocorrect, LexAble
Accessibility Award 2012
Global AutoCorrect is the brainchild of Neil Cottrell, a 26-year-old graduate, who is severely dyslexic. He initially developed the software as a solution to overcome his own difficulties. After graduating...
