The winners of Tech4Good Awards 2013 are:
Accessibility Award 2013
Barclays Bank
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 often only be completed by … Read more
BT Get IT Together Award 2013
Cosmic
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 it has helped many thousands … Read more
Community Impact Award 2013
Self Help Services
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 approved by NICE and has … Read more
Digital Giving Award 2013
The Big Give
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 campaign called the Christmas Challenge … Read more
Digital Skills Award 2013
Code Club
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.
Grow Your Charity Online Award 2013
The Prospects Trust at Snakehall Farm
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 more importantly helps people grow, … Read more
IT Volunteer of the Year
David Bennoson
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 free service run by a … Read more
Local Digital Champions Award
Norman Hunter
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 with Go-On partners in Merseyside, … Read more
People's Award
My Home Helper
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 and stay in touch with … Read more
Tech4Good Special Award
Dame Stephanie Shirley
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 worked in the computer industry for … Read more
Youth Award
Insight/Mexborough School
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. It was sponsored by BT … Read more
