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Turning digital pennies into micro-donations
Pennies is an electronic charity box that enables people to donate a few pence of their electronic change as they pay for with a debit or credit card. In the first few months since launch more than 440,000 donations have been made, worth well over £100,000 have been received. More than half were for less than 10 pence, showing that pennies really do add up to pounds.
Professor Stephen Hawking
Professor Hawking has transformed our understanding of the universe and is a perfect example of the power of technology to transform people’s lives.
Preston CitizenZone – going mobile to get people online
At first glance its looks much the same as any other commercial vehicle. To the people of Preston, though, it’s a 7.5 tonne lifeline jam-packed with some of the most … Read more
The chip shop in Stockport that serves up digital skills
A community-based cybercafé and learning centre that has grown out of a fish and chip shop. It is a base for a huge range of learning and training-based activities and is focus for trying to maintain a sense of community in the face of economic problems.
Using e-learning to deliver affordable cognitive behavioural therapy
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 … Read more
Dame Steve Shirley – a lifetime of using technology for good
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 … Read more
App to help blind and partially-sighted people find their way around
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. … Read more
Helping people gain basic IT skills
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 … Read more
Helping blind and partially-sighted people use technology
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 … Read more
A farm-based mental health charity using social media to reach supporters
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 … Read more
Helping charities fundraise using the internet
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 … Read more
