Congratulations to all of our AbilityNet Tech4Good Awards 2016 winners. A huge thank you to our judges, who had the tough decision of taking 200+ entries and turning them into 28 finalists, before arguing their case for who should win 8 of our 10 Tech4Good Awards.
A special thank you to everyone who voted in the Tech4Good People’s Award – we received a record-breaking 38,000 votes.
AbilityNet Accessibility Award
Wayfindr
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 more often, but feel unable … Read more
BT MyDonate Award
Neighbourly
Neighbourly is a simple and unique internet platform that connects community projects and charities with businesses and individuals that can donate time, money or surplus. Their clients include big names like Marks & Spencer, Starbucks and Heineken, … Read more
BT Young Pioneer Award
eWATERPay
30,000 people die each week in Sub-Saharan Africa from drinking unsafe water, despite billions of pounds having gone into installing over 800,000 hand pumps. This is largely due to lack of maintenance and ongoing funds to … Read more
Community Impact Award
SafetyNets
There are 80,000 sex workers in the UK who are disproportionately at risk of violent crime, and historically less likely to report acts of crime against them, leaving them vulnerable to serial offenders who believe … Read more
Digital Health Award
MyWard
Devon Partnership Trust developed an innovative electronic visual control board. The concept of ‘MyWard’ is to provide simple visual clues and prompts for improving quality and safety of care. This system was developed in collaboration … Read more
Digital Skills Award
BBC micro:bit
It’s clear that there is a strong and well established need to focus on computing, digital and coding skills within the UK. A number of reports have highlighted this skills gap, including a study carried out on behalf … Read more
IT Volunteer of the Year Award
Maureen Johnston
In 2013, Maureen offered a few days of her spare time to help the newly established charity, The Silver Line with their national launch and to help set up the IT systems it needed. Three … Read more
Tech4Good People’s Award 2016
Arnav Sharma
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 to a range of sensors … Read more
Tech4Good Special Award 2016
Robin Christopherson
Head of Digital Inclusion at AbilityNet, Robin has worked for over 20 years at the UK charity. He is an inspirational public speaker, he’s been a leading global expert on digital accessibility for more than … Read more
