AbilityNet Tech4Good Awards 2020 Finalists showcase the very best in digital achievement

 

The 2020 finalists are:

 

 

Tech4Good Accessibility Award - sponsored by Google

• Estendio
• Sign2Word App
• BBC World Service Online
• Clarion

 

Accessibility has become quite the hot topic in the charity sector lately. Therefore, this is one of the most important awards of the evening.

 

Amongst those being recognised are the BBC World Service. The organisation’s digital team have been rebuilding its websites from scratch to specifically focus on web performance – ensuring that users without access to high-end technologies, cheap data, and reliable information from other sources can access its impartial content as easily as possible.

 

Also up for the award are digital teams from Present Pal, whose vital work in the field of accessibility helps to support over 3,000 students with dyslexia, autism and anxiety, in over 100 universities, colleges, and workplaces across the UK, as well as Sign to Word, who have been developing an app-based program where users and sign a word into their mobile phone and receive a written English translation that would increase their vocabulary and writing skills.

 

 

Tech4Good for Africa Award - sponsored by Comic Relief

• iScope
• Every1Mobile
• Green Shoots
• MedicineAfrica

Digital inclusion is one of the generation-defining issues facing many parts of the continent of Africa. This award, sponsored by Comic Relief, recognises outstanding achievement in working to overcome this issue.

 

 

Tech4Good Arts & Culture Award - supported by Arts Council England and iDiversity

 

• Artist Support Pledge
• The Cooper Gallery/ Barnsley Museums
• Universal Viewer
• Graeae Theatre Company
• Hatsumi

The arts and culture award recognises outstanding digital achievement for arts and cultural organisations. The nominees in this category have displayed real innovation in the face of COVID-19, with Barnsley Museums creating digital jigsaws of artwork in their collection and Graeae Theatre Company putting together an extensive and eclectic programme of digital activity to help keep D/deaf and disabled audiences entertained, educated, engaged and feeling supported.

 

 

BT Young Pioneer Award

 

• Fall Alert
• Amy
• Pollution Protector
• Speed Bot
• Dimming Dyslexia

This award looks towards the future of tech for good and highlights the remarkable work done by this young pioneers.

 

 

Tech4Good Community Impact Award - supported by Good Things Foundation

• Power To Connect
• Food Drop
• Innovate Trust
• Euan’s Guide

This award recognises projects that have used digital to make a positive impact in their communities.

 

 

Tech4Good Digital Health Award

• Clin-e-cal
• Elemental
• Xploro
• LAUGH Team, Cardiff Metropolitan University

The Digital Health Award recognises pioneering achievement in the field. Clin-e-cal developed an app to make using an inhaler with a spacer easier and more fun for young children with asthma and wheeze symptoms.

 

HUG™ is a playful, sensory product designed for people living with advanced dementia. It was created by researchers from the LAUGH project at Cardiff Metropolitan University.

 

Xploro is a clinically proven Digital Therapeutics platform that uses augmented reality, gameplay and artificial intelligence to deliver health information to young patients, reducing the anxiety associated with hospitalisation, improving health literacy and fostering better engagement with health services.

 

 

Tech4Good Digital Volunteer Award - sponsored by Do IT

• Greg Ball
• Joanna Allen
• Marc Sloan
• Thomas Laurenson

 

The charity sector thrives on the hard work of volunteers. This award recognises the contributions of those whose digital expertise is shaping the future of the sector.

 

 

Tech4Good Education Award - sponsored by Lenovo

• Nishka Mathur
• Oak National Academy
• Children on the Edge
• Turn On The Subtitles Campaign
• GDI - Disability, Design and Innovation MSc

This award recognises outstanding digital achievement in education.

 

 

Tech4Good Workplace Inclusion Award - sponsored by Microsoft

• ClearTalents
• Person Centred Software
• Colorintech
• Frog Systems

 

“Our tenth year has seen more entries than ever, with hundreds of amazing examples of how tech can help to make the world a better place.

The judges had the extremely tough job of selecting the shortlists, picking out the finalists who they think could be this year’s winners.

It’s difficult to describe how difficult this is - so many amazing entries were pipped at the post - so huge congratulations to everyone who made it!”

 

- Mark Walker, Head of Marketing & Communications, AbilityNet

 

The winners will be announced during an all-new online Awards Ceremony on Thursday 24 September.

 

The full list of sponsors and supporting partners in 2020 includes:

 

AbilityNet, Arts Council England, BT, Charity Digital, Comic Relief, Do IT, Good Things Foundation, Google, iDiversity Consulting, Information Technologists’ Company, Lenovo, Microsoft and Recite Me