The winners of the AbilityNet Tech4Good Awards 2016 are...

The winners of the sixth AbilityNet Tech4Good Awards were announced today at a glittering ceremony at BT Centre in London. The Awards celebrate the amazing people who use digital technology to make the world a better place and winners included charities, businesses and a team based within the NHS.

All the Tech4Good 2016 winners and judges on stage together

And the winners are...

Digital Health Award winner: MyWard

MyWard is an at-a-glance electronic control board that gives NHS staff a clear picture of their ward and patient care, improving services and saving admin time.

Digital Skills Award 2016: BBC micro:bit

Given to every first-year secondary school pupil in the UK, BBC micro:bit is a small code able device introducing a whole generation of young people to coding.

AbilityNet Accessibility Award 2016: Wayfindr

This not for profit open standard enables visually impaired people to use beacon technology to navigate the world independently, using a smartphone to get reliable audible directions in public spaces.

Community Impact Award 2016: SafetyNet/UglyMugs

The SafetyNet mobile app created by UglyMugs allows sex workers to alert one another anonymously about dangerous perpetrators of crime – and with their permission this information is also passed onto the police.

BT MyDonate Award 2016: Neighbourly

Neighbourly has made connecting businesses with charities simple through their single online platform, raising over £3.7m and 10,400 volunteer days, supporting over 1,500 projects.

BT Young Pioneer Award 2016: eWATERPay

Designed by a team of schoolchildren the eWATERPay system enables 800,000+ water pumps installed in African villages to be effectively monitored and maintained for the first time ever.

IT Volunteer of the Year 2016: Maureen Johnston

As full-time unpaid Director of Information Systems, Maureen has developed The Silver Line’s helpline and IT, communications and telephone systems, changing the way the entire organisation is run, and how it supports lonely older people.  

Shining a light on inspiring people

Nigel Lewis, CEO, AbilityNet said:

“It's wonderful to see the AbilityNet Tech4Good Awards go from strength to strength. They shine a light on some truly inspiring people and help all of us make the most of technology for the good of others."

Kate Russell, celebrated author and award-winning blogger, the UK’s 13th most influential woman in IT and host of the awards said:

"There are a lot of big problems in this world and as well as some really interesting solutions to those, its fascinating to me how some of the smaller world problems that are important to this year’s winners are being tackled through technology innovations."

Mark Walker, Head of Marketing & Communications, AbilityNet said:

“The AbilityNet Tech4Good Awards exist to celebrate achievement, encourage sharing and inspire social good. We all learn from the people around us so it is a huge privilege to be connected with so many amazing people."

For more information on the AbilityNet Tech4Good Awards visit: www.tech4goodawards.com