A big thank you to all the organisations that nominated for this year's iT4Communities IT Volunteering Awards - the nominations are now closed.

We received an amazing 51 nominations from all over the country for the four categories. The iT4C team have been busy assessing all the nominations to prepare the shortlist that went to the Judging Panel on 23rd October.

The judges are drawn from both the private and voluntary sectors and have taken time out from their busy schedules to help iT4C make these Awards a real success. They are:

• John Davies, iT4C Programme Manager
• David Morriss, Master of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists
• John Riley, Managing Editor - Computer Weekly
• Alan Pollard, British Computer Society - Vice-President Member Services
• Paul Webster, ICT Hub - Regional Infrastructure Support
• Dianne Cockburn, Head of National Services - AbilityNet
• John Oates, Author at The Register (online IT journal)

The Winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony which takes place on Thursday 29th November, 6pm - 8.30pm, at the Information Technologists Hall in London. If you wish to attend to celebrate the achievements of these wonderful IT Volunteers and their Projects then please let us know by clicking here [Broken link removed].

Ken Olisa, Junior Warden at the Information Technologists Company, is the Keynote speaker at the ceremony. In 2006 he founded Restoration Partners, the boutique technology merchant bank and today he is a Director of Reuters and Open Text. Ken is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and Chairman of London homeless charity Thames Reach. Ken said that he is "absolutely delighted to be part of this event".

The Winners and Finalists will be announced on our website after the Ceremony.

Josh Hoole, Development Consultant