IT Volunteer Awards 2007

The awards ceremony for the second annual iT4Communities IT Volunteer Awards was held at the The Information Technologists� Company�s Hall in London on Thursday 29th November.

Winners from left to right - Katie Clarke and Tamsin Crothers (1Voice), Leon Gilbert (The Accessible Friends Network), Gary Axford (The Riverside Centre), Audrey Tonge (The Accessible Friends Network), Linda Leonard and Paul Campbell (Sevenoaks Area Mind)

The theme of this year's awards was "Working Towards a Better World" and there were prizes in four categories.

The winners and runners-up in each category are:

Best IT Volunteer

Winner:
Gary Axford nominated by The Riverside Centre

Runners-up:
David Rogers nominated by National Phobics Society
John Stewart nominated by CHILDREN 1ST

Best IT Volunteer Project: Innovation

Winner:
Paul Campbell and Sevenoaks Area Mind

Runners-up:
Pip Jones and Community Base
Steven Bowers / Sally Grey and Berkshire County Blind Society

Best IT Volunteer Project: Impact on Organisation

Winner:
Tamsin Crothers and 1Voice

Runners-up:
Paul Campbell and Dawn�s New Horizon
Steph Gray and Greater London Volunteering

Best Accessible IT Volunteer Project

Winner:
Leon Gilbert and The Accessible Friends Network

Runners-up:
Geoffrey Walker and Leonard Cheshire
Robin Decadt and Coventry Society for the Blind

Winners and runners-up Back row from left to right - Deborah Sprackling on behalf of Pip Jones (Community Base), John Stewart (Children 1st), David Rogers (National Phobics Society), Geoffrey Walker (Leonard Cheshire), Katy Evans (Leonard Cheshire), Kerry Tweed (Greater London Volunteering), Helen Mullan (Coventry Society for the Blind), Robin Decadt (Coventry Society for the Blind), Jane Robbins (Berkshire County Blind Society), Steven Bowers (Berkshire County Blind Society)
Front row from left to right - Steph Gray (Greater London Volunteering), Paul Campbell (Sevenoaks Area Mind and Dawn's New Horizon), Linda Leonard (Sevenoaks Area Mind), Leon Gilbert (The Accessible Friends Network), Gary Axford (The Riverside Centre), Audrey Tonge (The Accessible Friends Network), Tamsin Crothers (1Voice), Katie Clarke (1Voice), Lorraine Saunders (Dawn's New Horizon)

 

John Davies, programme director of iT4C said, "We would like to congratulate all the winners and to thank all the entrants for their dedication and hard work in the field of volunteering. It was great to see how many people are giving their time and talent to IT related projects. Hopefully the inspirational work of our entrants will encourage more people to volunteer in the future."

Read full details of the awards winners on our website.