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| Best
Use of Technology |
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| Sponsored
by
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 CancerBACUP's
online development manger, Lucy Ashman receives the award
from APT Solutions' managing director, Stuart Shepherd
and the awards' host, Dominic Holland |
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WINNER: CancerBACUP |
| CancerBACUP
has an extensive website with over 4,000 pages. The
challenge was to extend the reach of this service to
hospitals through touch screen 'kiosks', allowing patients,
and their families and friends, to access this information.
Particular difficulties were experienced in redesigning
the information so that elements could be easily accessed
and usability maintained, and adapting the software
to be used across a wide range of different kiosks.
However, all the issues were overcome, and the first
kiosks are now being piloted in four private London
clinics. |
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| HIGHLY
COMMENDED: Inspire Wellbeing Through Arts |
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Funky Flamingo project began in 2000, and stemmed from
a consultation project between Cross Border Arts and a
group of adults and young people with learning and physical
disabilities who indicated that they would like access
to club culture. Regular club nights and associated events
have now been running for some time, and technology is
used in an innovative manner to allow full participation.
For example, disabled people can trigger audio and visual
clips by breaking an invisible laser beam, video packages
such as VJamm have been modified so that both recorded
and live feeds can be mixed and projected onto screen
during events, and digital technology is used to allow
individuals who might not be physically able to play instruments
to compose and express themselves creatively. |
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COMMENDED: Z/Yen and Charityshare |
| Charityshare
is a joint venture from NSPCC and The Children's Society
to share IT services, including helpdesks, training, purchasing
and technical support. With 2,830 desktops to service,
the charities targeted increased quality and reduced costs,
with an estimated savings of 25% in three years - equal
to £800,000 per annum. |
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| SHORTLIST:
Action for Blind People and Fisk Brett |
| In
collaboration with Fisk Brett, Action for Blind People
created a system that allows visually impaired staff to
use its fundraising database. The charity had searched
for an existing solution, but finding none, it jointly
developed one, with particular emphasis on intuitive navigation
and shortcuts that negate the need for a mouse. Additional
amendments were also required to prevent the screen reader
from voicing irrelevant labels. After extensive testing
the final version went live in January, and the system
is now used by impaired and fully sighted users side-by-side.
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| SHORTLIST:
Advocacy Online |
| Your
Votes is an Internet-based system that helped campaigners
and parliamentary candidates communicate effectively in
the run up to the last general election. Allowing campaigning
organisations to collect pledges of support from candidates
and understand their position, while also letting those
candidates better understand the policies of the organisations,
the system is also designed to make the experience of
writing to candidates interesting and easy. Over 830 candidates
used the system, and 10,000 campaigners were connected
to candidates from 8 voluntary organisations. |
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