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Catalyst Awards - Community awards for social technology

13/05/2008

The Catalyst Awards - Community Awards for Social Technology – are looking to shine a spotlight on projects which are improving communities through social technology. If you have such a project, big or small, we’d like to hear from you. We want to discover the undiscovered! Find out more at www.ukcatalystawards.com

You can enter yourself or nominate someone you know, either as individuals or as part of a business, charity or community group. We’re looking for examples of people creating new social technologies as well as using existing channels in a different way.

There are nine Catalyst awards - Community Awards for Social Technology - up for grabs. People can enter or be nominated for something they have done individually or as part of their work for a business, charity, community group or other organisation. The entrants could have created their own social technology or used existing channels innovatively.

• The Shock for Good Award: for something that shocked people into doing something good
• The Revolutionary Award: for something that makes people in power more aware of the need for change
• The Self-Help Award: For something that helps the creator to help themselves
• The Chalk & Cheese Award: for something that brings two different groups of people together
• The David and Goliath Award: for something little that made a difference to a something big and powerful
• The Young Achiever Award: for someone under 25
• The Individual Hero Award: for an individual
• The Community Award: for a community association or group
• The Enterprise Award: for an innovative new technology solution developed by a business

There will also be a public vote online to decide the People’s Choice Award.

For more information please visit www.ukcatalystawards.com or www.makeyourmark.org.uk