The Nominet Internet Awards Promoting UK Internet Best Practice

The Nominet Internet Awards is an annual competition which is aimed at UK individuals and organisations who are helping to make the Internet a secure, open, accessible or diverse experience for everyone who uses it. These awards promote UK best practice and celebrate achievement and innovation on the Internet.

This year's winners include a variety of world-class projects from SignTranslate, a small organisation that has created communication tools that enable medical professionals to communicate with non-English speakers, to the British Library, which has developed an interactive timeline allowing users to explore history.

Winners

Getting people online – in association with Race Online 2012 - The Northern Grid for Learning
The Northern Grid for Learning works with pupils, teachers, parents and carers to support their use of the Internet by providing training on e-safety and e-security as well as technical support.


Making the Internet Safer - Beatbullying - CyberMentors
Beatbullying – CyberMentors is a unique, safe, youth-branded social networking site that offer young people peer and professional support and advice on cyberbullying, bullying or wellbeing issues.


Opening the world of knowledge  - British Library - Timelines: Sources from History
British Library – Timelines: Sources from History is a ground-breaking, rich-media interactive timeline that allows users to explore British Library collection items chronologically, from medieval times to the present day.


Empowering young people and citizens - SignTranslate
SignTranslate is a set of innovative web-based communication tools that allow medical staff to communicate with non-English speaking patients.


Nurturing powerful local partnerships  - ACE IT - Moose in the Hoose
ACE IT – Moose in the Hoose is a project aimed at introducing the benefits of computers and the Internet to those living in care homes and attending day centres across Edinburgh.


Special Award for International Engagement - Childnet International - Youth IGF Project
Childnet International – Youth IGF Project captured the thoughts and opinions of young people in the UK on film and took it to the IGF, convening a workshop alongside the Egyptian Cyber Peace Initiative.


The winning entries will be promoted as examples of best practice on the Internet to industry, government, academia and in the media in the UK and internationally. They will also be showcased at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting in Vilnius in September.

Read more about the winners and runners up - download the winners brochure (pdf).