# AOL Innovation in the Community Awards 2005 launched

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/03/21/aol-innovation-community-awards-2005-launched/
- Published: 2005-03-21T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

AOL UK and Citizens Online are inviting applications from UK charities and community
groups for 30 awards of £2,000 to reward innovative Internet projects.

The AOL Innovation in the Community Awards are offering 30 award packages, each 
consisting of £2,000 and a complimentary AOL Broadband Gold account (up to 1Mbps)
for one year.

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This is the third year in which the awards have been run.

Application forms can be downloaded from AOL’s website. The closing date for applications
is 6 June 2005. A judging panel will select the 30 award recipients by early August.
AOL UK and Citizens Online will host an awards ceremony for the 30 winning organisations
in London in Autumn 2005.

John Fisher, Chief Executive of Citizens Online, said: “We are delighted by the 
success of the first two years of the scheme as it goes to show how many exciting
and innovative ideas charities and community groups are coming up with to engage
with digital technology.”

Past award winners include a web-based historical archive for Erskine care facility
near Glasgow, an online environmental initiative run by the Forest Recycling Project
in East London, and a crime prevention area on the Gloucester-based Brunswick Square
Central Lawn Association community Web site.

Karen Thomson, Chairman and Chief Executive of AOL UK, said: “Charities and community
groups are showing how online forums, video communications, broadband and other 
technologies can make a significant difference to people’s lives”.