AOL Innovation in the Community Awards open
Howard Lake | 26 March 2006 | News
Entries for this year’s AOL Innovation in the Community Awards are now open. The winning charities and community groups will receive 30 packages of £2,000 plus one year’s complimentary broadband.
The awards scheme, now in their fourth year, are run by AOL UK and the national charity Citizens Online. They aim to highlight and reward innovative Internet projects in the voluntary sector.
Previous winners have included an online recycling programme in East London, a Web-based art exhibition by homeless young people in Glasgow, and a mobile internet unit at a Scarborough hospice.
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Karen Thomson, Chairman and Chief Executive of AOL UK, said: “Many charities and community groups are highly enthusiastic about the opportunities the internet offers to connect, support and inspire people but don’t have the resources to make the most of it. These awards will help 30 of them to take an innovative idea and make it happen.”
Application details can be found online, and the closing date for applications is 10 May 2006.
The awards are open to registered charities and voluntary organisations in the UK. Proof of such status is required by the awards organisers.
AOL UK and Citizens Online will host an awards ceremony for the 30 winning organisations in London in Autumn 2006.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.