# iT4C Announces IT Volunteer Awards 2007 Winners

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/12/11/it4c-announces-it-volunteer-awards-2007-winners/
- Published: 2007-12-11T13:25:37+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

iT4Communities (iT4C) has announced the winners of its 2007 IT Volunteering Awards
2007. The awards aim to recognise and celebrate the best and most innovative examples
of IT volunteering and projects.

The winners were as follows;

• Best Volunteer; Winner: Gary Axford, The Riverside Centre. Finaalists: David Rodgers,
National Phobics Society; John Stewart, Children 1st

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• Best Impact; Winner: Tamsin Crothers, 1Voice. Finalists: Steph Grey, Greater London
Volunteering; Paul Campbell, Dawns New Horizon.

• Best Innovation; Winner: Paul Campbell, Sevenoaks Area Mind. Fiinalists: Steven
Bowers and Sally Grey, Berkshire County Blind Society; Pip Jones, Community Base

• Best Accessibility; Winner: Leon Gilbert, Accessible Friends Neetwork. Finalists:
Robin Decadt, Coventry Society for the Blind; Geoffrey Walker, Leonard Cheshire 
Disability.

Gary Axford, the Best IT volunteer winner, was selected for his work designing and
delivering IT courses both in the Riverside Centre and on an IT outreach bus. Axford
has designed a number of courses for people with learning difficulties and physical
disabilities. As a wheelchair user himself, he has helped more that 500 people to
access learning opportunities in the last 12 months.

www.it4communities.org.uk/it4c/home/Awards2007/awards.jsp

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