# Social enterprises among finalists in Talent Unleashed Awards

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/10/13/social-enterprises-among-finalists-talent-unleashed-awards/
- Published: 2014-10-13T16:54:22+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Fifteen finalists have been announced by Talent International in the Talent Unleashed
Awards. Run in association with WIRED, the awards celebrate individuals who have“
used technology in a creative or entrepreneurial way to transform business or the
social landscape”.

Social enterprise finalists include:

 * **[⌊Jude Ower, Playmob⌉⌊Jude Ower, Playmob⌉[ Jude Ower**, CEO of [Playmob](https://playmob.com/), which 
   enables companies include Rovio, makers of Angry Birds, to raise money for charities
   by helping them create ‘in-game giving’ in their video games
 * **[⌊Damian Simor, Givetoview.com⌉⌊Damian Simor, Givetoview.com⌉[ Damian Simor**, founder of [givetoview.com](http://givetoview.com/), which 
   enables people to fundraise by making and sharing videos with cleverly placed‘
   pause-points’. To watch a video, people need to donate to a charity of their 
   choice.

The overall winner will be announced at the Haymarket Hotel in London on 23 October.
They will receive a trip to Richard Branson’s Centre for Entrepreneurship in South
Africa this November.

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Other finalists include:

 * **Arpana Gandhi**, CEO of Disarmco, a company that is helping to clear unused
   landmines and munitions across the world
 * **Paul Johnson**, founder of Thortful, which enables people to sell their images
   for use as greeting cards, whether a photograph, illustration or a doodle.
 * **Simon London**, founder of Kidrated, a reviews site for ‘kids by kids’, making
   it easier for families to find great days out that all the family enjoy

 

The judging panel for the [Talent Unleashed Awards](http://talentunleashedawards.co.uk/)
includes Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson; executive director of digital in the Cabinet
Office, Mike Bracken; Telefonica’s head of channel, Jennifer Rigby; founder of Rewired
State and Young Rewired State, Emma Muqueeny; Balderton Capital principal, Rob Moffat;
Nate Lanxon, editor at Wired.co.uk; and Talent founder, Richard Earl.

Jon Butterfield, CEO of Talent’s UK operation, commented:

> “Our finalists represent some of the UK’s best technology talent and our nominees
> could be the names behind the Instagrams and Twitters of tomorrow, so we’re delighted
> to recognise their potential and support them in their development.”

 * **[Nominations for the Beacon Awards 2015 are open](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/11/15/nominations-beacon-awards-2015-open/)**(
   15 November 2014)
 * **[Make a Donation Awards to reward ‘superstar fundraisers’](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/02/26/make-donation-awards-reward-superstar-fundraisers/)**(
   26 February 2015)
 * **[Centre for Social Justice Awards 2015 open for applications](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/05/29/centre-for-social-justice-awards-2015-open-for-applications/)**(
   29 May 2015)