The National eWell-Being Awards - How The Awards Can Benefit You

Winning an National eWell-Being Award can provide you or your organisation with high profile national recognition and showcase your work to an international audience. For the 2006/07 Awards, The Independent, as media partner, with 600,000 readers, will showcase short-listed projects from each Award category in the five weeks running up to the Awards ceremony. Following the ceremony a special Awards brocure will appear in the Independent.

Click here to view the 2006/07 Awards supplement produced by the Independent Newspaper.

Click here to view the 2005 Awards supplement produced by the Independent Newspaper.

In 2004 awards, The Guardian, as media partner, produce the final awards brochure that featured case studies of all winning and commended projects. The brochure appeared as a supplement in The Guardian’s ePublic publication (16.03.05).

Previous winners and commendations have benefited in a variety of ways. But don't just take our word for it - here is what some of the previous winners have said (click on the organisation name to read the full case study):

South Witham Community Broadband - Wireless category winner 2004

"Winning an eWell-Being Award has really raised our profile and our spirits, and it has given us even more enthusiasm for the work we are doing.

It's fair to say that we have gone from strength to strength. The recognition led to us being featured in teh BBC's 'Working Lunch' programme, which really helped to raise awareness of community bradband initiatives. It has led to the mobilisation of many voices across the UK and we have been inundated with enquiries."

Helen Anderson, South Witham Community Broadband

The UK Phenology Network - Environmental Efficiency category winner 2004

"Being an award winning project has helped us to stand out from the crowd. It has been an exciting year for us as the project has gone from strength to strength as a result of the national recognition we have received."

Jill Attenborough, The Woodland Trust

Plymouth City Council - Mobility category winner 2004

"Since winning an eWell-Being Award in 2004, the city council has benefited considerably: through increased publicity; and from improved and enhanced relationships with its partners who now use Plymouth as a showcase example."

Alex Huke, Plymouth City Council

Bullying Online – Digital Inclusion category winner 2003

" Winning the eWell-Being Awards was wonderful because it highlighted Bullying Online's work in helping parents and children deal with school bullying. Since then the charity has gone from strength to strength and we have great confidence in the future."

Liz Carnell, Director - Bullying Online.

London Borough of Newham – eGovernment category winner 2003

" Winning a eWell-Being Award helped validate the success of our service in enabling members of a highly diverse community, with a relatively low level of ICT familiarity, to make housing choices through our interactive electronic service channels. The award also helps remind us of the standards we have set for our service."

Robin Newby, Development Director - East London Letting Company (a partnership of local authorities including the London Borough of Newham).

Egeneration– Environmental Efficiency category winner 2003

" Partners in the www.egeneration.co.uk Regional Learning Centre project were extremely pleased that their hard work to create a sustainable business best centre of excellence for the South East of England had been recognized by the eWell-Being Awards. To carry off the Environmental Efficiency Award demonstrated the strong focus of this unique web site facility in promoting integrated resource management and efficiency. The award is helping to galvanize stakeholders further to support the next phase of site development, helping to secure the future of a complex but user friendly web facility."

Steve Rees, Acting Manager - South East Sustainable Business Partnership.

Nottinghamshire County Council – Mobility category winner 2003

" Winning the award was fantastic and endorsed everything we were, and are, doing with the telecentre concept in Nottinghamshire. It gave us recognition locally and nationally and led to our centre becoming stronger and better supported. What’s more it led to new partnerships and interest which means today we are unrecognizable from 12 months ago."

Carol Hill, Telecentre Manager, Nottinghamshire County Council.

Telemedic Systems – Wireless category winner 2003

" We are looking forward to entering the eWell-Being Awards next year and again making an impact with our revolutionary wireless products. Recognition of this kind means a lot to us and demonstrates our commitment to being a cutting-edge company."

Alasdair MacDonald, CEO and Founder - Telemedic Systems.

Liftshare - Transport category winner 2002

"The free national publicity Liftshare received from winning the award was marvellous. Rewarding communities for their work to improve their environment is a fantastic idea and we were delighted to have had our efforts recognised. We continue to benefit from the kudos of being an award winner."

Ali Clabburn, Liftshare.

Netmums – Most Promising Voluntary Sector Project category winner 2002

" Interest came from as far a field as Stockholm and Miami as a result of the publicity we received."

Sally Russell, Netmums.

London Borough of Newham – Best e-Government Initiative category winner 2002

" Winning the award has raised morale, and the awareness of Newham in the eyes of potential sources of funding, such as central government and potential e-government partners."

Steve Pennant, London Borough of Newham