uk catalyst awards | Enterprise UK

Inspiring Story: Unleashing Unused Skills In Local Neighbourhoods

The School of Everything matches up would-be learners and would-be teachers

Inspiring Story: Helen Anderson helps to bring broadband to South Witham!

When large internet suppliers decided it wasn't worth the investment to provide South Witham, Lincolnshire and surrounding villages with broadband, Helen Anderson and other residents disagreed and decided to do it themselves!

Inspiring Story: The Freeconomy Community gets people exchanging skills - simply for the love of sharing!

This skill, tool, space and land sharing website builds closer, stronger communities through the power of sharing.

Inspiring Story: Online Solutions For Employers

Slivers of Time, an innovative new form of web-based employment, allows people to find bits of work which they can do in between unpredictable commitments in their life, such as childcare, starting a business or studying.

Inspiring Story: Savvy Chavvy gives a voice to young gypsy travellers

This social networking site gave young gypsy travellers a voice and the opportunity to change the way their community is perceived.

Inspiring Story: Cutting CO2 Emissions And Bringing People Together!

Ali Clabburn's integrated online car-sharing solutions for councils, businesses, hospitals and community groups across the UK encourages and enables more efficient use of car journeys.

Inspiring Story: Harnessing Free Wifi To Engage With Young People

FreqOUT! combines wireless technology and emergent arts/education projects, and works to engage socially excluded young people.

Inspiring Story: FreqOUT: Art and technology combined

Artist to the stars Jenny Irish has turned her own creative talents to helping young people find a voice. She leads a series of exciting and unusual initiatives combining art and technology: FreqOUT!

Get Involved Page: UK Catalyst Awards 2008

This 2008 competition awarded businesses and ventures that used social media to tackle current social challenges.

Inspiring Story: Paul Miller: "There are lots of things you're not told when you become an entrepreneur accidentally."

Paul Miller, from the School of Everything, on The Future Face of Enterprise...