Tuesday, 11 June 2013

Connect <> Lockleaze Spring Online Event - 2nd out of 107 countrywide!

Connect <> Lockleaze are thrilled that our recent event at Boing! was shortlisted by a panel of independent judges, from no less than 107 events across the country, to receive a Best Event Award as part of the National Digital Conference, ND2013.

We made it from the shortlist of ten to the top three finalists and we collected a runner up award from Baroness Bakewell DBE on 11 June 2013 at a ceremony in London. 

The judges praised our event as “an innovative approach to teaching essential digital skills and a great way of showing how the internet can be used for fun and unusual activities.”

So ... another certificate for our wall and a great sense of achievement for the project as a whole, as well as a true collaboration between University of West of England and Boing! that was mutually beneficial. 

We would like to give Georgie Batt at Boing! a special mention becauseshe used the event to reach out to the neighbouring area of Eastgate so the project had that extra element of strategy and success, as well as being a lot of fun.

3 comments:

  1. Nice to see a local project getting the recognition it deserves.

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    1. Thanks, we think so too and we are not alone ... our partners at Hewlett-Packard are delighted:

      "Brilliant News – very well done. To have come Joint Second out of 107 events across the country is a superb result – we are clearly making an impact and getting recognised. Thanks to everyone for all the hard work that goes into make these events so successful!"

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  2. Forgot to say, we've also heard from Georgie at Boing! that having the Award Certificate displayed at Boing! has caused parents to ask what it was for and created a lot of interest in what we do, and what the project is about.

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