Awards Won by LDICN

1. Local Government IT Excellence Award 2003 

2. BT Syntegra Awards for Innovation 2004

3. SustainIT eWell -Being Awards 2004

4. CSIP Positive Practice Awards 2006

5. Leicester City Council – Best Exibit for 2003 and 2004

6. Local and National news articles about LDICN 

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 Local Government IT Excellence Award 2003

Highly Commended – Leicester City Council, Leicester Disability Information and Communication Network

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The awards are the result of collaboration between SOCITM, SOLACE and Intellect. They seek to highlight the use of best practice in local government and show how IT has been used both effectively and innovatively to deliver Best Value public services.

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The Government Computing BT Syntegra Awards for Innovation 2004

The winners of the Government Computing BT Syntegra Awards for Innovation 2004 were announced on the evening of the 22 June at a gala dinner on the Thames in London.

Best Partnership Project
Winner:         Department for Education and Skills’ Curriculum Online
Runner up: Leicester Disability Information Communication Network

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Also shortlisted: South Yorkshire Connects;Hants and Isle of Wight Public Services Network

Lord Filkin, Parliamentary under secretary, Department for Constutional Affairs “As a Minister in the justice system I have seen at close hand the benefits excellence in technology can bring to the to the public by improving running of courts and improving communications between agencies. I am pleased that these awards allow us to see the excellence and innovation that these services provide”.

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SustainIT eWell -Being Awards 2004

The 2004 UK eWell-Being Awards: winners announced

Winning and commended projects from a final short-list of 21 across 6 categories have been announced (from a total number of 118 entries). The winners were announced at the awards ceremony at 30 St. Mary Axe, London (affectionately referred to as ‘The Gherkin’) on Monday 14th March 2005. The Awards supplement covering all short-listed projects was published in the ePublic section of the guardian newspaper on Wednesday 16th March 2005. For more details on the awards, please visit ewell-being-awards 2004 winners

eGovernment – Open to national, regional and local government, this category, sponsored by IDeA, focuses on projects which use ICT to deliver better public services.

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Winner: Birmingham Libraries – Stories from the Web

Commended projects:
CADDIE (The Crime and Disorder Data Information Exchange)
Leicester Disability Information and Communication Network (LDICN)

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CSIP Positive Practice Awards 2006

The CSIP Positive Practice Awards 2006 was held at Chelsea Football Club in West London on 23 November.

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This project was Highly Commended. read about it here:

Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Health Action Planning Subgroup and the Leicester Disability Communication Network
Contact: LDICN Team
Telephone: (0116) 256 5015
Email: ldicn team
The project was to develop an accessible interactive resource around going to the opticians. The project involved Chayne being filmed and photographed (by David and the LDICN) having his eyes tested at Vision Express. This information has now been put onto an interactive story board that people can look at and print off to prepare themselves for going to the opticians. The CD of going to the opticians is free to anyone and will be available from the internet. The storyboard is broken down into sections so that people can choose to look at the sections that are relevent to them. It is an excellent resource for people on
the Autistic spectrum who may want to see the process of having thier eyes checked as the storyboard follows the sequence of a real eye test. The story board has easy words and pictures and has a readaloud function, therefore is beneficial for people with a learning disability whose first language is not English and for people who have difficulties reading. The CD promotes independece and inclusion into mainstream health services. The project topic was chosen by two members of the group who have a learning disability, David and Chayne. David and Chayne spent time reviewing what was already available and thinking about how these resources could be imporved upon. They were involved in developing the photostory and visiting the Vision Expressstore.

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Leicester City Council -Best Exibit for 2003 and 2004

IT Awareness Week: This event is aimed to show Leicester City Council’s staff the tools which will help make e-government a reality. Applications of latest technology are on the show.

LDICN project was judged by the visitors to be the “Best Exibit” for October 2003 and again for May 2004 IT Awareness events. The Disability Information Network team was presented with a trophy by Jill Craig -Service Director, ICT & Customer Access for Leicester City Council.

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