Awards
Along the way I've collaborated with some excellent people, and our work has won some awards.
The ones I would mention first: Digital Leaders Impact Awards for Oak National Academy 2021, Tech4Good Awards for Oak National Academy 2020, Clore Fellowship 2008, Guardian Innovation Awards ('MEGA') — Best Independent Blog for Created in Birmingham 2008, Webby Award for First Light Movies 2008, Royal Television Society Innovation Award — User Generated Content for Jamie At Home 2007 and Alumnus of the Year, Birmingham University 2006.
- 2021Digital Leaders Impact Awards for Oak National Academy
- 2020Tech4Good Awards for Oak National Academy
- 2014Clore Prize for The Awesome Box
- 2014Hospital Club HClub100 for Makeshift
- 2012Business to Arts Award: Best Creative Staff Engagement for Accenture: Festival of Ideas
- 2011The Europas Europa Finalist — for Aframe
- 2011Guardian MEGAs — Disruptive Technology Finalist for Guardian MEGAs — Disruptive Technology — for Aframe
- 2011Nokia Pitch 'n' Win for GoGenie
- 2011Smarta 100 for Aframe
- 2011White Bull "Bully" for Aframe
- 2010NUJ Regional Journalism Awards for Help Me Investigate
- 2010Talk About Local Unawards — Best Investigation Best Investigation at the Talk About Local Unawards — for Help Me Investigate
- 2009Observer / Courvoisier The Future 500 Top 5 in the Observer / Courvoisier The Future 500 2009
- 2008Clore Fellowship Clore Fellow 2008/09
- 2008Guardian Innovation Awards ('MEGA') — Best Independent Blog Joint-winner of inaugural Guardian Innovation Awards ('MEGA') for Best Independent Blog — for Created in Birmingham
- 2008Webby Award Honoree (NetArt) Webby Award Honoree in the NetArt category — for The Big Picture
- 2008Webby Award for First Light Movies
- 2008Webby Award Honoree (NetArt) Webby Award Honoree in the NetArt category — for Name in Lights
- 2008Joint World Record — The Big Picture Joint World Record holder for The Big Picture 2008 (along with several thousand others)
- 2007bTween Festival Quickfire
- 2007British Council Digital Pioneer
- 2007Birmingham Post's Power 50 #20 in the Birmingham Post's Power 50 – 2007
- 2007Royal Television Society Innovation Award — User Generated Content Finalist for Royal Television Society Innovation Award – User Generated Content — for 4tips (with Maverick TV)
- 2006Alumnus of the Year, Birmingham University
- 2005Birmingham Young Professional of the Year
- 2005Champion of Industry, Mustard for 3form
- 2005Birmingham Small Business of the Year (Birmingham Creative City Awards) Birmingham Small Business of the Year 2005-06 (Birmingham Creative City Awards) — for 3form
- 2005Channel 4 Ideas Factory Creative Class Award for 3form
- 2005O2 / Arena magazine — Entrepreneur of the Year in Birmingham O2 / Arena magazine – Shortlisted for Entrepreneur of the Year in Birmingham (2005)
- 2004Birmingham Creative City Award for Outstanding Innovation for 3form
- 2004Mustard Award for Best New Start-Up in Birmingham for 3form
- 2001Gold Award for Best Non-Profit Organisation Website — World Media Festival Hamburg Gold Award for Best Non-Profit Organisation Website – World Media Festival Hamburg 2001 — for the Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery website
- 2000NASTA — Best Title Sequence NASTA winner of Best Title Sequence 2000 — with Toby Harris as VJ crew "Robots in Disguise"
Each award links to the work it was won for, where there is one. An award with nothing more to say than its name is not a link.