Tech for good is all about using digital technology to make a positive difference in the world over profit based motives.
Relevant transformations could involve changing the way children learn, helping people stay healthy, improving public services, helping us respond to disasters like floods and pandemics, and understanding global trends. It can come from nonprofits, governments, or businesses.
We host our annual impact Awards where we celebrate the digital technology innovations that improve people’s lives and the world around us.
Jennifer Jackson, Contributing Editor, TPXImpact
Jen Fenner, Managing Director, DefProc
Harriet Gridley, Director, No Isolation
By Stuart Arthur, CTO, TPXImpact
By Elizabeth Anderson, Chief Operating Officer, Digital Poverty Alliance
By Yetunde Elebuibon, Director, Knowledge Pool
By George Eckton, Director of Advice Services, Citizens Advice Scotland
July 2019
We are living in an increasingly digital economy, and the UK’s world class tech sector is taking advantage of the opportunities it provides. Recent statistics published by Tech Nation showed that our inward AI investment stood at over 1 billion pounds last year, more than […]
July 2019
At Action for Children, we’ve been developing digital services in earnest for the past two years. In that time we’ve gone from having no online services, to reaching and supporting a total of 87,000 children, young people and families in 2018/19. During Digital Leaders Week […]
July 2019
Young people today are digital natives in all aspects of the term. They possess a comfort and ease with technology that can seem alien to those of us who remember having to send faxes to close deals or visit the travel agent to book a […]
June 2019
The UK’s young people know the internet is the future, but how do they really feel about it? Read the full report here. For more than 30 years the internet has had a growing presence in the lives of everyone in the UK. Its impact […]
June 2019
Like all cutting-edge, high-growth industries, artificial intelligence (AI) is not without its challenges. However, I believe the most widespread is the challenge posed by gender inequality. A report published by the AI Now Institute in April 2019 found that only 18% of authors at leading […]
June 2019
In 2005, when Dame Ellen MacArthur was breaking the world record for sailing single-handedly around the world, she began to think of the limited resources she had on board. She had everything she needed, but once they were gone, they were gone. She began to […]
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