BETTER NET AWARDS:

Can you make cyberspace a better place?

Have you got an innovative idea to bring about positive change using the internet?

The Better Net Awards is an exciting new programme from UnLtd and Nominet Trust to provide individuals with funding and support to improve and encourage the development of a safe, educational and inclusive Internet.

Up to £5,000 is available to individuals to develop and lead Internet based solutions to the problems that affect our society.

A limited number of projects may be eligible to apply for up to £15,000, see below for details.

Criteria

To be eligible for an Award, you must have an original and innovative project that meets at least one of the following themes:

• Increases education about the Internet & Information Technology
• Promotes and addresses online safety
• Provides an Internet based solution to social, educational, health and environmental issues
• Increases digital inclusion and the use of new media for a social purpose

Your project must not:

• Be part of your paid employment
• Involve political or religious campaigning
• Involve activities outside the law or against public policy, or anything that encourages ethnic, religious or commercial disharmony
• Involve employing people other than yourself to carry out most of the project work
• Be used mainly to achieve academic qualifications
• Be used to fund living expenses

Who can apply?

You can apply as an individual or informal group if you are:

• Over the age of 16
• Living in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland
• Not part of an established organisation

What Awards are available?

Up to £5,000 of funding and support is available to develop your idea.

For those who have an established project with a wide reach or demonstrable long-term potential, you could be eligible to apply for a specialist package of support and funding of up to £15,000. Click here for more information.

How do I apply?

If you are applying as individual, download an individual application form below.

If you are applying as an informal group, an individual must be nominated to take the lead on your project and complete the individual application form. All other group members must fill in the group application form below.

• Individual application form click here.
• Group application form click here.

To apply online:

• Click here if you are applying as an individual or have been nominated as the lead individual of an informal group.
• Click here if you are applying as a member of an informal group

To request printed copies of the application forms, please email BetterNet@unltd.org.uk or call 020 7566 1120.

How do I find out more?

For more information on the Better Net Awards Awards programme, please call or email:

Tel: 020 7566 1120 or email: BetterNet@unltd.org.uk

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Click here for examples of projects.

Nominet Trust is the working name of Nominet Charitable Foundation, a registered charity in England (no. 1125735). Nominet Charitable Foundation is a company limited by guarantee in England (no. 06578379) whose registered office is at: Minerva House, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park, Oxford OX4 4DQ