Blackwood Design Awards 23-24 – the winners!
Euan’s Guide team members Claire and Julie were delighted to be invited along to the Blackwood Design Awards yesterday.
The annual competition was launched in 2013 by Blackwood Homes and Care, who help people live their lives to the fullest by providing high-quality housing, care and support for disabled people of all ages.
The design awards have grown each year, becoming an international contest which attracts designers, engineers and inventors from all over the globe. The purpose of the Blackwood Design Awards is to discover and champion brilliant concepts, designs and products that have the potential to help people live independently.
Anyone can enter, as long as they’ve come up with a great idea that can support disabled people. As experts in the field of disabled access, we were delighted to be invited to be on the judging panel and our Volunteer Co-ordinator Claire has now been involved in the awards for two years.
The prize is worth thousands of pounds and, this year, there were three categories to enter. They were Best New Aid, Equipment or Tech; Best New Concept; and Best Collaborative Project by a University or Institute of Higher Education.
Claire and Julie went along to the ceremony in Edinburgh, which was held at the Robotarium building at Heriott-Watt University.
The 23-24 winners are:
- InflataAid by Rebecca Lamb for Best New Concept
- eTrike Mountain bike by Tim Morgan and Jayne Fishwick for Best New Aids, Equipment or Accessible Technology
- BAYU by Angus Bartlett and University of Edinburgh for Best Collaborative Project
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