About
Digital Voice works with participants often excluded from digital media, helping individuals and communities to gain a wide range of benefits. Our award-winning team supports partner organisations and clients to harness the power of digital to make life better, through sharing stories, growing skills and self-esteem and communicating key messages creatively.
Digital Voice is a multi-award-winning, not-for-profit social enterprise that has delivered digital inclusion projects nationally and internationally since 2007. This short video gives examples of how people of all ages and abilities are using digital activities and skills to improve their lives.
Our six main products are listed on our Programmes page. These are tailored to your needs and use whichever forms of media are most suitable, from tablets to video, audio, digital photography, animation, digital installations, print and the web.
Digital Voice is committed to happy and safe projects, minimising damage to the planet and promoting fair access to media outlets for all community groups. Free advice on fundraising and overcoming barriers to access is provided to disadvantaged groups.
Our work would not be possible without our wonderful partners, funders and supporters. Many thanks to them all.
Many people and organisations have worked closely with Digital Voice since our social enterprise was founded in 2007, special thanks are owed to every one of you!
Awards
Prolific North Tech Awards 2024
Best use of AI
Digital Voice were thrilled to win the Best use of AI award for programmes like DreamIt that really embraced the creative potential of the technology.
Find out more - https://www.digitalvoice.org.uk/news/award-winning-digital-voice-at-the-prolific-north-tech-awards
National Social Worker of the Year Awards 2024
Digital Transformation in Social Work Award
The Digital Voice team are delighted to have won the Gold Award in the category of Digital Transformation in Social Work, alongside our partner Gateshead Council, in the Social Worker of the Year Awards.
The award recognised two of our pioneering DigitalMe projects which were co-produced with Gateshead Council’s Specialist Support Service, which includes Youth Justice and Domestic Abuse.
find out more - https://www.digitalvoice.org.uk/news/digital-voice-in-the-running-for-a-national-social-work-award?rq=award
Digital Culture Awards 2023
Digital Ambassador Winner
Our Managing Director Julie Nicholson, won in the Digital Ambassador category in the national Digital Culture Awards run by the Arts Council and the Digital Culture Network.
find out more - https://www.digitalvoice.org.uk/news/and-the-winner-is-?rq=award
Gateshead Awards 2023
Business in The Community
Digital Voice were thrilled to win the Business in The Community Award from Gateshead Council for outstanding services to the community of Gateshead.
Find out more - https://www.digitalvoice.org.uk/news/a-local-organisation-for-local-people-why-were-proud-to-call-gateshead-home?rq=gateshead
Prolific North Tech Awards 2022
Tech For Good Winner DigitalMe: Voices of Experience
We’re proud to have won the Tech for Good award at the Prolific North Tech Awards for our DigitalMe programme.
Find out more - https://www.digitalvoice.org.uk/news/and-the-winner-is-us?rq=award
North East Innovation Awards
Social Enterprise Award
Our team was delighted to have been recognised at the 2022 North East Innovation Awards.
Steve Key, Innovation Lead from Believe Housing who sponsored the award, was struck by the impact our work has, and how we manage to help people in such innovative ways.
We are so proud to work with a team of innovators who work so hard to reach people who are digitally excluded.
The 2018 Royal Television Society in the region
Technology Innovation Award
The project was commissioned by Gateshead Council’s Children’s Rights Service because of its pioneering and creative techniques to “give a digital voice” to people who need to retain anonymity. It was also funded by The Ragdoll Foundation.
More than 400 people from the media industry saw the trophy presented by Sky Television’s Pete Graves to Julie Nicholson, DV Director, along with project developers Ronnie Johnston and Robin Cowings. Gateshead’s Children’s Rights Worker Chris Hulme praised the DigitalMe service as