January 2008 - Following on from the success of Word Banks implementation on the DRC's site and public requests, the Equality and Human Rights Commission uses Word Bank to reach their site visitors with differing needs.

December 2007 - Word Bank wins the best innovation award from the Accelerator. Nominees included mobile content suppliers BillAdam and BBR.

October 2007 - Ealing Broadway Bid reaches Ealing's diverse communities, find out who they are.

September 2007 - Disability Rights Commission proves Word Bank 100%
The Disability Rights Commission’s (DRC) independently user-tested Word Bank and proved the system to add clarity and rich contextual information to support individuals in reading and comprehending written web-information by 100%. Contact us if you would like to know more about these results.

August 2007 - The Disability Rights Commission's pilot of Word Bank is live.

April 2007 - New Statesman Award nomination.

March 2007 - Selected for a BBC Innovation lab, click to learn about awards.

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