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Vote for iwight.com in the public vote of the
Hantsweb Awards!

Click here to vote for iwight.comThe Hantsweb Awards are run by Hampshire County Council and celebrate website excellence and the best internet services across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. They play a huge role in improving the standard of online services, encouraging good practice and raising awareness of the opportunities that Internet services can offer communities.

Although nominations have now closed for the 2009 Awards, you can still vote for your favourite website from the list of finalists. The best 'Public Voted' website will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on 23 February.


Celebrating excellence in website design, accessibility and service

The philosophy behind the Hantsweb Awards is that by encouraging and rewarding the best websites and internet services available and by raising their profile and the profile of their services, it is hoped that more people in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight will benefit from going online.

The Awards are open to any website based in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and residents are encouraged to support their favourite local sites by nominating them.

Nominated websites can be entered into a minimum of one and a maximum of three categories, which are as follows:

  • Charity or Voluntary Organisation
  • Pride of Place iwight.com is a finalist for the Hantsweb Awards 2009
  • Children and families
  • Young People
  • Public Service
  • Tourism and Leisure
  • Education and Learning
  • Small Business
  • Special Interest
  • Healthy Lifestyle
  • Life Changing
  • Business Innovation

Members of the Isle of Wight Council's Web Team collecting their Hantsweb Award in 2007Hundreds of websites from across the South were nomiated for this years awards by members of the public back in October last year, with judges successfully managing to whittle this down to 120 shortlisted websites (10 from each of the above categories) at the end of November. Of these 120, Island-based entries included Island Pulse, I Love Ryde, Matt & Cat's IOW Eating Out Guide, The Real Island Food Company, Age Concern Isle of Wight, The Ellen MacArthur Trust and Isle of Wight Council's very own www.iwight.com.

Each of the websites have now been assessed by a team of judges with expertise and experience in their chosen field. Overall they look for good practice, accessibility, ease of use, relevance, and of course, great design.

On 14 January 2010 we receievd the news that www.iwight.com had once again made it into the final and is up against one other local authority website and one community website to win the Hantsweb award for Best Public Service website 2009.

Winning websites and services will presented with a Hantsweb Awards trophy and prizes at a special ceremony on 23 February at the Planetarium at Intech in Winchester. Please click here to view the list of finalists in each category.

Over the past two years www.iwight.com has managed to beat off stiff competition in both 2007 and 2008 to win the award for Best Public Service website across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight - can we make it a hat trick? Please keep checking back for updated news on our progress!


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