The Prime Minister hosted an awards ceremony for people using technology to its best social benefit.

The Catalyst Awards demonstrate the changes in technology the sector is witnessing.

Gordon Brown said: “Our thriving third sector continues to find innovative ways to tackle issues. We are creating a new generation of activists, campaigners and social entrepreneurs who are showing us just how the newest of technologies can help solve some of the oldest of challenges, building a more just society and better, stronger communities."

Awards were co-presented by Phil Hope, minister for the Third Sector, who said: “These awards show us just how social technology can have a profound and powerful impact in delivering social change. It’s now up to all of us – central and local government, big business, and the third sector – to support and enable a creative and thriving environment in which organisations and communities continue to come together in new and groundbreaking ways."

The awards are run by Make Your Mark, with support from the Office of the Third Sector, and funded by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and NESTA.