Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Nine inventions on design awards shortlist
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“A jobs fair was organised in September to help support employers, particularly in the retail and hospitality sector, to assist with their Christmas recruitment. More than 50 employers attended with more than 250 jobs available on the day.” A DRAGONS’ Den-inspired event will be held next month.
The Blackwood Design Awards will be staged at Dundee Contemporary Arts on January 20.
The ideas aim to improve standards of living for those with physical or mental disabilities. Dozens of entries were received, resulting in nine inventions being shortlisted.
This year, for the first time, it will be made up of two distinct categories — Best New Product, in which there are four finalists, and Best New Concept, which has five shortlisted entries.
The winner will receive £2,000 from sponsor Kingdom Gas and invaluable backing from Blackwood to make their creative design into a working reality.
The competition has seen its previous winners go on to achieve great success, and this year’s entries have come from all over the globe.
Last year’s winner, Grant Douglas, was delighted to see his S’up Spoon product — an unspillable spoon to aid those with shaky hands as a result of cerebral palsy and Parkinson’s — take home the coveted prize.
He said: “We entered Blackwood’s Design Awards last year as we share its aim to enable disabled people to live as independently as possible through designing accessible products.
“Over the past nine months, the S’up Spoon has been featured on BBC One’s Songs of Praise. We’ve also donated 10 spoons to a voluntary organisation that helps disabled people in South Africa and it now has packaging so it can be sold in shops and it is for sale via Amazon.
“It is fantastic to know our product is revolutionising mealtimes for people around the world and we wish all those shortlisted this year the very best of luck.”