2009 Finalists
Reaching for Gold would like to thank all of the corporate supporters of the 2009 programme, with special mention to Honda UK, who arranged a visit from a very special guest: ASIMO, their humanoid robot... Also a massive thank you to our four judges: Nicola Horlick, Danny Crates, Ian Trenholm and Keren Jones
Reaching for Gold came to a head at Windsor Castle on the 15th December 2009. A panelists of 'dragon's' assessed 9 presentations. The standard overall was very high and the judge's decision-making was hard...
The Gold medalists, winner of the trophy and a £5000 unrestricted cash award, were Young Pioneers. Young Pioneers were supported by BT and Groundwork during their mentoring phase. The Silver medalists were Brockenhurst College with their 'Brockbikes' scheme and the Bronze medalists were Miltoncross School.
Gold Medalists - Young Pioneers
Silver Medalists - Brockenhurst College
Bronze Medalists - Miltoncross School
| Finalist | Description of idea | Corporate Mentor | Voluntary Sector Mentor |
| City College Brighton & Hove | Develop a 12 week construction course to provide a team of young people who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET), with the skills to work with young people locally to deliver a building project in The Gambia. | Cisco | The Prince's Trust |
| Hayesbrook School | Develop a training programme and on line functionality to bring new young people into volunteering and match volunteers to opportunities. | Toshiba | The Prince's Trust |
| Milton Cross School | Design, manufacture and investigate viability of installing small generators in water pipes to supplement electrical energy in the community. | Huawei | The Prince's Trust |
| Young Pioneers | Roll out and internationalise a social leadership programme for young people, giving young people leadership skills and the opportunity to undertake a six month community challenge. | BT | Groundwork |
| Aik Saath | Develop a mobile and environmentally friendly Cycling Cinema using mobile cycles to power films in community locations, encouraging people from every background to participate. | Honda | Groundwork |
| Brockenhurst College | Develop a bicycle refurbishment programme in the UK, including the training of young unemployed people as bicycle technicians, to donate bikes to partner organisations and set up a maintenance facility in Rwanda. | Sony | Groundwork |
| Medway Hindu Youth Group | Design and deliver a training programme to improve awareness of learning disabilities in the community and take up of intervention services. | PwC | AbilityNet |
| Tomlinscote School & Sixth Form College | Develop a multi-functioning online magazine to provide a voice for those with learning difficulties. Develop a training pack that could be marketed and rolled out to other schools and groups. | Intel | AbilityNet |
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Arbour Vale School |
Design and develop an interactive board game to enable children with learning disabilities to learn about finances and commerce, The game would support pupils to learn aspects of running a small business before putting them into practice. | Legal & General | AbilityNet |