August 2008 - the Equality and Human Rights Commission  launches Word Bank on their site.
January 2008 - Following public requests from the success of implementing Word Bank on the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) site, the Equality and Human Rights Commission uses Word Bank to meet their site visitors’ differing needs.
December 2007 - Word Bank wins the best innovation award from the Accelerator. Nominees included mobile content suppliers BillAdam and Blue Badge Route.
October 2007 - Ealing Broadway Bid reaches Ealing's diverse communities.
September 2007 - Disability Rights Commission proves Word Bank 100%.
The Disability Rights Commission (DRC) independently user-tested Word Bank and proved the system to add clarity and rich contextual information to support individuals in reading and understanding written web-information by 100%.
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 .
What other people say
BBC Ouch look at the web from the point of view of inclusively and 'cut the jargon down to size'.
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E-Access Bulletin who promote a modern government and fair society would like to know, is this the first of its kind?
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