Bethnal Green Ventures is inviting nine new teams with ideas to change the world to join its winter 2014 programme.

The social accelerator supports tech-based social ventures through a three-month programme. Each team will receive £15,000 of funding, support, access to mentors and work space from Bethnal Green Ventures to develop their idea into a viable product or service.

The nine teams of the winter 2014 cohort were chosen for their ideas to tackle a social or environmental problem using technology.

The teams will begin their full-time programme with Bethnal Green Ventures on 6 January. The programme ends with Demo Day, an event that allows the teams to pitch to an audience of potential investors and partners.

Learn more about the nine winter 2014 teams:

• ebarter: an electronic currency that can be used online or by phone to buy and sell items without money. Team: Miriam Morris, Yasmine Arafa and Cornelia Boldyreff
• Flooting: a game to help give away stuff you don’t want anymore. Team: Sarah Gargett and Mark Hardwick
• Project Andiamo: aims to use 3D scanning and 3D printing to produce orthotics for children with disabilities. Team: Samiya and Naveed Parvez and Lee Provoost
• Flexiscale: 3D printed model kits that inspire young people about engineering and manufacturing. Team: Chris Thorpe, Becky Fishman, Dean Vipond, Vijay Paul and Mark Simpkins
• HearToday.org: low-cost classroom hearing aids for children in developing countries. Team: Mehdi Siami, Maxine Razavi, Ben Greenaway and Sam Nazarko
• Wall Display: a platform to share and celebrate students’ work. Team: Jo Taylor, Josh Gimenez, Mario Vassiliades,  Dimitri Kouvdis and Aleix Sabate
• Sentimoto: wireless biofeedback sensors to help older people gain more independence. Team: Maxim Osipov, Lisa Stroux, Tasos Papastylianou, Alessandro Guazzi
• CauseHub: an open source platform that allows people to gather around a common cause. Team: Sanjay Poyzer, Jerome Toole and Jamie Davies
• voXup: an app that makes it easier to take part in local decision-making. Team: Peter Lewis, Padraic Calpin and Krishan Patel

Find out more about Bethnal Green Venture’s summer 2013 cohort.

Bethnal Green Ventures has been supporting tech-based social ventures since 2011.