Byrchall High School Students Win Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Tech for Good Idea Challenge

Amy and Charlotte from Byrchall High School were awarded first place in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Tech for Good idea challenge. Labour MP Josh Simons made a special visit to the school to congratulate the students.

Samsung Electronics UK Co., Ltd., has revealed that Amy Garside and Charlotte Anders-James from Byrchall High School in Wigan, have won the 11-13 age category the annual Samsung Solve for Tomorrow tech for good idea competition – which invited 11-15 year olds to come up with tech powered solutions to help solve everyday problems.

Hundreds of secondary schools across the UK and Ireland signed up to receive free online resources to help inspire the next generation of innovators. Students learned the basics of design thinking, received insight into creative STEM careers, and were encouraged to enter their tech for good ideas into the challenge.

From over 1,100 ideas entered this year, Amy and Charlotte from Byrchall High School were awarded first place in the 11-13 age category with their innovative idea called ‘Meal Master’, an AI-powered food container that tracks nutritional information, caters for dietary needs and also offers recipes and helpful reminders such as nudges to stay hydrated.

Mr. Phillip Paul, Head teacher at Byrchall High School, said: “We are incredibly proud of our students’ success with Samsung, a fantastic national achievement that rightly celebrates their creativity, determination and teamwork, and shows how our young people bring our values of ambition, innovation and community to life.”

To present their award, Labour MP for Makerfield, Josh Simons, made a special visit to the school this week to congratulate the students in an all-school assembly and award them with their tech prizes.

Josh said of this award: “It was fantastic to meet Amy and Charlotte to give them their award for winning this year’s Samsung Solve for Tomorrow tech for good idea challenge. Before I was an MP, I worked in technology, and I know that out of the box thinking like the students at Byrchall have been doing is always needed, especially as tech gets more and more involved in our lives. Well done to them – I see bright things for their futures!”

Jessie Soohyun Park, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Samsung Electronics UK, said: “We believe every young person has the potential to become an innovator and to pursue a career in tech. The thousands of ideas we receive from young people from every year are a testament to their creativity and desire to channel their interests in technology for good. We want to continue finding new ways to support this next generation of innovators and can’t wait to see what Amy and Charlotte goes next!”

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow’s programme for secondary schools launched in 2021 and has reached 216,652 young people in over a third of secondary schools across the UK and Ireland to date. The theme for this year’s challenge was ‘Living Well: Tech for a Happier Healthier World’. The next edition of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow will return later this year. For more information visit: samsung.com/uk/solvefortomorrow/