National awards highlight Cornerstone VR’s growing impact.

Antser Group’s immersive learning platform, Cornerstone VR, continues to gain recognition across the UK for its groundbreaking use of virtual reality to build empathy and transform professional practice across health, education and social care.

Over the past few years, the programme has received multiple national awards and commendations for its innovative, trauma-informed training, helping professionals better understand the experiences of vulnerable children, young people, and families.

Cornerstone VR’s approach uses immersive 360-degree films to place users “in the shoes” of those they support, from children who have experienced trauma to adults living with dementia or autism. This pioneering use of technology has been widely celebrated across the education, healthcare, and social care sectors.

• SME Business Elite Awards 2025 – Most Impactful VR Training Experience Provider (UK)
  Recognised for using immersive VR to help professionals understand trauma from a child’s perspective and drive real change in practice.
• Corporate LiveWire Global Awards 2025/26 – VR Trauma Training Programme of the Year
  Celebrating Cornerstone VR’s 360-degree trauma-informed training, improving empathy and decision-making among professionals.
• Education Awards 2025 – Innovation Award
  Awarded for Cornerstone VR’s partnership with Gateshead Virtual School, where 90% of local settings have used the training to build trauma-informed practice.
• IT Awards 2025 – Social Care Tech Innovators of the Year
  Acknowledging Cornerstone VR’s leadership in combining technology and social impact.
• LaingBuisson Awards 2024 – Excellence in Children’s Services
  For its collaboration with Inspirations Children’s Homes, where VR training improved staff empathy, retention, and outcomes for vulnerable young people.
• National Technology Awards 2023 – Best Public Sector Project
  Recognising work with Northamptonshire Children’s Trust, where VR training improved placement stability and outcomes for looked-after children.
• LaingBuisson Awards 2022 – Public Private Partnership of the Year
  Honouring a multi-borough London project using VR to help young people recognise exploitation and risk.
• Health Tech Digital Awards 2022 – Best Innovation Project of the Year
  For collaboration with the London Borough of Hillingdon, using VR to enhance social-care training and empathy.
• Health Tech Digital Awards 2022 – Best Use of Virtual Reality
  Recognising partnership with the West Midlands Social Work Teaching Partnership for VR-led student and practitioner training.
• Health Tech Digital Awards 2021 – Best Use of Virtual Reality
  For work with Darent Valley Hospital to transform safeguarding training across NHS teams.

Cornerstone VR has also been recognised by numerous other award bodies, including:

• Health Tech Newspaper Awards 2023 – Highly Commended for Best Evidence-Based Tech.
• The MJ Awards 2023 – Highly Commended for Innovation in Children’s and Adults’ Services.
• Shortlisted for the Learning Excellence Awards 2025, National Technology Awards 2025, and LAVAL Virtual Awards 2025.
• Multiple shortlistings from 2021–2024 across the LaingBuisson Awards, National Children & Young People Awards, Health Investor Awards, UK Business Tech Awards, and more.

These awards reflect the real-world outcomes Cornerstone VR is achieving. Across projects with local authorities, schools, universities, and NHS trusts, results consistently show:

• 96% of adult participants report greater empathy and understanding of a child’s perspective and say the training has changed how they approach their work.
• 92% of young people report feeling more motivated to make safe choices for themselves following VR interventions.
• 100% of users rated the VR as more engaging than traditional learning methods.
• Insights show improved retention, decision-making, and safeguarding outcomes across partner organisations.

Antser Group provides solutions that improve outcomes for children, families, and vulnerable adults. Its Cornerstone VR programme is now used by more than 100 organisations across the UK to support trauma-informed practice, training, and behavioural change.