A SALISBURY student impressed a panel of judges made up of pioneers, business gurus and entrepreneurs to win a £10,000 grant for his charity idea.

Luke Duggleby, 22, who is currently doing a post graduate degree in medicine at Bristol University, beat hundreds of other applicants in the Internet Explorer 8 Life Academy competition and won an Adventurer Explorer Grant.

The former Bishop Wordsworth’s School pupil had to send in a two-minute video pitching an idea that would help a community, raise awareness of an issue or make a difference in the world.

He has been involved in the Bristol Bweyale Action Project in Uganda, which runs a summer camp for children, and chose the idea of a vocational centre to give people there computer and Internet access.

On the strength of his video he was chosen as a finalist to pitch his idea to a panel that included scientist and TV documentary maker Professor Robert Winston and Brent Hoberman, co-founder of lastminute.com.

Mr Duggleby said: “I was surprised to win because I was one of the youngest. Most of the finalists were 24 or 25 and had already graduated and had their own businesses.”

Now, he can use the £10,000 prize money to make his idea a reality.

The Bweyale project started building the centre in 2005 but it was put on hold due to various problems, including a lack of funds.

Now the problems have been resolved and half the prize money will be used to complete the building of the centre and the rest to buy laptop computers.