Google has announced the 29 organisations which are to receive a share of the £14m ($20m) fund set up to use technology to take on accessibility challenges.

Motivation is one of three UK charities to receive a share of the funding as part of the Google Impact Challenge.

It has been awarded £573,737 to explore how 3D printing can be used to transform mobility solutions for wheelchair users in the developing world (pictured).

Ian Harris, Senior Designer at Motivation, said: “We are thrilled to be working with Google.org and believe that together we can really help wheelchair service providers in developing countries toward the goal of tailored postural support, reducing the risk of life threatening complications from poorly fitted chairs and dramatically increase mobility and independence.”

The Royal London Society for Blind People has received £700,000 for its Wayfindr project. It is collaborating with navigational tech leaders to develop audio-based wayfinding instructions through users' smartphones, using Bluetooth-enabled beacons. The initial pilot will be deployed in the London Underground in partnership with Transport for London.

RNIB is the third UK charity to be listed. It received grant funding from Google for its smart gasses in August 2014.

The Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities was launched in May 2015, with the full list of grant winners announced today.

Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink, Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities project lead for Google.org, said in a blog post: “The organisations we’re supporting all have big ideas for how technology can help create new solutions and each of their ideas has the potential to scale.

"Each organisation has also committed to open sourcing their technology—which helps encourage and speed up innovation in a sector that has historically been siloed.”

The 26 other winners are:

• e-Nable
• World Wide Hearing
• Mission Arm | exiii
• J’accede
• Wheelmap
• My Human Kit
• The Arc of the United States
• Center for Discovery
• UCP Wheels for Humanity
• Ezer Mizion | Click2Speak
• DAISY Consortium
• Benetech
• Dan Marino Foundation
• Miraclefeet
• Perkins School for the Blind
• Inclusion without Borders | Livox
• Beit Issie Shapiro | TOM
• Neil Squire Society
• TDI
• ProPortion
• Leprosy Mission Trust India