Driving change in child centred practice
By creating delightful user centred products that fit into children and young people’s lives.
Providing excellent customer service while always keeping the end user in mind.
Facilitating a strong community of support where practitioners come together to share and learn in the quest to develop truly child centred communities.
Using children and young people’s lived experience to improve safeguarding, early intervention and crisis aversion
Making the child’s voice central in understanding their identity and their wellbeing
Promoting a strengths based approach that is inclusive and can be accessed by all children and young people
Across these settings and more:
Education
Youth Justice
Social care
Health
Experts in Participation
Children’s universal right to participate is enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), which is summarised in these four principles:
– Non-discrimination
– Best interests of the child
– The right to survival and development
– The views of the child.
Mind Of My Own explicitly upholds the four principles in providing a simple and inclusive way for children’s views to be heard and their safety and best interests preserved.
Co-Production
Co-production happens when adults and children work together in equal partnership. At Mind Of My Own we have co-produced the content and features of our apps with young people since we began back in 2014. Frequent and regular co-production workshops are a principled commitment of our work and are contained in our design principles. This is founded in our belief that children are the experts in their own lives.
Data Informed
Children’s own data is the evidence you need to transform practice and build resilient services. Mind Of My Own data reflects the thoughts of young people collected in real time; data that can revolutionise your decision making, whether at an individual, service or organisational level.
Every organisation in our community has a service portal with access to reports that show usage statistics and data trends based on what young people are saying.
Information Security
Young people trust our digital tools because we are open and transparent about what happens to their information. We believe passionately in ensuring the safety and security of children’s data. We make sure they know their rights and they understand the extent of their privacy when they choose to use our apps.
The organisations we work with can be assured of our commitment to information security: Mind Of My Own has been ISO27001 accredited since 2015. We are fully compliant with GDPR and the Children’s Code
Innovation and Technology
Before Mind Of My Own the world of children’s participation was lacking digital tools, despite the ever growing popularity of tech among young people. We innovated the first digital tool to capture children’s voices and since the initial prototype (now evolved as the One app) we have continued to introduce change and new ideas. In 2017 we launched our second app, Express, for children with additional needs and in 2022 we released Xchange for young people in youth justice. Our partners in innovation are our users – children, young people and the adults who work with them.
Throughout the year, every year, incremental innovation is how we approach the constant process of renewing and enhancing the apps.
Award Winning Customers
VoxCon Awards 2022
Standout Organisation
VoxCon Awards 2022
The Scottish High Flyer
VoxCon Awards 2022
The English High Flyer
VoxCon Awards 2022
The Welsh High Flyer
