A year ago we started to think about our users, exploring ways we could use the apps to make young people feel safer and more included.

Early intervention and early help are good for children, families and services which is why we should all be focussed on ensuring this works as well as possible.

Digital inclusion is more important than ever right now. The pandemic and subsequent life changes have made many people reconsider their priorities and allowed people to pause and take a look at the world around them.

A mindfulness project for young people had been on our to-do list for a while and the time seemed exactly right when the whole world began to change because of the coronavirus pandemic.

In the past those who worked in fostering services often felt that understanding the views of children was the job of the child’s social worker and that their role was purely to support, train and monitor the foster carer.

Things we have no control of find us at the peak of frustration, such as the weather (when it doesn’t suit us), transport delays, having too much or too little time.