From Aberdeen City to West Sussex, Northumberland to South Eastern Trust, the Mind Of My Own community stretches to all corners of the UK.

We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who could attend this year's event. You made VoxCon 2019 one of our most phenomenal annual conferences yet!

The words children and young people hear and the words we use are important. Words can be powerful - they can make us laugh but they can just as easily make us cry.

Last month two of the team visited Finland after we had received a number of enquires about the work we are doing to increase participation for children using children's services in the UK.

Mind Of My Own is delighted to welcome Cameron, our newest member of the team and author of this exceptional blog. You will be richly rewarded by reading Cameron's take on why there really is no substitute for lived experience.

This year's Tech4Good awards are hotting up, with a whole new group of amazing innovators hoping to be among the finalists.