I have been reading recently that the ‘old’ ways of co-production and participation don’t work in the tech environment and they should be replaced with user centred design and design thinking. I have to disagree.

It’s that time of year when we look back and reflect – and what a year 2017 has been for Mind Of My Own.

We are proud to announce that Mind Of My Own was one of 23 winners at the CYP Now Award 2017, in an evening of celebration for the children's sector.

To mark the Scottish Children’s Parliament’s 21st birthday they have created an inspiring and brave band of Unfearties. The word came from Edwin Morgan’s poem. They are calling on us to be ‘unfearties’.

In April this year we ran a Mind of my own proof of concept trial across two community (‘care and protection’) teams in Auckland, at the request of the new ministry, Oranga Tamariki.