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Mind Of My Own

Digital participation tools for children’s services

Mind Of My Own logo
1-20 employees
  • B2B
  • Personal health
  • Communication
  • Mental health
  • SaaS
  • Social Impact
  • Wellbeing
  • Accessibility
Mayfair, London, UK

Company mission

To help every child to have a strong voice and be able to safeguard their wellbeing.

68% female employees

Our take

Mind Of My Own has developed an app-led suite of products modernising the processes and systems used to gather the views of children using children’s services

Resources at organisations offering children’s services aren’t in limitless supply. Schools, healthcare, and social care settings are all seeing squeezed budgets, and the knock-on effects of this for young people can be hugely damaging. So it’s crucial that time and money is wisely spent - the only issue, historically, has been that the young people have been left largely out of the conversation

That’s an issue Mind Of My Own is trying to solve. The company works with young people to produce digital participation tools that help them communicate their lived experience to the professionals who provide education or care for them. The idea is to offer children as young as two years old, including those with additional needs, the ability to communicate their needs and feelings in whatever form they see fit, at any time. Professionals can then aggregate these results on a complementary analytics platform

The hope is that this will help schools and care settings allocate resources better, and potentially make substantial savings (both financial, and in terms of children’s wellbeing) through early prevention. The apps are used in over a third of local authorities in the UK

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Benefits

  • 25 days holiday (+3 after 3 years of employment)
  • Pension package after 3 months
  • Flexible working arrangements (flexi-time and location)
  • Individual training allowance available
  • In-house learning and development programme
  • Time off for training and development
  • We actively promote the five ways to wellbeing

Company values

  • Mind Of My Own is committed to democratising and improving the life chances of marginalised groups of people.
  • At Mind Of My Own we believe that young people should always be able to participate fully in their lives and it should be easy for them to speak up anytime they want.
  • We believe that every child is able to have a say, so we create fully accessible apps that provide a unique digital solution to advancing universal children’s rights.
  • We believe in accessibility by design and include children of all ages and abilities and from all backgrounds in our co-production workshops.
  • We believe in providing excellent customer service while always keeping the end user in mind.
  • We fully believe that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts whether that is collaborating internally or with external partners

Funding (1 round)

May 2014

$0.2m

GRANT

Total funding: $0.2m

Leadership

Yvonne Anderson

(Director)

Previously served as National Director of Children's Mental Health at the Health and Social Care Advisory Service. Set up Cernis and Sixteen25 - both companies looking at improving care for children and young people.

Jill Thorburn

(Director )

Jill has over 25 years experience in social work leadership and management in all areas of children’s services and has always worked to develop revolutionary technology to improve practice.

People progressing

Business Development Director - Highly experienced New Business Manager. Skilled in Digital Strategy, Sales, Key Account Relationship Building, Account Management, and Teamwork.

Chief Executive at Mind Of My Own

Product Director at Mind Of My Own

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Mind Of My Own

Yvonne Anderson (Director )

  • Mind Of My Own is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
  • We welcome applications that reflect a broad range of identities and perspectives.
  • All recruitment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and our business needs.
  • As a female-led tech for good company we are totally committed to encouraging more women into SaaS businesses.
  • Our flexible working arrangements support family life and enable more women to work with us.
  • We work hard to be inclusive at every stage of the hiring process, from the language we use in our job descriptions to the way we conduct our interviews and treat applicants.
  • Our apps are for everyone and so is our workplace. We absolutely welcome different perspectives and experiences.
  • We continually work on finding innovative ways to ensure our organisation is more inclusive.
  • We have flexible public holidays so you can swap days off according to your values and beliefs.

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