Putting children’s voices at the heart of practice.
Putting children’s voices at the heart of practice.
Mind Of My Own is a purpose-built digital platform that gives children and young people safe, accessible ways to share their views, feelings and lived experiences.
Using simple, child-friendly technology, young people can take time to reflect, organise their thoughts and communicate what matters to them in a way that feels comfortable and in their control. Their voice is then clearly recorded and shared with trusted professionals to inform decisions about their lives.
By reducing reliance on paper forms or difficult conversations alone, Mind Of My Own supports more meaningful engagement, earlier identification of concerns, and stronger safeguarding practice. Clear records and audit trails help services evidence children’s voices and integrate participation naturally into everyday work across social care and youth justice
Helping children and young people share their views clearly and confidently.
Our Solutions
One App
Express
Xchange
Mind Of My Own One helps children and young people prepare for meetings, reviews and care planning, ensuring their voice is clearly heard.
A structured digital tool that supports reflection, captures views in the child’s own words and provides practitioners with clear, shareable insight to inform decisions.
Mind Of My Own Express is designed for younger children and those with additional needs, using accessible, inclusive and easy-to-use formats.
A flexible digital approach that enables children to communicate feelings and experiences in ways that suit them, supporting participation across services.
Mind Of My Own Xchange supports young people in youth justice and secure settings to share their experiences and engage more meaningfully.
A secure digital channel for capturing feedback, raising concerns and promoting active participation, strengthening transparency and accountability.
Benefits
Strengthens Professional practice
Gives practitioners clearer insight into how young people are feeling, supporting more informed, child-centred and trauma-informed decisions.
Reduces paperwork and improves accuracy
Replaces informal notes and paper-based methods with a single, organised digital approach that captures participation in children’s own words and fits naturally into everyday practice.
Accessible and inclusive
Designed to support different communication needs, literacy levels and neurodiversity, helping more young people take part meaningfully.
Builds trust and confidence
Shows young people that their views are valued and taken seriously, strengthening relationships with professionals.
Improves consistency across services
Provides a standard way to capture children’s views across teams, creating clearer records and more reliable service-level insight.
Child-centered by design
Keeps the focus on what matters to the child or young person, rather than just professional processes.
Benefits
Strengthens Professional practice
Gives practitioners clearer insight into how young people are feeling, supporting more informed, child-centred and trauma-informed decisions.
Reduces paperwork and improves accuracy
Replaces informal notes and paper-based methods with a single, organised digital approach that captures participation in children’s own words and fits naturally into everyday practice.
Accessible and inclusive
Designed to support different communication needs, literacy levels and neurodiversity, helping more young people take part meaningfully.
Builds trust and confidence
Shows young people that their views are valued and taken seriously, strengthening relationships with professionals.
Improves consistency across services
Provides a standard way to capture children’s views across teams, creating clearer records and more reliable service-level insight.
Child-centered by design
Keeps the focus on what matters to the child or young person, rather than just professional processes.
News articles
A Voice of Their Own In 2026
What Young People Want in 2026: Themes Shaping Their Needs As 2025 wraps up, many care providers have shared what they’ve learned from the young people they support this year. These insights are
Families First, NCASC, and why children’s voices matter now more than ever…
How a new approach is reshaping support for children and families. After spending a few days at NCASC last week, one theme kept coming up in conversation – the shift toward Families First
How to hear the voice of a young person when time is tight
Listening to children should be simple. The reality is that it often isn’t. Every practitioner knows how important it is to understand how children are feeling, hoping for and worries about. Strong relationships
VoxCon 2025: Celebrating 10 Years
VoxCon 2025: Celebrating 10 Years of participation and looking ahead This year marks a decade since we first set out to help change the way children and young people are heard within services
Who’s there? Front door services and Early Help
Front door services and Early Help Early help is a vital component of children’s services, alongside the multi-agency safeguarding hub (MASH) and local family provision such as the Family Hub. Together, these services,
Cost savings from early intervention
The costs of intervening late It used to be difficult to persuade decision-makers to invest in early intervention owing to a lack of evidence for its effectiveness. Frustratingly, most people knew intuitively that