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Mind of My Own

United Kingdom · London · Transnational · See the United Kingdom profile

Mind of My Own has developed two apps that help young people communicate their views in a way that suits them. With MOMO's 'One App' for example, young people create their own account, which can be used on any device at any time. This means that young people can use the app to sa

62100

Young people reached

Details

Maturity: Established
Promoter: Mind of My Own — website
Type: Service
Status: Ongoing
Target groups: Marginalised young people and children
People reached: 62100
Period: 2015-10-26
Keywords: feelings, support, communication, social care, participation

Context

Mind of My Own builds co-produced digital participation apps that let children and young people using UK health, care and education services communicate their views and needs directly to their workers, run by a team with social-work and mental-health backgrounds and costing about £700,000 annually.

Results

The organisation reports its apps have reached over 62,000 young people, with a second app usable by children as young as two and designs adapted for those with learning difficulties or disabilities.

Implementation

Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.

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Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

MEDICI / Digital Inclusion Atlas — accessed 2026-06-14
Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14
Information source — accessed 2026-06-14

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Quality score: 76/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported

Top 33% in this catalogue (610 scored practices)

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Evaluation

Evaluated by MEDICI consortium

Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Innovation level4/5

How novel the approach is, from the source innovation rating (graded 0–5).

Sustainability (ongoing)1/1

Whether the initiative is still ongoing rather than ended.

Evaluation evidence0/1

Whether a substantive evaluation of the initiative exists.

Demonstrated reach1/1

Whether the initiative reached a measurable number of people.

Documented learning1/1

Whether transferable lessons learned are documented.

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Evidoria. Mind of My Own. Persistent ID: b57396e2-9a1e-4c9a-9d9c-eeb3943e7064.

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