Warrington Father Launches Free SEND App After 8-Month Build for UK Families

2 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 8

Colin Jones, 38, has launched UK SEND Compass, a free app aimed at helping UK families and adults navigate special educational needs and disabilities support.
Eight months of self-taught development turned his struggle finding help for his two children with additional needs into a centralized directory of services, charities, emergency information and community forums.
A key feature, the SEND Passport, lets users store medical details, communication styles and sensory needs, then share them through a password-protected QR code with approval controls.
Jones said the app is designed to counter a fragmented SEND system that left his family finding support largely by chance, and he wants it to grow into a one-stop hub with charity partnerships.