How can families find the right support after a child’s diagnosis?

We worked with Choice Wellbeing Service to develop Rainbow Guide, a mobile app designed to help parent carers easily find support organisations across Sunderland.

Created by parent carers who understood the feeling of being overwhelmed after a child’s diagnosis, the project set out to provide something clear, practical and accessible: a straightforward guide to local services and support.

We developed a native mobile app, including:

  • A simple, mobile-first guide to Sunderland support organisations
  • Clear signposting to relevant services for families and parent carers
  • A backend platform for managing support organisation information
  • Cloud-hosted infrastructure to support scalability and availability
  • A user experience focused on accessibility, clarity and reassurance

The platform was built using Django, AWS, Kotlin and Swift.

Rainbow Guide gives families a clearer way to navigate local support, helping parent carers access useful information at a time when they may need it most.

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