Built with
expertise and heart
Shaped by practitioners, safeguarding experts and young people, feature by feature.
Hi 👋 We are Socialheads.
Socialheads is a secure messaging app for children's homes, supported accommodation, leaving care teams, youth services and schools. Support should have a space of its own. We're building a safer home for everyday conversations between young people and the people who care for them: one that feels familiar to use but carries the safeguards, audit trails, and oversight that services need.
Every feature we build is shaped by the people who will use it. We work directly with practitioners, young people, organisations, and safeguarding experts to make sure Socialheads solves real problems in meaningful ways. It is research-led and co-designed, built for this work from the start.
Socialheads brings two decades of experience building digital tools for charities and social care, shaped with the social workers, DPOs and NHS leaders who advise us. That is how we build technology practitioners trust.
We're a social impact company with B Corp articles, building carefully and for the long term. We work with services across the UK, with clear governance, data protection designed around your UK GDPR responsibilities, and safeguarding protocols already in place.
“Our mission is to create a safer, more connected future for young people and practitioners.”
Our journey so far
From a single idea to safer, smarter communication in care. Here's how we've grown.
2024
Founded on two decades building digital tools for charities and social care. Joined GoodTech Ventures with Catch22 and Social Tech Trust to shape safer communication in care, and began the research with practitioners and young people.
2025
Built the first prototype, co-designed with practitioners and with the social workers, DPOs and NHS leaders who advise us. Pitched to industry experts. Birkbeck provided micro-placements on the project. Foundations laid in GDPR and safeguarding from the start.
2026
Fearless designed the young person app, and we validated it with young people: the designs that turned a prototype into a product. Built in public: foundations finished in sixteen weeks, more than 70 architecture decision records, EEA data residency and every action audited.
Now
The foundations are ready. We are rolling out to services while continuously improving its resilience, security and the way each service is brought on board. General availability in Q1 2027, including the Apple and Google app stores.
The team
Join our team
Jeremy Pitt
Founder & Full-stack Developer
Technical Lead with 20 years' experience in software, infrastructure, and systems integration. I’ve led teams delivering secure, user-centred platforms for organisations like Barnardo's and Save the Children, and now apply that expertise at Socialheads to build trusted technology for care and support services
Tanya Marwaha
Head of Growth and Impact
Youth advocate and lived experience leader with strong sector insight and trusted relationships across major charities. She connects organisational priorities with the real needs of young people and brings an equity centred approach to how Socialheads grows with purpose and impact.
Matt Adams
Product Designer & Creative Lead
Product designer combining creativity and empathy to craft accessible, engaging experiences that connect practitioners and young people.
Advisors
Breda Spillane
Strategic Advisor
Health transformation consultant with over a decade of NHS and VCSE experience. She has led major mental health programmes, shaped personalised care practice, and built strong partnerships across local authorities, providers, and communities to improve outcomes and reduce inequalities.
Tara Honeywell
Advisor
Strategic advisor and growth leader with over 20 years' experience scaling organisations and driving impact through leadership, transformation and meaningful partnerships.
And many more...
Psychologists, social workers, residential care practitioners, safeguarding experts and data protection officers advise us, alongside designers and product people from across the sector. Thank you, all of you.
Want to advise, join a small and deliberate team, or fund the work? Partners and funders has the detail on funding. For the rest, get in touch.
Get in touchWhat we have in place
What is in place today, and what is coming.
Our commitments
- GDPR-trained and registered with the Information Commissioner's Office, registration ZB957712
- DBS checked (Basic and Enhanced)
- Sector experience in social care and youth services
- Safeguarding Policy in place and reviewed annually
- Code of Conduct for all staff and volunteers
- Clear Ethos & Values guiding all our work
- Professional indemnity insurance
- Private limited company registered in the UK (Company No. 16129065)
- Research-led and co-designed with practitioners and young people
- Ethical data use: limited tracking for product improvement only, never for ads or profiling
Planned
- Cyber Essentials, in place before your service goes live with us
- B Corp certification, which we intend to pursue (our articles already follow the B Corp model)
Our principles
- Funding that prioritises social mission over financial returns
- People come first: technology serves the relationship
- We make our money from subscriptions: no ads, and your data is never sold
- Fair, transparent pricing, published on our pricing page
- Growing at a pace the company can sustain
Founder story
Hi! I’m Jeremy, the founder of Socialheads. As a lead developer at Comic Relief, Save the Children and Barnardo’s, I’ve seen firsthand how the right digital tools can transform young people’s lives.
Throughout my career, I’ve worked alongside care professionals who are dedicated to making a difference but often struggle with outdated systems that don’t support the way they need to work.
My mission is to change the trajectory of young people’s lives by giving care professionals the support and tools they need to help them thrive.
If you share this vision and want to be part of creating meaningful change, I’d love to hear from you.
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