Our Mission is Simple

Little Journey aims to support all children to better health through personalised care. We believe that, by providing engaging, interactive and age-appropriate content designed to psychologically prepare and support families throughout healthcare interactions, we can improve healthcare experiences and health outcomes for all.


Using a co-creation process, children are consulted at each step of the way, helping to steer design and ensure a truly patient-focused user experience.
We strive to provide an inclusive, accessible solution, accounting for variations in physical and cognitive needs.


We believe in the power of familiarisation and desensitisation through immersive play to facilitate individual coping strategy development, reducing peri-procedural anxiety and improving healthcare experiences.

Little Journey - 10
Little Journey - 15
Why we built Little Journey

Little Journey was founded in 2018 by Dr Chris Evans and Sophie Copley. As an anaesthetic doctor and father himself, Chris witnessed first-hand the distress experienced by children and families coming to hospital for surgery. Partnering with Sophie, an expert in human-centred product design, they created a prototype version of the Little Journey app to support children undergoing elective surgery.

Since then, the Little Journey solution has grown and developed, supporting thousands of families across the UK and further afield. As a company, we strive to enable all children to receive the best support possible throughout their healthcare interactions.

Meet the team

Sophie Copley

Founder & CPO

 

Specialising in human-centred healthcare design and user experience design.

 

LinkedIn

Dr Chris Evans

Founder & CEO

 

Anaesthetic Doctor and expert in children’s peri-operative anxiety and its management

 

LinkedIn

Nicolaus Henke

Chairman

 

Expert in business transformation through data, AI and technology. Previously led McKinsey’s Life Science and Healthcare arm.

 

LinkedIn

Azim Palmer

Chief Technology Officer

 

Senior software engineer and full stack developer.

 

LinkedIn

Asyah Chhibda

CRO Customer Success Lead

 

Paediatric research nurse focusing on site and participant success. Interest in rare disease clinical trials.

 

LinkedIn

Ian Knott

Regulatory and Governance Lead

 

Specialist in global medical device regulatory frameworks and quality management systems

 

LinkedIn

Jessica Morris

Marketing Intern

Commercial

 

LinkedIn

 

Juan Joughin

Digital Designer

Product

 

LinkedIn

Tom Rush

Associate product Manager

 

Product

 

LinkedIn

 

 

Alessia Abbate

Operations Manager

 

Operations

 

LinkedIn

Dr Victoria Queralt

Clinical Psychologist 

 

Psychology 

 

LinkedIn

Nitisha Majithia

Play Specialist 

 

Play

 

LinkedIn

Joshua Elliff

Lead Digital Designer

 

Product

 

LinkedIn

Liam Rushfirth

Senior Digital Designer 

 

Product

 

LinkedIn

Jack Ellacott

Lead Backend Developer

 

Technology

 

LinkedIn

Matthew Tsinontas

Lead Frontend Developer

 

Technology

 

LinkedIn

Matty Smith

User Researcher

 

Product

 

LinkedIn

Dr Megan Hofmann

Paediatric Clinical Psychologist

 

Psychology

 

Linkedin

Maarty Ramakers

Lead Talent Manager

 

Operations

 

LinkedIn

Emma Turner

Medical Content Writer

 

Content

 

LinkedIn

Grace Pountney

Medical Content Writer

 

Content

 

LinkedIn

Sarfraz Iqbal

Lead QA Engineer

 

Technology

 

LinkedIn

Anna Edgell

Graphic Designer

 

Design

 

LinkedIn

Caroline Underhay

Content Co-ordination Manager

 

Content

 

LinkedIn

Amaan Hussain

QA Engineer

 

Technology

 

LinkedIn

Bethany Barber

Operations Assistant

 

Operations

 

LinkedIn

Becky Pollard

Senior Finance Manager

Operations

 

LinkedIn

Louis Clarke 

Business Development Representative

 

Commercial


LinkedIn

Craig Smith

Lead Frontend Engineer

 

Technology

 

LinkedIn

Laura Parker

Lead Product Manager

 

Product

 

LinkedIn

Phoebe Chatfield

NHS Healthcare Success Manager

 

Commercial


LinkedIn

Christina (Nina) Economides

Junior Digital Designer

 

Product


LinkedIn

Abigail Boreham

 Graphic designer

 

Product


LinkedIn

Ruth Uwemedimo

Lead Frontend Engineer

 

Technology


LinkedIn

Hassan Amour

Senior QA Engineer

 

Technology


LinkedIn

Charlotte Nock

Data Engineer

 

Technology


LinkedIn

Sam Mayer

Business Development Representative 

 

Commercial


LinkedIn

Investor Information

Little Journey is a rapidly growing mission driven health technology SME. We'd love to speak with investors interested in digital health and clinical research who are interested in working with a passionate team.

> Request Information Pack

 

Little Journey - 22
Little Journey - 02

Book a Demo

See how Little Journey can help your healthcare organisation

> Clinical Research

> Healthcare

> Patients & Families