Future Bound IT Ltd is an agile IT business that supports IT networks and designs solutions from the ground up that solve business challenges. In April 2020 during the height of the first lockdown, we began a project and launched a GoFundMe crowd funder to create an application that would support communities and the UK Mutual Aid network, as well as the vital work of police monitoring groups.

Along our initial journey, we discovered that Barnet (a borough of London) UK Mutual aid had also embarked on a similar project. We had initially contacted Barnet to introduce our project to their network and very quickly discovered there was a synergy between our organisations and a common goal to work towards.

Working as part of a dedicated team IT consisting of Barnet UK Mutual Aid and our development partner My Remote Partner we have embraced a ‘learn by doing it’ style that has produced positive results.

We are a highly skilled and professional project team consisting of developers, designers, product and project managers who believe in helping others. Barnet recognised at an early stage the imminent threat of isolation to our most vulnerable neighbours and community, and with the increase of abuse of COVID-19 emergency powers, we also acknowledged the threat of police harassment for volunteers carrying out their day to day tasks.

With the overall goal of the Mutual Aid Network being to respond to help requests as quickly and safely as possible we decided to work together to build a free volunteer app. The goal of our application is to make volunteering as safe and secure as possible for all those involved so that vulnerable people and isolated communities can “rely on mutual aid volunteers when no friends, family or others are nearby.”

We are now preparing for the 1^st sprint of our project and release of the software. We’ve set a fundraising goal of £7000.00 to begin development and although we don’t know how long COVID-19 will be around for we plan to create a solution that will stand the test of the time. You can take a virtual tour of our application here and if you would like to learn more you contact us or visit our crowdfunding page. Every donation helps make this project a reality. After all, like with everything we do it’s all about you.