Thank you for your interest in our research trial with the University of Birmingham.
In exchange for helping us make lumin&us® even better for families like yours, we’re offering families up to 12 months access to the Premium version of our award-winning family app!
What do I need to do? Simply fill out a couple of short surveys (10–15 minutes each), download and enjoy using lumin&us® Premium with the family for free for six weeks, then fill out the surveys again to get continued access for another nine months for free.
Can professionals contribute? Of course. We also want to hear from professionals working with families about their experience with lumin&us®. Professionals can fill out a short, 10 minute survey to access lumin&us® Premium for the duration of the research trial. After six weeks, we’ll be back in touch to ask you to complete the survey again. Professionals who complete the survey twice will receive a discount code to share with their families.
Information for Parents & Carers
To receive FREE access to lumin&us® Premium by participating in our research study, you should:
- be a first time user of the lumin&us® App
- have a child or children between the ages of 3–12 years old
- be prepared to use lumin&us® on average 3x per week for atleast 5 mins over a 6 week period
If you’d like a little more information, you can find it below.
Information for Professionals
To help us better understand the impact of lumin&us® on families by participating in our research, you should:
- be a first time user of the lumin&us® App
- be working with families with children between the ages of 3-12 years old
- ideally have an interest in improving access to mental health support
If you would like to share this opportunity with the families you work with, please feel free to use our pre-made resources to help you share information about the research trials:
If you’d like a little more information, you can find it below.
Additional Information
About your data
Your responses will be pseudonymised to maintain confidentiality. The data collected will include basic demographic details, survey responses, and app usage data. Data from the lumin&us® app will be linked with survey responses for evaluation purposes. The data will be stored securely and used solely for service evaluation.
Your data will be retained securely for three months after completion of the research analysis and no later than the end of 2026.
What research are you doing with parents and carers?
The surveys, conducted by Beacon Services Resources CIC (trading as lumin&us®), in collaboration with researchers from The University of Birminghma (trading as The Arke), aim to assess how lumin&us® influences parent-child engagement and wellbeing.
What research are you doing with practitioners?
Thank you for helping us to understand practitioners’ perceptions of lumin&us®. We are asking for feedback based on your professional observations of how parents and carers engage with and benefit from lumin&us®.
The research is being conducted by Beacon Services Resources CIC (trading as lumin&us®) in collaboration with researchers from The University of Birminghma (trading as The Arke),
Who has access to your data during the research period?
Only The Arke (Academic Research Knowledge Exchange) and Beacon Services Resources CIC will have access to your pseudo-anonymised data.
Right to withdraw
You can withdraw from the survey only before and during the completion of the survey by exiting the survey. Once you submit your responses, you cannot withdraw.