Our story

Why I built Best Chance

Best Chance was born from necessity.

I was trying to make sure my son had the best support around him. Instead, I found myself having to become the researcher, evidence organiser, administrator, advocate, strategist and case manager — learning systems I never expected a parent to have to master.

I built Best Chance because I did not want another family to have to go through the same pain and difficulty just to understand what their child may need and what to do next.

And there is a fear many families with disabled children carry: if I am not here tomorrow, who makes sure my child still has the right people, support, evidence, oversight and governance around them?

That question became part of the bigger Best Chance ambition — to help create a support system around the child that is clearer, better governed and less dependent on one exhausted parent carrying everything in their head.

Best Chance was born from my family’s necessity. It has been shaped further by hearing too many other hard stories from parents who were tired, overwhelmed or simply did not have the time and resources to keep fighting.

A documentary telling this story in full is in development.

What’s built today

Two things work now, and one does not. They’re listed the same way everywhere else on this site, so what’s finished and what’s not can be told apart at a glance.

• The free check

  A short set of questions that ends in a finding, the guidance behind it, and one next step. No account, and no name asked for.

• The guidance pages

  The situations we cover, each written up with the steps that usually follow and the published sources they rest on.

• Keeping a case in one placeComing soon

  Holding a finding, tracking what was promised against what arrived, and preparing letters for you to send. All still to come.

How it works, in full