Transforming understanding of your body & mind with animated analogies
Our mission
To simplify medical jargon through animations, transforming
people's understanding of the body and mind.
Welcome to SimplyBetter
Many people can leave their GP feeling overwhelmed, confused and have little understanding of
what they've just been told about their health. SimplyBetter is here to change this.
Up to 61% of the English working age population do not routinely
understand health and wellbeing information they are given.
(Improving Health Literacy to reduce inequalities, 2015).
How do we plan to improve health literacy?
We are looking for like-minded partners who want to help empower the general public through knowledge,
education and understanding. We're already engaging audiences with animations using everyday objects
(take a look below!), but in order to expand our offering we are looking for funding partners
to work alongside to take SimplyBetter to the next level.
With additional funding we aim to:
- Develop further animations for many more health conditions.
- Develop longer animations for more complex conditions.
- Develop and launch an app, a shiny new home for all of this fantastic information.
The app will be free to download and accessible to all.
- Educate those working in healthcare.
Our dream is for SimplyBetter to be the number 1 'go-to' resource to improve health literacy.
About Mark and Justin
Introducing the founders behind SimplyBetter, Mark and Justin.
As a biology teacher, Justin is fascinated by how the human mind learns and has always enjoyed
teaching his students in a way that uses visual analogies to simplify complex written information.
As a Designer and through personal experience, Mark discovered the lack of simple visual aids in the medical
world. Their enthusiasm and curiosity was the beginning of the SimplyBetter story...
They decided that, with Justin's scientific knowledge paired with
Mark's design background as a Creative Director at @originalmangogroup,
they could help health professionals convey information with simplicity and clarity.
Click on the images below to view our wonderful animations, and learn more!
Asthma
A common lung condition that causes breathing problems. But how?
Breast Cancer
The most commonly diagnosed cancer in women. How can you be 'breast aware'?
Dementia
How does Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia affect the brain?
Diabetes
Learn how diabetes affects the body's ability to breakdown glucose into energy.
Infectious Diseases
Caused by organisms invading our body and spread by sneezing, coughing or touching.
Meningitis
Fever, headaches, vomiting, stiffness of the neck and sometimes a rash, but what's happening on the inside?
Menopause
Time to talk openly about the huge range of symptoms that can effect women for up to a third of their lives.
Motor Neurone Disease (MND)
A disease that affects the nerve cells responsible for controlling our muscles. Click on the image to find out more.
Obesity
Understanding obesity and what it means for your health is vitally important.
Sepsis
A life-threatening condition causing widespread inflammation in the body, and sometimes, organ failure.
Lung Disease
What happens when your lungs aren't functioning to capacity? New animation coming soon!
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Understand the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and infections (STIs)
SimplyBetter Stories
One of our core aims with SimplyBetter is to encourage conversations, spread awareness and learn
from the people around us. That's why we've created SimplyBetterStories; a brand-new series that
will regularly feature different speakers who will tell their story.
Living with incurable cancer
Heidi's take on what's it like to live with Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Watch now.
The impact of Menopause
Plunged into early menopause at 44, Shona talks us through her journey. Catch up now.
Understanding Sepsis
We talk to Dr. Ron Daniels, Founder and Joint CEO of the Sepsis Trust. Watch now.
Your health is a big deal
We talk to Kelsey Grammer about how a heart attack gave him life-changing perspective.