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About Pebble

Built from practice.
Named for impact.

Pebble was created by practising social worker and Team Manager Matthew Davies after years of seeing how much professional time was being lost to disconnected systems, duplication and growing administrative pressure across safeguarding services.

The name comes from what Matthew used to call his daughter before she was born. It reflects a simple belief: small actions can create wider change.

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The Pebble philosophy

One conversation. One visit. One record. One timely referral.

Like ripples spreading outward, small moments in safeguarding and social care practice can create wider impact.

Why Pebble was created

Practice needed something calmer.

Across safeguarding and social care practice, too much professional time was being lost to systems, duplication and growing administrative pressure.

Recording often meant staying late, moving between disconnected systems or losing valuable time that should have been spent with children, adults, families and carers.

Pebble was created to support calmer workflows, clearer recording and better use of professional time, while keeping professional judgement at the centre.

Reduce admin

Less time navigating systems.

Tools designed to simplify recording, referrals and day-to-day safeguarding workflows across services.

Protect practice

More time for meaningful work.

Supporting practitioners to stay present with people while keeping recording clear and professional.

Built from experience

Built around real practice.

Shaped by frontline experience, practitioner feedback and the real pressures across safeguarding services.

Our journey

Built step by step from real practice.

Pebble has grown from a frontline idea into a safeguarding platform shaped through real use, practitioner feedback and service need.

2023

The idea started from frontline frustration.

Pebble began with a simple question: why were safeguarding professionals still losing so much time to admin when better digital tools could support practice more effectively?

Frontline experience shaped the first idea
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What we believe

Technology should never feel more important than people.

Pebble is built around values that protect professional judgement, reduce unnecessary admin and support calmer, safer and more connected safeguarding practice.

Core belief

Safeguarding comes first.
Technology supports it.

Pebble exists to support practice, not control it. The platform is designed to strengthen recording, reduce administrative pressure and support professionals to stay present with people.

Professional judgement remains central
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Less admin.
More time with people.

Technology should reduce pressure, remove duplication and support meaningful safeguarding practice.

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Built through
real practice.

Pebble grows through frontline feedback, co-production and careful learning from real services.

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AI should support clarity.

AI-supported tools are designed to strengthen recording and structure, not replace safeguarding judgement.

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Safe, thoughtful and trustworthy.

Data protection, safeguarding and ethical technology sit at the centre of every part of the platform.

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Designed to keep listening.

Pebble will continue evolving carefully through practitioner feedback, reflection and learning from practice.

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Meet the team

Built by people connected to real practice.

Pebble is shaped by frontline experience, practitioner feedback and people who understand the pressures across safeguarding and social care.

Matthew Davies, founder of Pebble
Founder · Social Worker · Team Manager

Matthew Davies

Matthew created Pebble after years of frontline experience across children’s services. The platform was built to reduce administrative pressure and create tools that genuinely support safeguarding practice.

Built from frontline safeguarding experience
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Built from real practice

Built from practice.
Designed to support it.

Explore how Pebble supports clearer recording, calmer workflows and more connected safeguarding practice.

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