CONfidence App
Looking for better ways to support people with bladder and bowel leakage?
The CONfidence App is a free, PIF TICK-certified resource that gives people discreet, evidence-based guidance and self-care tools they can trust. By sharing it, your organisation helps people manage conditions safely - while easing pressure on overstretched services.
Why this matters.
- 14 million people in the UK live with bladder control problems
- 6.5 million struggle with bowel control
- Nearlly 900,000 children are affected at any one time
Stigma, embarrassment, and misinformation mean many suffer in silence - isolated, unsupported, and at higher risk of complications. Services want to help, but demand is rising and capacity is limited.
What the app offers.
- Reliable advice - plain-language guidance written and reviewed by experts.
- Practical self-care tips - manage daily life and reduce avoidable crises.
- Clear signposting - to NHS care, specialists, and charities.
- Always accessible - free, discreet, works offline, no sign-up, no data collected.
Why organisations use the app.
- Reach people discreetly - with safe, stigma-free information.
- Promote self-care - easing unnecessary demand on staff and services.
- Connect people quickly - with deatails about local and national support in one place.
- Show leadership - by tackling a high-prevalence, hidden issue.
Make it local. Make it yours.
Health systems and services can customise the app with:
- A branded homepage
- Local service directories
- Tailored messaging for their community.
A simple way to reduce unmet need and support your commnity more effectively.
Localise apps for your organisation
Trusted and co-created.
- Developed with people living with incontinence and continence specialists.
- Led by Prof Nikki Cotterill (UWE Bristol) and Dr Knut Schroeder (Expert Self Care).
- Co-produced with partners including Bladder & Bowel UK, ERIC, Florence Nightingale Foundation, Bristol Urological Institute, and others.
- Winner of the Nursing Times Award for Continence Care.
“Very helpful and relevant — delivered in a way that isn’t at all judgemental.”
App user“This gives people the tools to manage their own symptoms.”
App user
Let's work together.
Help people live with confidence - and give your staff the reassurance of a trusted resource.