A graphic designer from Dussindale has designed a functioning iPad app that helps to show and teach those suffering with bowel cancer about the disease.

Tom Street developed the app, which shows diagrams and gives information about bowel cancer in a less scary and more informative way, for his end-of-year project when studying graphic design at the Cambridge School of Art.

'I wanted to design something to help people and something that could actually be of use,' said the 22-year-old, who works as a graphic designer at Barrett and Coe photographers in Norwich.

'It's fully functional and interactive so people can make it personal to them, depending on what stage of cancer they are suffering from.

'You see nasty images and statistics online and I wanted to make the information not so scary for people and make it all available in one place. When they read the information there is a link which takes them to the charity sources I used.'

Tom, who graduated with a first from university, hopes that someone will want to publish his app so he can eventually develop it to help people suffering with other diseases.

'At the moment it is only for bowel cancer but when it gets published, it is ready to be used for other types of cancers and other forms of diseases.'

Tom was inspired to create the app after his grandmother and great grandparents died from cancer and his mother had a non-cancerous brain tumour when he was at school.

'I've done charity events for Cancer Research, and last year I grew my beard for the whole year. But I wanted to do something different so I thought I would use the graphic skills I have to help them.

'I didn't have much digital knowledge but it took me two months to complete. I just want charities to see the app and to spread the word because it can help people.'

Have you created your own app or designed something? Email rebecca.murphy@archant.co.uk