Matt Edgar @mattedgar.social.coop.ap.brid.gy #Digital director in the #NHS, #SocialHousing non-exec, and history botherer in my spare time. I quit newspapers for new media in 1997. "You can always come back," […]
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Jamie Arnold @jamiearnold.com Humanist, agilist, ale-ist. DOGS. Sometimes, I write things down at jamiearnold.com.
Paul Smith @paulmsmith.bsky.social Lead Interaction Designer at NHS England. Generally designing, prototyping, coding & problem solving. Often drinking a disproportionate amount of tea in rainy Manchester.
John Bailey @bailey550.bsky.social Head of product design at NICE , Everton supporter and Lego builder. Living in Liverpool adopted scouser
Tyler Gindraux 🌻 @tylergindraux.bsky.social I'm a researcher and designer of public services. I live in Brooklyn, NY.
Emma Parnell @emmaparnell.bsky.social Taking a relational approach to co-designing the services that impact people's lives.
Service design consultant, writer, mentor, public speaker.
Designing over at Design for Joy: designforjoy.co.uk
she/her
Paul Moran @pjmoran.bsky.social Head of User Centred Design @ DVSA
Always learning, sometimes drawing.
https://linktr.ee/pauljosephmoran
Jo Carter @jocarter.bsky.social Mostly training government folks in Service Design | ServiceWorks founder | GovCamp Cymru organiser | Drummer | Cyclist https://www.weareserviceworks.com/
Nikola Goger @nikolagoger.bsky.social Head of Design at Ministry of Justice UK
She/her 🇩🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺
Blogging at https://medium.com/@nikolagoger
Jen Hadfield @jenhadfield.bsky.social Service designer in gov. Gets joy from solving problems and making things better for people.
Calum Ryan @calumryan.com Making the web a better more accessible place on GOV.UK at GDS and in my own time with https://calumryan.com
#Accessibility Advocate
Tech and travel enthusiast 🧳🚄
👋 he/him
🇬🇧 🇮🇪
Sarah Carter @ephemerawoman.bsky.social She/Her Mouth almighty, spoonie, deaf af, horror nerd, cat owner, queer, anti-racist, I stand with all LGBTQA+
No TERFS, No SWERFS
Currently recovering from a stroke
UK Gov Camp @ukgovcamp.com Unconferences and support for people interested in making the public sector better. https://www.ukgovcamp.com/
Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social TV Critic and Broadcaster. Must Watch + Remember Me? podcast. My book "OUT NOW" is out now. Dyslexic / Autistic.
Shaun @sconner.net
Heledd Quaeck @helivans.bsky.social Dyfal Donc a Dyr y Garreg.
Persistent tapping will break the stone.
#IStillBelieveInDigitalTransformation
Own views - mostly about:
Cymraeg / Welsh 🏴
User-centred services for public good
- A Accessibility Manchester @a11ymcr.bsky.social We are an inclusive meet up for people interested in accessibility. Sharing knowledge and giving people a platform to share.
Gareth Ford Williams @garethfw.bsky.social Accessibility Old Timer, ex-BBC Head of UX/Accessibility, Web/Mobile/Games/Fonts/Design Systems.
Has #Dyslexia and #ADHD.
Director of Ab11y.com and A11yQuest.com #a11y #UXDesign #accessibility
Aviv Katz @avivkatz.bsky.social Designer, researcher, educator working mostly in health and social innovation
Stephen Hale @hmshale.bsky.social Digital, service design, research, public services, Ex Lagomer, Cinimo, Brazil, Ingenious Friend, DH, FCO, DCC, KICC
https://hmshale.com
Lagom Strategy @lagomstrategy.bsky.social We are Lagom Strategy, a small user research and service design agency, helping people make smart, user-centred decisions about digital services.
https://www.lagomstrategy.net/
Chris Bush @chrisbush.bsky.social Head of Design Group @ Nexer
Bit of a geek.
Loves all things inclusion.
Very antiracist.
https://gather.human.cx (Resources)
https://www.human.cx (Personal site)
https://www.nexergroup.com
Martin Wright @mynameismartin.co.uk I design stuff and try not to make the world worse while doing it. he/him
Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social Loves streets. Make them safe. Set them free. Sheffield. Abolition.
Works at Living Streets.
Free free 🍉
🔗 sam.wakeling.me
Amy Czuba @amyczuba.bsky.social New biz @ Nexer Digital | Umbraco MVP.
Caffeinated, solar-powered, and paying attention to the little things in life. Sharing thoughts on sustainability, accessibility, digital and music — through an optimistic Yorkshire lens.
Sharon at 21st Century Mindset @21cmindset.com Coaching, public speaking and support for neurodivergent people and ND friendly organisations.
Sian Murray Huynh @sianmurrayhuynh.bsky.social Product coach, founder of Radically Good Products ✊🏻🌍✨ Eastender, Mama, Franco-Vietphile. Living with chronic illness. Turns out I was neurodivergent all along.
#FreePalestine🕊️🇵🇸 #AuDHD #CFSME #DS9rules🖖🏻
Chris Gibbons @gbbns.co Design Engineer • Front End • Accessibility • Design systems • Framework agnostic • Astro • Northerner • Swearer • LFC • Buffalo Bills • Walker of Wainwrights
🔗 - http://gbbns.co
Kathryn Grace 🕊️ @iamkathryngrace.bsky.social Design Leader:
Service & Systems Design
Keeping digital health and care human and joining it up
Dave Burton @ideasintheround.bsky.social Product person in central government, and part of OneTeamGov.
Co-founded Glean, a design agency for international development.
Manchester now, previously Birmingham, Dhaka and Phnom Penh. Good people doing good work together is my jam.
Nia Campbell @niacampbell.bsky.social Work: NHS Wales App. Member: @transform.wales
Eternal optimist. Goofball. Cymraes. She/her.
Check your boobs. Views mine.
https://medium.com/@niacampbell
Paul @paulannett.com UX designer on Firefox.
Dad. Bad puns. Card tricks. EVs. Tired.
UnderWing @underwing.bsky.social bringing poetry as the crow flies | |#poetry | also on mastodon.social, twitter (x), facebook, and instagram/threads | by @drakenvlieg.bsky.social- E Elbotting @elbotting.bsky.social
Phil Hesketh @philhesketh.bsky.social Service Designer in the UK Gov. Co-founded Consent Kit. I like growing things. I like cats, and I like sandwiches.
Sarah Luxford @sarahrecruiter.bsky.social Keen community builder, tech enthusiast, cheer-leader of others, supporting public sector as a headhunter for DDaT roles through one hire at a time, mum, strictly come dancing wannabe
Ashleigh Roberts Collacott @itsashleighhyo.bsky.social Women In Tech Advocate | Driving innovation and transformation across Defence, Government and Policing
Rumman Amin @rumman.bsky.social Delivery in Gov @ Softwire. Currently working w/ MHCLG & UKEF | Prev. Head of Delivery at Homes England | Ex GDS
rummanamin.co.uk
Rebekah Barry @rebekahbarry.bsky.social Content and strategy consultant.
Author of Considerate Content - How to make your content more inclusive and accessible, with a focus on neurodivergence and health conditions.
https://contentdesign.london/shop/considerate-content-by-rebekah-barry
hilaryonline.bsky.social @hilaryonline.bsky.social Interests veer wildly from pop culture and TV/film nostalgia, to LGBTQ+, Eurovision and digital inclusion. Cumbrian, in Stockport, working in human centered design for Sweden via Macclesfield. Wife, kids, whippet 🌈
Terence Eden @edent.tel Longer hair than you.
Chaotic Good.
Doesn't work for The Man™ any more.
If you're involved in Blockchain or Crypto you will be blocked on sight.
All content © and personal. May not be reproduced without consent.
Blog https://shkspr.mobi/blog
Andrew Travers @andrewtravers.com Designer and researcher working with the UK's public sector. I wrote ‘Interviewing for research’ once upon a time. Occasionally blogging here: andrewtravers.com
Ben Proctor @benproctor.co.uk Some time folk singer. Freelance data consultant.
LibDem Herefordshire & Hereford City Councillor for College Ward (promoted by Sam Potts on behalf of the Liberal Democrats all at 54 St Owen St Hereford HR12PU) more at https://linktr.ee/ben4college
Mackenzie Kitchen @mackenziek.bsky.social Doing digital in the government of BC. Ski and motorcycle nut. Mom/wife. Views are my own.
Will Allen @willallennz.bsky.social Sustainable development & co-design practitioner. Supports multi-stakeholder processes and constructive change. Sharing insights on systems thinking, adaptive management, evaluation, facilitation. More at https://learningforsustainability.net/
Jenni Parker @jenniparker.bsky.social Designer and social innovator passionate about social impact. Founder and Director of Humanly. she/her 🏳️🌈
Megha Wadhawan @meghaw.bsky.social All things Design
Alex Hall @waysanddreams.bsky.social Systems design, design systems.
Design, strategy, systems, content, politics.
Interested in everything. Everything is connected.
Wendy Coello @wendycoello.bsky.social Director at dxw. Most things public sector digital and comms. Sheffielder.
Hattie Kennedy @hattiek.bsky.social Chief Data Officer at MHCLG, sometimes comics.- E Please follow @edent.tel @edent.bsky.social This account is archived to prevent squatting.
Follow @edent.tel instead.
(But I'm spending more time on Mastodon)
Kate Ivey-Williams @kateiw.bsky.social Head of Service Design for the Open University, ex GOV.UK. Van life, plants, dancing etc.
Clara Greo @claragt.bsky.social Community, capability & equity in design and UCD. Not white. she/her. Grieving. Resting.✊🏿🏳️⚧️🍉🌏
Sally Halls @sallyhalls.bsky.social Head of Colab. Service designer. Mother. Gardener.
Mal Ross 🌈 @malross.bsky.social User experience person. Motorsport fan. Lover of hills and forests. Board gamer. AFOL. Humanist. Husband. Dad.
Victoria Hunt @toristories.bsky.social Trying to contribute in localgov, and in life. Product person, user stories.
Ed Horsford @edwardhorsford.bsky.social
Cat Cutmore @catcutmore.bsky.social Marketing & Events Manager at @Nexer_Digital
We run #CampDigital
https://www.nexerdigital.com/camp-digital/2026/
Edinburgh-based
Amy Hupe @amyhupe.bsky.social She/her
Design systems and content design consultant. Reckless shitposter.
amyhupe.co.uk
wearefrankly.co
#DesignSystems #ContentDesign #WriteTheDocs
EveryHeron 𓅣 @everyheron.bsky.social We are the quiet unnoticed Heron, inspiring Heroneers all over Planet Earth, as you encounter Heronkind for 1st or 1000th time.
"Nature is reported in the fullness of life... To the full heart she is all but a figure of speech"-Thoreau www.everyheron.com
James Arthur Cattell @jacattell.bsky.social Bring us together,
make things better.
@janethughes.bsky.social's husband (-:
Senior delivery manager at @tpximpact.com
https://www.cattell.com
Nexer_Digital @nexerdigital.com Designing digital products and inclusive services that help people to live and work better. Health, research, charity, public and education. We run #CampDigital
Steve O'Connor @steveoconnor.bsky.social Senior UX Consultant at Version 1, Director of CamCreatives CIC in Cambridge, UK, currently working with DfE
Neurospicy with neurospicy kids. Yikes.
Big heart, bad memory.
dxw @dxw.com We design, build and run digital public services that make people's lives better.
dxw is employee owned.
Find out more about us 👉 https://linktr.ee/_dxw
Jonty @fairless.xyz Service designer for the climate emergency, mechanic, & cargobike charity trustee. Used to work night shift.
📍Edinburgh 🏴
Charlene Squires @charlenesquire5.bsky.social Senior Business Analyst @DWPDigital | Volunteer Enterprise Advisor @careerent | Social Mobility Advocate | Mentor | She/her | All views my own
Dominic Berry @djberry.bsky.social User Researcher working in agile development teams. My approach and methods are informed by what I learnt as a historian of science and technology. I try to make my employers more trans inclusive. #Norwich #ucd he/him
Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social Christian, Head of Accessiblity and Digital Inclusion at Government Digital Service, part of Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Terrible puns. Music wot I wrote at https://soundcloud.com/user-480796149
Mark Buttanshaw @buttansma.bsky.social Curious about people, organisations, systems, leadership, culture and why things work or don’t. Seeking to act justly, love mercy and walk humbly.
Organisational Effectiveness in Ministry of Justice | Trustee at Handcrafted | Organiser at UKGovCamp
Zach Moss @zachmoss.bsky.social Work @compassionindying.bsky.social | 🪃 | Trying to do less, but better. Bleets not Skeets. zachmoss.co.uk
Greg Knight @knightknightg.bsky.social Content design and strategy.
Nic Price @nicprice.bsky.social Design, inclusive public services. Bristol, cycling and coffee. Take a problem for a walk. People thinking
Frankie Roberto @frankieroberto.com Freelance interaction designer. X-GOVUK contributor. London dad. Car-free cities. Working for NHS England.
https://www.frankieroberto.com
Kate @kateycloggs.bsky.social I love plain language, content design, cats, chickens and floating on doughnuts in Portuguese and Spanish swimming pools. ☀️
From Liverpool 🇬🇧 Live in NZ 🇳🇿
Lisa Riemers @lisariemers.bsky.social User-centred accessible content design, communications, community, intranet and digital workplace shenanigans. Bringing people together in pubs in SE London #ItsPubOClock. Artist who frequents the London Colour Walk.
zeldman @zeldman.bsky.social “King of Web Standards”—Businessweek. Ava’s dad. OG web designer. Automattician. Composer. zeldman.com + alistapart.com. Author “Designing With Web Standards.” Founded Happy Cog. Taught MFA IXD @ SVA NYC. Co-founded A Book Apart & An Event Apart (RIP).
Shaun Gomm @shaungomm.bsky.social Commercial Director @Nexer_Digital. Human-centred design. Accessibility. Host and organiser of #CampDigital Leftie. #NUFC fan
Sarah Drummond @rufflemuffin.bsky.social Filmmaker / Directing #section28film
Founder: anthrobricolage.com
Director: good.services @theschoolofgood
DR of Design, once ran
@wearesnook
Made cycling easier with @cycle_hack
GOOD Magazine #100
Board member at @lomondtrossachs
She/they
Jane McFadyen @janemcfadyen.bsky.social Senior Content Designer working on government services, fighting the good UX fight.
Ignacia Orellana @ignaciaorellana.bsky.social Independent service design and digital transformation lead.
Mainly works in public sector.
Previously: Service Design lead @gdsteam. Chilena en Londres
She/her
https://ignaciaorellana.com/
Annie @anniecrab.bsky.social Service designer in UK gov. Aspiring trusted agitator. Sometimes improviser. Cat person. She/her
Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social Writer, actor, audiobook narrator, notorious tryhard
Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social Accessibility, inclusive design research #A11y #UX
Loves swimming in nature, rocks in rivers, mint tea, gelato, trees. Art, music, play!
Grew up in the West Country, left to explore cognition & behaviour, returned ND 🌈 she
Rich Blake @richblake.bsky.social Agile, public service, facilitation. He/him.
Helen @socialsoup.bsky.social Designer in UK Gov. Made in State School. Haway man, woman man.
Andy Jones 🏳️🌈 @andyjones.bsky.social Head of Design (Content, Service and Interaction Design) - Dept for Education.
Ex-Dog dad, plant dad. Lover of coffee, cake, all things Scandinavian, design and architecture. Neurospicy, ADHD and colourblind.
Can’t get messages.
Liam Hawkes @liamhawkes.bsky.social Principal Service Designer in CoLab - the Policy and Innovation Lab at the Home Office. Previously #localgov.
Melinda @melindatamplin.bsky.social Life is not measured by the breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away 💖 #loveislove
Stamanfar @stamanfar.bsky.social Service designer, DHSC. It's more than what you bargained for but it's a little less than what you paid for.
Dale Lane @dalelane.co.uk Developer for IBM. Kafka. Flink. Kubernetes. AI. ML. Gadgets. Gaming. Coffee. Creator of Machine Learning for Kids.
https://dalelane.co.uk
Joe Julier @joejulier.bsky.social User researcher in the NHS. Also worked at the FT, on Universal Credit and at futuregov. Here to recommend you TV shows you've already seen.
Lauren Pope @lapope.bsky.social Content strategy and content design for charities and arts orgs. Also: Brighton, plants, my dog, typos.
Matt Griffiths @mattvilla.bsky.social ❤️ Family,💜💙 The Villa, Irish and Border Terriers and running.
Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social Dutch Brexit-exiled immigrant living in Portugal.
Consultant by day. Hiker, brewer of beer, nature lover, reader of Scifi, climate change acceptor and more lefty stuff by night. Spends weekends planning around all things racing on 2&4 wheels.
Kate Tarling @kateldn.bsky.social Supporting orgs to be more service-oriented through advisory, training and coaching. Author of The Service Organization book and running The Service Org Group. Also trail running. Sheffield.
Dan Barrett @dasbarrett.bsky.social Hello friend it’s sandwiches alright 🥪 Also baking, learning to make guitar effects pedals, shrine to The Incredible Hulk like a normal person, houseplants, and data and AI at Citizens Advice 📊 🤖
He / Him
Colin @htmlandbacon.com Front-end developer working in Government.
Inclusive design advocate, html and taco fan.
https://htmlandbacon.com/