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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social Multi-award winning journalist and author based in Cardiff.
I conduct investigative journalism and help people better understand Wales/Cymru.
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Columnist at The Guardian.
Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social A reader-funded newspaper that truly sits outside the established system and answers only to the public.
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Visit our website: bylinetimes.com
Amanda Grimm @amandafgrimm.bsky.social Climate & nature. Policy & politics. Community power.
All views my own.
WWF Scotland @wwfscotland.bsky.social Scotland’s nature has shaped us. Now it needs us. 🌍
Tackling the nature and climate crises to bring our world back to life.
Friends of the Earth Scotland 🌍 @foescot.bsky.social We’re a climate campaigning organisation and part of the largest grassroots environmental network in the world ✊
GCVS @glasgowcvs.bsky.social Glasgow's Council for the Voluntary Sector
💡Support, Training, Resources, News
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First Minister's National Advisory Council on Women and Girls @nacwgscot.bsky.social The National Advisory Council on Women and Girls advises the First Minister on what’s needed to tackle gender inequality in Scotland.
Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social Guardian senior political correspondent. New book, Stress tested, out now: https://tinyurl.com/mhn82a7m
Email: peter.walker@theguardian.com Secure email if needed: peter.walker.guardian@protonmail.com
Greater Govanhill @greatergovanhill.com Greater Govanhill is a FREE, award-winning, multilingual, solutions-focused, community magazine.
Govanhill Go! @govanhillgo.bsky.social Govanhill Go! is a place on the internet for positive content about the area past, present and future. N.B trolling is banished.
The ALLIANCE @alliancescot.bsky.social Vision for a Scotland where people who are disabled or living with long term conditions and carers have a strong voice and enjoy their right to live well.
Prof Tim Jackson @timjackson.org.uk Ecological Economist and Playwright. Author of »The Care Economy« (2025), »Post Growth« (2021) and »Prosperity Without Growth« (2009/2017). Director of @cusp.ac.uk.
🌐 https://timjackson.org.uk
CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk What can prosperity possibly mean in a world of environmental, social and economic limits?—We work with people, policy and business to address this question, developing pragmatic steps towards a shared and lasting prosperity.
🌐 cusp.ac.uk
CPAG in Scotland @cpagscotland.bsky.social CPAG in Scotland works to end child poverty in Scotland.
cpag.org.uk
Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social Guardian columnist & writer, author of Half a Wife, sometimes on telly/Guardian Politics Weekly podcast. No, I didn't write the headline. Event host & speaker https://www.specialistspeakers.com/?p=2705
Persuasion UK @persuasionuk.bsky.social Researching what is shaping UK public opinion on the issues that define our politics @ persuasionuk.org.
Director: @steveakehurst.bsky.social
Steve Akehurst @steveakehurst.bsky.social Politics, policy, public attitudes. Work in polling and comms. Director, Persuasion UK. ex- Shelter, civil service and various other things. 🏳️🌈
https://persuasionuk.org/about
https://strongmessagehere.substack.com/
Rebecca McCurdy @rebeccamccurdy.bsky.social Deputy Political Editor, The Herald.
📧rebecca.mccurdy@heraldandtimes.co.uk.
www.heraldscotland.com
Jude Turbyne @judeturbyne.bsky.social Happy CEO of Children in Scotland. Also delighted to be the chair of the Corra Foundation and on the board of the Scotland Malawi Partnership. Lucky to live in Broughty Ferry and never happier than when up a hill.
IPPR North @ipprnorth.bsky.social We're the leading think-tank based in the North丨Developing bold, progressive ideas to empower England’s regions丨21 years of independent research & influence
Children in Scotland @childreninscotland.bsky.social Scotland's national charity working to improve children's lives.
Services: Enquire | Resolve | Reach | My Rights, My Say
childreninscotland.org.uk
Fraser MacDonald @frasermacdonald.bsky.social Geographer, historian.
Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social 🗳️ Scottish politics & elections | 📊 Quant social & political science | 💼 Associate Advisory Director @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social |📜 Associate Member @ccc-research.bsky.social | 🖋️ in various publications
The Ferret @theferret.scot Scotland's award-winning investigative news and fact-checking co-op.
Contact us here: https://theferret.scot/contact/
Find out more: https://t-sml.mtrbio.com/public/smartlink/theferretscot
Early Years Scotland @eyscotland.bsky.social Early Years Scotland is a charity which exists to make a real, positive difference to the lives of our youngest children.
earlyyearsscotland.org
Brigid Russell @brigidrussell51.bsky.social All about working relationally, learning, listening, & coaching. Exploring how working collaboratively & leadership can develop in practice. What does it mean and what does it take to be alongside?
#SpacesForListening
Philippa Kemp @philkemp.bsky.social Swimmer, reader, film and photography enthusiast. OPFS Comms and PR. Views my own.
Charlie Jones @charliepsych.bsky.social Clinical psychologist in an NHS hospital.
Relationships & humanity in healthcare.
What's going on under the surface?
Listening.
Dad.
Bristol.
Changing Realities @changingrealities.bsky.social Participatory project involving parents and carers living on a low income across the UK, Working with researchers, artists and Child Poverty Action Group to improve lives. Thanks to Impact on Urban Health & Robertson Trust. linktr.ee/changingrealities
Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social Professor of Social & Public Policy at University of Glasgow
Perimenopausal | neurodivergent | navigating parenting kids with SEND
Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social Chief Executive, Nuffield Foundation
Previous lives:
Chief Executive & Exec. Chair, Resolution Foundation
Founding Chair, Living Wage Commission
Oxfam GB @oxfamgb.bsky.social The official account of Oxfam Great Britain. Oxfam is a global community of people who believe in a kinder, and radically better world, where everyone has the power to thrive not just survive.
Tom Pollard @pollardtom.bsky.social Head of Policy, Campaigns & Public Affairs at Mind | NHS Mental Health Social Worker | Previously at NEF & DWP | Views expressed here my own
Dave Hawkey @davehawkey.bsky.social
Human Rights Watch @hrw.org 🔎 🌎 ✊
Exposing human rights abuses around the world.
Mark Brown @markoneinfour.bsky.social Mental health/tech stuff. Sell ads for local newspapers, keeping local public interest news alive. Former writer in residence @centreforMH. Ask me to write MH things. Director Social Spider CIC. DMs open. Podcast @BBCOuch
(he/they)
Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org The Resolution Foundation is an independent think-tank dedicated to lifting living standards in the UK.
Kartik Raj @kartikraj.eurosky.social Work: @hrw.org on human rights in Europe
Non-work: Migrant. Parent. Pedant. Anorak. #dadjokes. He/him.
Barcelona-based.
Work output here: https://www.hrw.org/about/people/kartik-raj
Iain Porter @iainkporter.bsky.social Senior Policy Adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
@jrf-uk.bsky.social https://www.jrf.org.uk/
New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social Change the rules. Share the wealth. Protect the planet.
Patriotic Millionaires @patrioticmillionaires.org We're a group of American millionaires fighting to tax the rich, pay the people, and spread the power!
Laurie Macfarlane @lmacfarlane.bsky.social Co-director @FutureEconScot.bsky.social Fellow UCL IIPP and the Democracy Collaborative. Co-author ‘Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing’
Regenerative Futures Fund @regenfuturesfund.bsky.social Aala, Andy (@futurejourneys.bsky.social) and Leah (@leahblack.bsky.social) at the Regenerative Futures Fund - a ten-year community fund for Edinburgh that shifts decision-making power to those most often excluded https://regenerativefuturesfund.org.uk
Casey Smith @caseysmithippr.bsky.social Researcher IPPR Scotland
Mike Strang @mikestrang01.bsky.social Chief Executive @ Paddle Scotland | Trustee @ Mindset | Trustee @ Beyond Srebrenica | Youth Work | Outdoor Learning | Smart Justice
Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social Journalist, author, filmmaker and broadcaster. Writer at Large with @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Made in Ireland, found in Scotland
MDANT🎖️
AKA ‘the kind of strutting cosmopolitan socialist who’s made for Bluesky’
Clan Childlaw @clanchildlaw.org Clan is an award-winning, independent children's charity that actively supports children and young people to take ownership of their rights.
Fair By Design @fairbydesign.bsky.social Ending the #PovertyPremium: the extra costs people on low incomes pay for essential products & services.
Leah Duncan-Karrim @leahjdk.bsky.social Passionate about all things children's rights
Proud polyglot and travel enthusiast 🇦🇱🇦🇹🇧🇪🇨🇳🇭🇷🇨🇿🇫🇷🇩🇪🇭🇺🇮🇪🇮🇹🇯🇵🇲🇺🇳🇱🇵🇱🏴🇸🇮🇪🇸🇺🇸🇻🇦
Views are my own
Dads Rock @dadsrockorg.bsky.social Children thrive when Dads thrive.
Providing Dads and families with the tools they need to give their child the best possible start in life.
Founded in Edinburgh, working across the UK.
Registered charity: SC043877
🌐 www.dadsrock.org.uk
Children's Health Scotland @childhealthscot.bsky.social We're a Scottish #charity who support #vulnerable #children whose #health (mental & physical), #wellbeing & #rights are most at risk. We work directly with children and those who love and care for them, including families, parents, foster & kinship carers.
Clare MacGillivray @claremacg.bsky.social Director @Rights_Real |
Senior Atlantic Fellow @AFSEE_LSE @LSEInequalities | 🎙
@fearless_pod | 🧡
Former Trustee @@Creative_Voices @IACDglobal 🌍
Making Rights Real @makingrightsreal.bsky.social Making Rights Real is a grassroots human rights organisation for Scotland. 🧡
http://makingrightsreal.org.uk
Scottish Charity No: SC050342
UNICEF @unicef.org UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to protect children's rights. We won't stop, #ForEveryChild.
Learn more: linktr.ee/for_every_child
Mary Glasgow @margl24.bsky.social CEO at Children First www.childrenfirst.org.uk
Support Line 08000 28 22 33
📚🧘♀️🐕🎿🏊♂️
Relieved to find a space for connection, kindness and creativity and focussed on Children's relationships, rights, safety and recovery
Young Speakers Scotland @youngspeakersscot.bsky.social Committed to reducing inequality and helping young people find their potential through speech and debate programmes. SCIO no SC050590
https://youngspeakersscotland.org.uk/
Brian McLaughlin SFHA @briansfha.bsky.social Media Officer at Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
For enquiries, contact bmclaughlin@sfha.co.uk
Repost/like does not mean endorsement. All views are my own.
Morna O'May, CVA, FRSA @mornaomay.bsky.social Volunteering Engagement Professional: Charity Sector Innovator: Wild Swimmer:
Blue Zone Enthusiast: P&K TSI #PowerOfMusic Always Kintyre🌊🎶💙
Ross McCulloch @thirdsectorlab.co.uk Tech for good insights, digital activism and occasional photos of Scotland.
Founder at Third Sector Lab - Helping charities deliver more impact with digital, data & design ⚡️
https://thirdsectorlab.co.uk/
36k Twitter followers - starting from 0 here.
Evaluation Support Scotland @evalsupscot.bsky.social Working with third sector organisations and funders so that they can measure and explain their impact.
(Reposts are not endorsement).
🌀 https://evaluationsupportscotland.org.uk/
Fife Gingerbread @fifegingerbread.bsky.social We support and empower Fife's lone parents and families in need for better todays and brighter tomorrows.
media co-op @mediaco-op.bsky.social We co-operate. We make digital media for TV, charities, social enterprises & the public sector 🔗 https://linktr.ee/mediaco_op
2050 Climate Group @2050climategroup.bsky.social Empowering young people in Scotland to take action against the climate crisis because #2050StartsNow 🌍 https://linktr.ee/2050climategroup
Walking Scotland @walkingscotland.bsky.social We are Walking Scotland. Your national walking and wheeling charity. Formerly known as Paths for All 👣
🌐 www.walkingscotland.org.uk
Voluntary Health Scotland @vhscotland.bsky.social We are the national intermediary and network for voluntary health organisations in Scotland. We work with our members and partners to tackle health inequalities. We manage the national network for Scotland's community link workers.
Scottish Refugee Council @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social Scotland's national refugee charity. Celebrating diversity and raising awareness about issues faced by refugees. Co-ordinators of #RefugeeFestScot.
https://linktr.ee/scottishrefugeecouncil
@goodmovesjobs.bsky.social @goodmovesjobs.bsky.social
Morag Treanor @moragtreanor.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy and Inequality at the University of Glasgow.
Clare Simpson @claremsimpson.bsky.social Reading, writing, theatre (including theatre reviews for @FringeReview)
Finding out there’s life after work.
Trustee @opfs
James McEnaney @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social Journalist and writer
Former English teacher & lecturer | Author of 'Class Rules: the Truth about Scottish Schools' & 'A Scottish Journey' | Fond of FOI, motorbikes, La Gomera, and all things education
www.jamesmcenaney.co.uk
Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social Freelance journalist & writer. Bylines at the Herald, the Guardian, the London Review of Books, the Big Issue, Prospect Magazine et al. Radio 4 documentaries, including Waiting for the Van & Prosecuting Polmont. Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize.
CYCJ @cycjscotland.bsky.social Children & Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ)
Collaborating for rights-respecting justice for all children and young people in Scotland.
Explore our new eLearning modules at our website
cycj.org.uk | cycj@strath.ac.uk
Nick Hobbs @nickhobbs.bsky.social Head of Legal at the office of the Children & Young People’s Commissioner Scotland. @cypcs.bsky.social
Children’s human rights in law, policy and practice.
Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland @cypcs.bsky.social The Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland promotes and safeguards children's rights.
Alastair McIntosh @alastairmci.bsky.social Human ecologist and Quaker, I share on social justice, environment, land reform, nonviolence and spirituality. Books include Soil and Soul, Poacher's Pilgrimage & Riders on the Storm. Honorary prof Glasgow Uni.
Hebrides and Govan.
www.AlastairMcIntosh.com
Fraser Stewart @fraserjfstewart.bsky.social Making clean energy work against poverty, inequality and injustice. Believer in big ideas. Working class bairn at heart.
Scottish/UK, climate, energy, people power, class and justice.
Citizens Advice Scotland @citizensadvicescot.bsky.social Empowering people across Scotland | Here to help you find a way forward ➡️
Calton Hill Conservation Trust @caltonhill.bsky.social Working to make Calton Hill a cleaner, safer & more beautiful place through conservation, volunteering & community action | Join us as a member or volunteer: caltonhilltrust.org
Jamie Livingstone @jamie-livingstone.bsky.social
More in Common UK @moreincommonuk.bsky.social https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/
Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social Lover of finding out what people think. Director @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/
David Ho @davidho.bsky.social Climate scientist; ocean carbon cycle and climate solutions. Professor @soest.hawaii.edu, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; Visiting Faculty, Arizona State University. https://linktr.ee/david_ho
Kirsten Urquhart @kirstenurquhart.bsky.social Chief Exec Young Scot @youngscot.bsky.social |Mum💙|She/Her |BEM | #YoungPeople | Transport Scot NSTAB | Scottish AI Alliance Community Advisory Group | Consumer Scot Advisory Committee on Consumers in Vulnerable Circumstances | Scotrail stakeholder panel
Kevin Kane @kane-k.bsky.social 🏴 Chief Executive of Shared Parenting Scotland.
🛝 Director at Play Scotland.
🔊 #Haemochromatosis (genetic iron overload) awareness.
Dr Rachael King @drrachaelking.bsky.social Educational Psychologist
EMDR Therapist
Self-employed
Part-time Local Authority
John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social digital evolution • charities • change • digital strategy • tech for good • fixing the plumbing • responsible AI • Scotland • feed may contain bikes and sailing
James Plunkett @jamestplunkett.bsky.social Interested in more human ways to govern our lives together, and how technology can help. Blog: https://medium.com/@jamestplunkett 🏳️⚧️
RSPB @rspb.bsky.social Filling these blue skies with birds, and saving nature while doing it.
🦅🦆🦉🐦🐤🐧
Our Website: https://brnw.ch/21wQQ1O
Cover photo: Aintright 📷
University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk Changing the world since 1451 🌍 | #TeamUofG #WorldChangingGlasgow https://www.gla.ac.uk/
Lyndsay Fraser Robertson @lfrob.bsky.social Committed to social justice and working towards social change. Lover of dogs and funny GIFs. Mum of 3 young, wild and gorgeous boys. Programmes and Practice Officer, The Robertson Trust (all views my own)
Independent Food Aid Network @ifanuk.bsky.social The Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN) supports and represents independent food aid providers including hundreds of food banks operating across the UK. IFAN advocates for a #cashfirst or income-focused approach to food insecurity.
Parenting Across Scotland @parentingscotland.bsky.social Parenting Across Scotland is a network of charities focussing on issues affecting parents in Scotland. By supporting families we support children.
https://linktr.ee/parentingacrossscotland
NSPCC @nspcc.bsky.social UK Based Charity. We exist to keep children safe. Everything we do puts children first – their voices, their experiences, their needs. Anyone worried about a child can call 0808 800 5000.
The Promise Scotland @thepromise.scot The Promise Scotland supports those working in and around the 'care system' to create meaningful change, helping to ensure Scotland can #KeepThePromise by 2030.
Jo Bibby @jobibby.bsky.social Calder Valley Kite Kollective
Prayer Collector
Dream Broker
📍Bohemia
Linda Macdonald @lindamacdonald.bsky.social Mission Manager, A Fairer Start @nestauk.bsky.social. Board member Scottish Community Development Centre.
Nesta @nestauk.bsky.social We are Nesta, the research and innovation foundation. We apply our deep expertise in applied methods to design, test and scale solutions across the innovation lifecycle. linktr.ee/Nesta_uk
Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social Broadcaster & environmental campaigner
chrispackh.am/links