London Assembly @londonassembly.bsky.social With your help, we make sure that the Mayor's policies, actions and strategies are in the public interest.
Charles Wright @charleswright57.bsky.social Writer at OnLondon.co.uk. Former councillor in Haringey.
Sean Fitzsimons @seanfitzsimons.bsky.social Labour & Co-op Councillor for Addiscombe West. Croydon.
@CroydonSean on twitter
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PSA Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group @psalocalpol.bsky.social We are the Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association (@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social)
Web: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-groups/local-politics-and-governance
Karen Buck @queensparkkaren.bsky.social Chair, Generation Rent. Play England. Paddington, South Kilburn and OPDC. Former MP for Westminster North. Labour. Housing, Sondheim, Springsteen and other passions. Views entirely personal..
Buffer @buffer.com The social media management platform for scheduling, publishing & analytics across every major network. Plan your content calendar in one place. This account is managed by real humans. 💙
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Andrew Brightwell @andbwell.bsky.social Communications director and a sort-of journalist when not. Based on the UK's south coast. All views, however unoriginal, are solely mine and not those of my employer.
Nacro @nacro.bsky.social Our housing, justice, substance misuse and education services work alongside people to help them succeed. And we campaign together to create lasting change.
Find us online at nacro.org.uk
Notwestminster 💚 @notwestminster.bsky.social Want to help redesign local democracy? We bring people together to create and share new ideas for doing local democracy. We are #Notwestminster – are you?
Second Mentions @secondmentions.com The Little Book of Second Mentions, out now https://amzn.to/43oYehw | secondmentions.com | secondmentions@gmail.com
Democratic Society @handle.invalid People making European democracy work better since 2006.
INSPIRE @horizon-inspire.bsky.social INSPIRE is about fostering a more inclusive and participatory society, which starts from the experience and knowledge of marginalised groups to inform more equitable policies.
https://linktr.ee/inspiredemocracy
James Green @jamesgreen.bsky.social Content Designer in local government.
Interested in digital accessibility.
Like music, books, food, running, cats and shenanigans.
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Centre for London @centreforlondon.bsky.social We are London’s think tank. A voice for all London is, and could be. Follow us for urban policy updates, London policy discourse and insight into our research.
https://centreforlondon.org/
EU Fundamental Rights ➡️ #HumanRights @fra.europa.eu The #EURightsAgency posts to make #FundamentalRights a reality for everyone in the 🇪🇺 EU. 📧 Contact: http://fra.europa.eu/en/contact
Anthropology and Social Change @anthciis.bsky.social Ⓐctivist Ⓐnthropology MAs + PhDs
🌍 Journal: https://jwsr.pitt.edu/
📕 Books: https://blog.pmpress.org/kairos/
🏴☠️ Lectures: https://www.ciis.edu/news/david-graeber-memorial-lectures
Anshika @anshikaaaa.bsky.social BGInS’23 | SPPGA’25 | Likely Overstimulated
Emmanuelle Avril @emmanuelleavril.bsky.social Professor of British Politics and Society at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. I work on UK political parties, political participation and democracy. Also interested in everything North-East
http://www.univ-paris3.fr/avril-emmanuelle-29364.kjsp
zozman @zozman.bsky.social I'm all about the confidence. And some limited weeping.
Chris Bolton @chrisbolton-wtp.bsky.social Still doing https://whatsthepont.blog stuff.
Into Coops, Cynefin and Tin Sheds.
From Old South Wales.
Also.
Listing things that interest me under #TIL (Today I Learned)
Char Daze @chardaze.bsky.social 
Ashleigh and Tabi @ashtabstpauls.bsky.social Your Green councillors for St Pauls ward Cheltenham!!
Promoted by Maxine Godfrey on behalf of Cheltenham Green Party, c/o 9 Clarence Square, Cheltenham, GL50 4JN
Orbital Policy Group @druidorbital.bsky.social Viewpoints and opinions on policy issues relating to Low Earth Orbit, including policy, science, governance, and cybersecurity.
James Somerville @jamessomervlle.bsky.social Head of Policy at NPC. Interested in evidence-based policy, climate, local growth, and green jobs. Views are my own. He/Him.
@jamessomervlle on X, https://www.linkedin.com/in/james--somerville/
Local Partnerships @localpartnerships.bsky.social Local Partnerships is jointly owned by the Local Government Association, HM Treasury and the Welsh Government - delivering value and efficacy for the public purse
localpartnerships.gov.uk
Research for Action @research-for-act.bsky.social We produce research and organise around accountability, information rights & local democracy. Currently: democratic effects of #LocalGov financial crisis. A worker co-operative. Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/47xnyb37
Edinburgh Open Research @edopenresearch.bsky.social We're the Open Research and Research Support teams at the University of Edinburgh. We work to make research more open and accessible to all.
We are working towards UNESCO and LERU's pillars of Open Research.
Find out more:
https://eor.start.page
Open Data Institute @odihq.bsky.social Advancing trust in data.
The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk We're the Crick, a biomedical research lab in London working to figure out how life works.
Home to more than 2,000 scientists and a free public exhibition space.
https://www.crick.ac.uk/
Media Reform Coalition @mediareformuk.bsky.social Campaign for a more independent, accountable & democratic media, where diversity, ethical journalism & public good come before the private gain of a few media moguls.
Join the movement to fix the UK's broken media system:
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Campaign for the Arts @campaignforthearts.org We believe the arts make life better, and everyone should have opportunities to experience and take part in them. 🎶💃🎭🎨✍️📸🎥🧵🏛️
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Nick Plumb @nickplumb.bsky.social Director of Policy and Insight at @powertochange.org.uk
Interests include: UK politics, trust, communities, localism, democratic reform, and inequality.
Ali Stoddart @alistoddart.bsky.social Democracy and Participation. Work at The Scottish Parliament. Formerly of Demsoc. All Blue Sky thinking my own…
Decentered Media @decentered.co.uk Community-focussed communications and media - don't just complain about the faults of the system, learn, adapt and prepare for change! https://decentered.co.uk
Co-operative Futures @coopfutures.bsky.social Bespoke business consultancy and support for co-operative, mutual and community led start-up and existing businesses. Our Mission? More #Coops THE best option for people and planet.
https://linktr.ee/coopfutures
Open Britain @openbritain.bsky.social Not-for-profit movement campaigning to make democracy work for everyone. www.open-britain.co.uk
Our Substack: https://uglypolitix.substack.com
Alex Zur-Clark @alexzurclark.bsky.social Parliamentary Organiser @Labour4PR.bsky.social 🌹
Supporting @appgfairelections.bsky.social, the largest group in Parliament 🏛️
Working to restore trust in government. For fairness, equality and democracy.
Tim Hughes @timjhughes.bsky.social All things democracy, open gov & participation, with a sprinkling of climbing, photography & Ipswich Town.
Democracy & Participation Lead at Open Government Partnership, trustee at MySociety, & former exec director at Involve.
New Local @wearenewlocal.bsky.social We're an independent think tank and network of councils with a mission to transform public services and unlock community power.
Find out more: https://www.newlocal.org.uk
Groundswell charity @itsgroundswell.bsky.social We are a charity creating solutions to homelessness, that come directly from people who have experience of homelessness.
https://linktr.ee/itsgroundswell
Thorsten Sterk @thorstensterk.bsky.social It‘s the democracy, stupid!
www.buergerrat.de/en
Society Speaks @societyspeaks.bsky.social Join a new kind of public discussion platform where nuanced debate leads to better understanding and real policy solutions.
https://societyspeaks.io/
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
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Calum Green @calumdgreen.bsky.social Organising | Campaigns | Trying this place out...
Director of Organising & Campaigns, The Advocacy Academy
Previously Involve, London Community Land Trust & Citizens UK
Diane Sims @72prufrocks.bsky.social Growing food & community, doing local democracy & digital, building cathedrals & connections. Work: democracy & citizen engagement. Writer, artist, activist, unapologetic idealistic. I am still #Notwestminster
National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation @ncdd.bsky.social NCDD is a network of innovators who bring people together across divides to discuss, decide, and take action together effectively on today’s toughest issues. NCDD serves as a gathering place for this vital community of practice.
Clive Mitchell @clivemitchell1.bsky.social Out of hours: masters swimmer, pond tenderer, step-grandad, and words. Occasionally, planes.
In hours: freelance charity governance & operations. https://www.cranfieldtrust.org/ volunteer. Facilitator.
Staffordshire, UK.
Rebecca McKee @rebeccamckee.bsky.social Associate Director at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk working in our Ministers team with special interest in parliament, ministerial leadership, private office and (sometimes) public inquiries.
Former academic and citizens' assembly organiser 🫶
Interactivity Foundation (IF) @iftalks.bsky.social We bring people together in meaningful #discussions that expand #imagination, build social trust, and hone the skills necessary for everyday #democracy. Check our websites for free facilitation & discussion resources!
https://linkthread.com/iftalks
Growth and Reform Network @growthandreform.bsky.social A network of leaders & practitioners across UK government, bridging the gap between national policy & local delivery. Partners
@MetroDynamics @FutureGovForum
Kelly McBride @kellymcbr.bsky.social Democratic innovation / collaborative governance / participation / community action. Often in the mountains
📍Edinburgh
🔗 linkedin.com/in/kmcbride1
🧑💻 Involve UK. Freelance Aiteal Co. Prev TPXimpact, FutureGov, Demsoc, UoEdi, UoSussex
ToP Facilitation @topfacilitation.bsky.social The Technology of Participation - a proven system of #facilitation methods & tools developed and refined by ICA in over 50 years #ToPfacilitation Website https://www.ica-international.org/top-facilitation/ Posts by @martingilbraith.com
ICA:UK @ica-uk.bsky.social Enabling people to bring about positive change in their organisations and communities. #participation #collaboration #facilitation #ToPfacilitation #training Website https://ica-uk.org.uk/ Posts by @martingilbraith.com
IAF England & Wales @iafenglandwales.bsky.social The International Association of Facilitators. Connecting facilitators, promoting #facilitation, advancing standards. #IAFEW #IAFmeetup Website https://www.iaf-world.org/site/chapters/england-wales
The Power of Facilitation @facpower.org A book to showcase the power of #facilitation, from a collaborative team of facilitators and visual practitioners #FacPower Website https://facpower.org/ Posts by @martingilbraith.com
Journal of Deliberative Democracy @delibdemjournal.bsky.social Forum for the latest thinking, emerging debates, alternative perspectives and critical views on deliberative democracy.
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social We aim to improve our natural world, secure a fairer future and strengthen the bonds in communities in the UK.
www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk
@mareadeliberativa.bsky.social @mareadeliberativa.bsky.social 
Iswe @iswe-foundation.bsky.social Iswe is a democracy innovation centre. Our mission is to make governance systems work for people and planet. We believe that when ‘I’ (an individual) recognises themselves as ‘we’ (part of the collective), the results are transformational | www.iswe.org
Trust Democracy @trustdemocracy.nz Trust Democracy focuses on deliberative democracy, processes and innovation in Aotearoa New Zealand.
www.trustdemocracy.nz
Dithering on the Edge 🎤 #FBPE @ditheringe.bsky.social Exploring what it's like to be European and live in the UK. BlueSky & podcast.
Centre for Democratic Futures @cdfuos.bsky.social The Centre for Democratic Futures is an interdisciplinary research network collaborating internationally from the University of Southampton
email us: cdf@soton.ac.uk
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/institutes-centres/centre-for-democratic-futures
aDoddle - Mapping Your Community @adoddle.org aDoddle: All about making connections that matter & on a mission to link people with local charities & resources, helping communities thrive.
A space where charities & groups can be showcased for free. It's all about making help easy to find & accessible.
Nature-based Solutions Initiative @naturebasedsols.bsky.social Enhancing the science, policy and practice of #naturebasedsolutions so they support thriving human and ecological communities.
Based in the University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk
https://www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/
Involve North East @involvene.bsky.social We are a trusted, independent charity specialising in qualitative research that amplifies community voices and drives meaningful change across health, wellbeing, and beyond.
Want to find out more? https://www.involvene.org.uk/
CASE @casecooperative.bsky.social Providing advice, support, training and mentoring to co-operative and social enterprise businesses in the East Midlands.
Note this account is not currently being regularly monitored.
Email us at enquiries@case.coop
www.case.coop
LSE British Politics and Policy @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social Evidence-based social science commentary on UK politics and policy. Part of
LSEblogs at London School of Economics. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/48VNXdo
Participedia @participedia.bsky.social We are a global research community and crowdsourcing platform (participedia.net) sharing knowledge and stories about participatory democracy and democratic innovations.
Hope4Democracy @hope4democracy.bsky.social We are a people of ACTION! People of PERSISTENCE! People of HOPE! Hope4Democracy gives tips on how to fight for democracy together.
UKERC Public Engagement Observatory @ukercengage.bsky.social An Observatory for #PublicEngagement with #energy, #ClimateChange, and #NetZero. Based at the Science, Society & Sustainability (3S) Research Group, University of East Anglia.
W: www.ukerc-obervatory.ac.uk
All-Island Better Democracy Network @betterdemocracy.bsky.social Better democracy starts with us — our voices, our efforts.
Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation @wolgjournal.bsky.social An international, interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal founded in 2006 by Ursula Huws who still edits it. It is now published open access by Pluto Journals. Articles are available on Science Open and on Jstor. See https://wolg.wordpress.com
Global Citizens' Assembly Network @glocan.bsky.social International research collective on global and transnational public deliberation.
🌐 GloCAN.org
Voices of the Top End @voices-topend.bsky.social We are activating democracy in the Top End, Northern Territory
https://linktr.ee/voicesofthetopend
Signal strengthening for the national movement.
We make the community we want when we participate in democracy and volunteer.
Localis @localis.bsky.social We are an independent, not-for-profit think tank promoting localist ideas through research, events and commentary.
https://www.localis.org.uk/
Dr Dave McKenna @drdavemckenna.bsky.social Not that kind of a doctor.
Charity Finance Group (CFG) @cfgsocial.bsky.social Inspiring the development of a financially confident, dynamic and trustworthy charity sector. 
Leadership @leadership.bsky.social Helping promote the practice of growing great business leaders.
The Leadership Centre @localleadership.bsky.social Supporting & empowering leaders to have the greatest collective positive impact on the communities they serve.
Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social The official account for the Cultural Evolution Society. Our mission is to promote the study of cultural evolution in research and practice.
www.culturalevolutionsociety.org
Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social A culture and education website that tries to make the web a more intelligent place. Features free courses, movies, audio books, ebooks & thought-provoking daily posts.
Find us at: https://www.openculture.com/
Elect Her @electheruk.bsky.social We are a non-partisan organisation working to motivate, support and equip women in all their diversity to stand for political office, in Britain, and thrive once there. 
The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com Britain’s oldest social survey. We provide non-partisan and independent data and research on elections in Britain.
Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk 🗳️ Mapping UK Elections & Collating Polling Data
nowcast / posters / much more @ electionmaps.uk
support my work @ https://ko-fi.com/electionmapsuk
Transparency International Deutschland e.V. @transparency-de.bsky.social Die Koalition gegen Korruption.
Seit 1993 Gemeinsam für Transparenz, Integrität & Demokratie.
Unterstütze und Bleib informiert 👇
https://linktr.ee/transparency_de
Democracy Demands Transparency @s3friedman.bsky.social Lifelong Democrat who believes in equality. Avid reader & news junkie, except when turning it off to unlug. Spent career in financial services distribution. Managing Editor of advisorsquawk.com & author of the On Wholesaling column & podcast host in 2024.
The Transparency Project @seethrujustice.transparencyproject.org.uk Making family justice clearer.
Open Justice. Legal blogging. Explanation. Correction.
Nudging the family justice system out into the open ...
Charity (E&W).
Www.transparencyproject.org.uk
Transparency @transparency.bsky.social This is the shared account of your favorite trans gals, Kiki and Alicia.
We make clever videos on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/c/Transparencyboo
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Transparency International @anticorruption.bsky.social We are a global movement that wants to end the injustice of corruption worldwide 💙 Imprint: http://anticorru.pt/im
Web: https://www.transparency.org/
Tech Transparency Project @ttp-updates.bsky.social The Tech Transparency Project is a research initiative of Campaign for Accountability that investigates the power, influence, & impact of Big Tech. https://www.techtransparencyproject.org
Transparency International UK @transparencyuk.bsky.social Challenging corruption, strengthening integrity, and fighting for a fair society based on the rule of law.
Re:State @re-state.bsky.social Formerly Reform think tank. Re:State is an independent, cross-party public services think tank. We don’t want to tweak, we want to transform.
POLITICO Europe @politico.eu Nobody knows politics and policy like we do.
European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk Help us build a future in Europe.
Join European Movement UK today.
The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social Read: TheNewWorld.co.uk
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Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social The Centre for European Reform (CER) is an award winning think-tank, devoted to improving the quality of the debate on the EU.
London, Brussels, Berlin
Website: www.cer.eu
Podcast: soundcloud.com/cer_london/ Spotify: https://buff.ly/7aKvyUs