Cllr Salman Shaheen @salmanshaheen.bsky.social Author of bestselling novel Freebourne. Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport & Public Realm on Hounslow Council. CEO of Carter Fleet. Journalist. FRSA
Promoted by Ted Wall on behalf of Hounslow Labour cllrs
ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social Loves art, culture, creative industries, politics, climate-action, equity, feminism, sunsets, London, Paris, Adelaide, Arts Minister @dcms @ukgovernment
House of Commons @houseofcommons.parliament.uk Where elected MPs represent the public, legislate, and scrutinise the Government. Find out more about their work and how Parliament happens.
Cardboard Citizens @cardboardcitz.bsky.social Life-changing performing arts for people with and without experience of homelessness since 1991.
Alistair Smith @smithalistair.bsky.social Editor of The Stage
Chair of Get into Theatre
Kate Arthurs @kate-arthurs.bsky.social Here for creative think-doers
Hospitality on a shoestring
https://www.instagram.com/bath_backpackers/
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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
@tarekiskander.bsky.social @tarekiskander.bsky.social 
Tonya Nelson @tonyanelson.bsky.social Culture Vulture. Executive Director, Enterprise & Innovation at Arts Council England. Trustee of National Gallery and Royal Collection Trust
Arts Council England @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Your national development agency for creativity and culture
• Awarding @dcmsgovuk & @tnluk funds
• Got a question? ☎️ artscouncil.org.uk/contact
People’s Palace Projects @peoplespalaceproj.bsky.social Arts Research Centre for Social & Climate Justice co-creating change in the UK, Brazil & wherever inspiring projects take us.
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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social theartsdesk.com - a daily serving of incisive, well-informed arts coverage. Enjoy criticism at its best.
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Restoke @restoke.bsky.social Restoke put the people of Stoke-on-Trent at the heart of creative adventures.
www.restoke.org.uk
Currently working on - Bernadette & other teenager Folk Tales
Brian Logan @mrbrianlogan.bsky.social Palace/DUFC fan. AD of A Play, a Pie and a Pint. Guardian comedy person. Tidier-up after children.
Eliza Easton @elizaeaston.bsky.social Soft power and creative industries expert. Founder of Erskine Analysis. Middle name Erskine. Mantelpiece borrowed from should've-been-best-picture Paddington 2.
Justine Simons OBE @justinesimons.bsky.social London’s Deputy Mayor for Culture and Creative Industries
Sarah Sansom @sansomtime.bsky.social Coaching leaders, artists and teams who want to change the world. 
Malorie Blackman @malorieblackman.bsky.social Author.
Amber Massie-Blomfield @ambermb.bsky.social Arts and climate. Born at 344 ppm.
https://ambermassieblomfield.com/
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (UK Branch) @cgf-uk.bsky.social UK Branch of the Gulbenkian Foundation. Promoting transnational collaboration for stronger arts and civil society ecosystems. gulbenkian.pt/uk-branch/
Nassy Konan @nassykonan.bsky.social All views are my own / Creative Producer 🎭 | interdisciplinary arts | work w/ artists, festivals and orgs | Traveller 🌏 | Foodie | Independently producing for Marlborough Productions and China Plate Theatre
https://producergathering.com
@geoffmulgan.bsky.social @geoffmulgan.bsky.social 
Miatta Fahnbulleh @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Peckham
Minister for Devolution, Faith & Communities
Miatta.fahnbulleh.mp@parliament.uk
⿻ Audrey Tang 唐鳳 @audreyt.org 2025 Right Livelihood Laureate, Senior Accelerator Fellow at Oxford's Institute for Ethics in AI, and Taiwan's founding Minister of Digital Affairs. https://cyberambassador.tw/
Imandeep Kaur @immykaur.bsky.social Co - Founder @CIVIC_SQUARE, prev aka Impact Hub Birmingham || @TEDxBrum 2012 - 2017 || Hon Doc. @AstonUniversity ||
Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social We design ownership models for a democratic and sustainable economy.
http://common-wealth.org
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Paul Mason @paulmason.bsky.social 📖 Writer 🌏 Security & Resilience 🚩Labour 🏭 Industrial strategist 🐾 Wheaten Terrier owner 📖 https://t.co/BjHB4lzjMG
Sortition Foundation @sortitionnow.bsky.social Sign the petition: www.858.org.uk/house-of-citizens-petition
It's been over 858 years since King Henry II introduced juries.
Finish the job: Replace the House of Lords with a House of Citizens.
www.858.org.uk
www.sortitionfoundation.org
Danny Sriskandarajah @dhnnjyn.bsky.social Chief Exec of @neweconomics.bsky.social
Author of "Power to the People" (Headline Press, 2024) https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/danny-sriskandarajah/power-to-the-people/9781035414277/
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
Sarah Castell @scastell.bsky.social CEO Involve. Working to build a stronger democracy that works for everyone, by using the supertools of participatory and deliberative democracy. Also like improv & jumping in cold water.
Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org Art, Activism and Accountability
https://linktr.ee/ledbydonkeys?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Mags Patten @magspatten.bsky.social Exec Director Public Policy and Communication, Arts Council England. Also part time doctoral student at Bath IPR. Mostly interested in psychology here. More of it should underpin public policy. All views my own. 
Alison Clark @artsportali.bsky.social Cultural policy/visitor economy/sport. #LocalGov. Midlife CrossFitter. Feminist. Contrary Madam. Northerner
Kate Hall @kate-hall.bsky.social Creative Producer, Jumped Up Theatre
Peterborough, UK
Co-creator of change.
Eternal optimist and cheerleader.
Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp @kenneththarp.bsky.social British/Nigerian Arts & Culture Professional / former professional dancer / loves music, dance, theatre, art, literature, tennis, sea-kayaking, outdoor swimming.
Mark Robinson @thinkingpractice.bsky.social Writer, researcher, adviser, coach etc. cultural sector and intersections. Thinking Practice. / www.thinkingpractice.co.uk
Lizzie Crump @lizziecrump.bsky.social likes coffee, culture and collective nouns.
personal account for thinking about public policy, arts, culture education (and also TV).
Bryony Kimmings @bryonykimmings.bsky.social Performance Artist. Screen Writer. Workshop Teacher. Mum. Cat Lady. Nature lover.
(Photo credit: Christa Holka)
Lyn Gardner @lyngardnertheatre.bsky.social Journalist thinking out loud about theatre. Often at The Stage and Stagedoor. Author of novels for children. Contact@lyngardner.com 
Allegra @allegraintheatre.bsky.social Cultural Producer | currently full-time arts bureaucracy-ing & relationship managing | North East adoptee | plant mama | views my own
Previously producing for Curious Monkey, Roundhouse, Raindance Film Festival
Tim Crouch @thistimcrouch.bsky.social Playwright • theatre maker • radio • tv • Brighton UK
Global Citizens' Assembly Network @glocan.bsky.social International research collective on global and transnational public deliberation.
🌐 GloCAN.org
Darren Henley @henleydarren.bsky.social CEO Arts Council England. New book ‘The Arts Dividend: How Investment in Culture Creates Happier Lives’ out 30th January. 
Phil Gibby @philgibby.bsky.social Area Director, South West at Arts Council England, vinyl nerd, Welsh exile and south Bristol resident. Hello.
Dr Susan Jones @susandrjonesarts.bsky.social Independent arts researcher and commentator on artists’ livelihoods and arts policy interrelations www.padwickjonesarts.co.uk
Year Here @yearhere.bsky.social ✊ A movement of 276 social entrepreneurs + activists
🌱 Born from the Year Here Fellowship (2012-2022)
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FIDE - Europe @europe.fidemocracy.org When given the authority, time, and information, everyday people make the tough questions, side-step party lines, and deliver sensible answers.
🌐 https://www.fidemocracy.org/europe
Kate McGrath @1katemcgrath.bsky.social Artistic Director & CEO, Fuel.
Trustee, Clore Leadership.
Board member, What Next? & ARTCRY.
She/her.
Sarah Munro @sarahmunro.bsky.social Personal Account.
Director: Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead. Co-chair Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN).
Board member: Scottish Futures Forum, Scottish Parliament.
Claudia Chwalisz @cchwalisz.bsky.social Founder and CEO of DemocracyNext (www.demnext.org)
Shared Future @sharedfuture.bsky.social Committed to community empowerment, the social economy and democratic participation.
We design and deliver citizens' juries and assemblies and participatory budgeting processes.
Find out more: 🔗 sharedfuturecic.org.uk
Julia Turpin @juliadaturpin.bsky.social Associate Citizens in Power; Interim Head of Programmes & Projects Tate (Modern/Britain); Factory International Engagement Director; LeftCoast Executive Director; Non Executive Director @9a Gallery & Heptonstall Community Assets
FrameLab @theframelab.bsky.social FrameLab is a newsletter about political language and the ideological structures that shape perception. We deconstruct propaganda to help you defend democracy.
Founded by @gilduran.com and @george-lakoff.com
Aaron Landsman @thinaar.bsky.social Theater person, civic action person, Lecturer at Princeton person, person person. Writing in journals and on stages and in a book (The City We Make Together). Progenitor of Perfect City - toolkit for local power using art. 
Tottenham Hotspur @tottenhamhotspur.com COYS 🤍
Fabian Hamilton @fabianhamilton.bsky.social Labour MP for Leeds North East. UK Trade Envoy to Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay. Constituents email - fabian.hamilton.mp@parliament.uk
Citizens In Power @citizensinpower.bsky.social The way power is currently distributed does not work. We have a vision for citizens to shape future Saad Eddine Said + David Jubb Sign up for our newsletter here: http://www.citizensinpower.com
Richard Dufty @richarddufty.bsky.social Currently: Co-artistic director of theatre/digital arts company Uninvited Guests. Trying to do a PhD.
Previously: Head of Producing at Battersea Centre and Arts Council Relationship Manager. 
Shelley Hastings @shelleyhastings.bsky.social Writer | Producer | Artist Facilitator | Kitchen Raver | Arts & Dementia: Resonate Arts | Winner: Sean Ó Faoláin Prize & Aurora Prize | Stories: Irish Times, Desperate Literature, Southword, Miro, Chroma Editions…
www.shelleyhastings.co.uk
Rich Wilson @richwil.bsky.social People power & democracy obsessive. CEO Iswe.org, trustee localtrust.org.uk, founder involve.org.uk, irregular writer https://www.theguardian.com/profile/richardwilson
Lucy Reid @lucyreid.bsky.social Wannabe Brummie | I need more tea | Like dancing in kitchens and making things happen | COO @DemocracyNext | Chair @MoseleyRoadBaths | Previously @NationalTrust | Own views
Allegra Galvin @allegragalvin.bsky.social Cultural Sector, Strategy Consultant, Artist. I live in Totnes so of course I am also a Forest School leader
www.allegragalvin.com
Jez Hall @jezsfcic.bsky.social Director at Shared Future CIC, passionate about #participatorybudgeting, #citizensassemblies and #deliberativedemocracy. Follow us @sharedfuture.bsky.social
Reema Patel @reemaspatel.bsky.social Inclusive policy, research, design and practice, using participatory and deliberative methods. I work with @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social on including public voices in AI, and @iswe-foundation.bsky.social on a permanent global climate assembly.
Citizen Participation @oliverescobar.bsky.social Professor of Public Policy and Democratic Innovation | University of Edinburgh | Working on #democracy #participation #deliberation #commons #governance #power #research | RT≠ endorse | Own views | Profile: https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/oliver-escobar
Claire Mellier @clairemellier.bsky.social Believer in #peoplepower #systemschange Participatory & Deliberative Democracy Knowledge & Practice lead iswe.org Co-founder globalassemblies.org Board member ipsp.org
Rebecca Blackman @rebeccablackman.bsky.social National Director Engagement and Communities - and the Midlands at Arts Council England. Lover of art, museums, libraries, heritage, science, nature and all that stuff. Personal views expressed here.
Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social
Painting in Cumbria and NW Scotland
cofounder
www.haworthtompkins.com
www.architectsdeclare.com
MBE
Born at 316ppm
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