Joey Gurney @joeygurney.bsky.social Internationalist currently working in Local Gov strategy. Former think tanker. School governor and charity trustee. Many hats, even more interests.
The Fostering Network @fosteringnet.bsky.social The Fostering Network is the UK’s leading fostering charity and membership organisation, dedicated to empowering, enriching and supporting the relationships at the heart of the fostering community.
BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk We are the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We get millions of children & families reading together from the earliest possible age.
Find out more: booktrust.org.uk
Cordis Bright @cordisbright.bsky.social We're a research, evaluation & consultancy company specialising in children's services, adult social care, criminal justice, NHS, domestic abuse, multiple disadvantage, mental health, public health, & employment.
Alma Economics @almaeconomics.bsky.social We combine unparalleled analytical expertise with the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly.
The Relationships in Good Hands Trial (RIGHT) @righttrial.bsky.social The Relationships in Good Hands Trial (RIGHT) is exploring the effectiveness of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) versus other services available
Zara Quigg @zaraquigg.bsky.social Professor Public Health & Behavioural Epidemiology (Violence, ACEs, health risk behaviours/settings); Head WHO Collaborating Centre for Violence Prevention
Rights of Women @rightsofwomen.bsky.social Women’s legal rights charity supporting women facing Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in England & Wales since 1975. Campaigns for equality, justice & safety in the law for all women.
rightsofwomen.org.uk
Andrew R @fgdm.bsky.social #FamilyGroupConference & #LifelongLinks Team Manager, sailing, running, family 🌱
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Jo Tedstone @j0tedstone.bsky.social Change Lead for Education @ YEF. PhD student @ Lancaster University exploring associative stigma & children living with parental alcohol misuse. Chair of Governors. Romans 8:18 🙏🏼 Views are my own.
Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC) @corc-annafreud.bsky.social Experts in using outcome & feedback measurement & data. Enabling more effective child-centred support, services & systems to improve children & young people's mental health & wellbeing.
Free resources, training and various services: www.corc.uk.net.
CharityComms @charitycomms.bsky.social CharityComms is the membership network for communications professionals working in and with UK charities. Find out more about us and our membership at www.charitycomms.org.uk 
Carey Oppenheim @careyoppenheim.bsky.social Working at the Nuffield Foundation on Young People, Early Childhood, former CEO, Early Intervention Foundation. Views my own.
Caring Communities @caring-communities.bsky.social A UKRI funded project on the history of children's social care from 1800-present. PI: Claudia Soares; Project team: Dr Jade Shepherd, Dr Jim Hinks and Dr Kate Wilson.
Pritesh Mistry @priteshifg.bsky.social Head of Partnerships - @instituteforgov.bsky.social
Interested in finding out more and working with us? Message me. He/Him. #Banners. Sign up to all the IfG news: http://bit.ly/3C56M0Q
BACCH @commchildhealth.bsky.social The British Association for Community Child Health (BACCH) is the professional membership organisation for doctors and other professionals working in paediatrics & child health in the community. www.bacch.org.uk
The Drive Partnership @drivepartnership.bsky.social The Drive Partnership, formed by Respect, SafeLives and Social Finance, is working to transform the national response to perpetrators of domestic abuse.
Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
SafeLives Charity @safelives.bsky.social We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.
Kristyna Skriczka @kristynaskriczka.bsky.social Researcher, UCL.
Resilience | Children & Families | Art | Co-production | Public Engagement
www.nkwihoreze.org
Virtual Support 4 Parents @onlinesupportstudy.bsky.social Nuffield Foundation funded study about universal online/digital resources and support 4 parents.
Coram @wearecoram.bsky.social Coram is the UK’s first children’s charity, helping more than a million children, young people, families and professionals every year.
https://linktr.ee/wearecoram?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=6315b901-f777-415b-9780-2d97a2f0d4bd
Dr Hannah Slack @hannahslack.bsky.social Research and Involvement Manager @ The McPin Foundation | FHEA | Interests: students' and young people's mental wellbeing, social connection & belonging | #firstgen | she/her
Children's Rights Alliance for England @crae-official.bsky.social The Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE), part of Just for Kids Law, seeks full implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Our vision is of a society where the human rights of all children are recognised and realised.
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. 💙
⬇️ buffer.com/bluesky
OnePlusOne @oneplusoneuk.bsky.social OnePlusOne is a relationship research charity. We create digital courses, apps, and professional training programmes which empower people to learn skills that help them get on better.
Find out more at www.oneplusone.org.uk or get in touch!
Hope for the Young @hopefortheyoung.bsky.social We are an organisation that aims to remove the obstacles to young refugees and asylum-seekers' education and well-being through mentoring, advocacy, and financial support.
https://hopefortheyoung.org.uk/
Evidence & Implementation Summit @eisummit.org 12-14October 2027 | Melbourne, Australia | #ImpSci | #EvidenceSynthesis | #EIS2027 | Global | Improving Lives
Louise Bazalgette, Nesta @loubazalgette.bsky.social All things early years, education and parenting 🐥 On a mission to reduce inequality 🚀 Deputy Director, A Fairer Start mission @nestauk.bsky.social Views here my own.
Mark Peters @markpe.bsky.social Interim Deputy Director, Chief Research Officer at Ofsted
Sarah Terrett @sjthv.bsky.social Specialist Health Visitor obsessed with improving outcomes for babies and families on the Edge of Care
Sara Dodds @saradodds.bsky.social Freelance research and consultancy
Social research, policy, strategy development, evaluation, evidence review, trauma-informed approaches.
Policy Leeds @policyleeds.bsky.social Policy Leeds is the policy engagement hub for the University of Leeds, strengthening connections between researchers and policy actors.
policyleeds@leeds.ac.uk for all enquiries.
Jon Glasby @jonglasby.bsky.social Professor of Health and Social Care, University of Birmingham (https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/social-policy/glasby-jon) and Director of IMPACT (https://impact.bham.ac.uk/)
Family Wellbeing Research @familywellbeinguoy.bsky.social Research team based in Health Sciences, University of York led by Dr Sarah Blower. Research on developing/evaluating interventions and measures to reduce inequalities in the health, development and wellbeing of babies, children, and families.
Charlotte Goujon @goujoncharlotte.bsky.social Data, research, policies and discussions on #VAWG, domestic abuse, safeguarding, children's social care, youth, family and interpersonal violence & more | There will also be some literature & politics for these are trying times 🌈 | All views my own | 🇬🇧🇫🇷
Professor Nathan Hughes @nathanjhughes.bsky.social Professor of Adolescent Health and Justice, University of Sheffield
Deputy Director, ESRC Centre for Care
Co-Director, CIRCLE
Safeguarding and Child Welfare Theme co-lead, SCYPHeR (South Yorkshire Children and Young People's Health Research network)
Family Rights Group @familyrightsgp.bsky.social Helping Families, Helping Children. We work to improve the child welfare system to ensure more children can live safely in their families and children in care have loving relationships to turn to throughout life. Find us online at www.frg.org.uk
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) @rcpch.bsky.social We represent more than 24,000 paediatricians in the UK and internationally, working to ensure that children everywhere receive the best care.
Visit our website: www.rcpch.ac.uk
lisa golds @lisagolds.bsky.social Innovation Fellow at University of Edinburgh.
Perinatal mental health / Intergenerational mental health
Exploring the relationships between caregiver social determinants of mental health, technology use, and parent-infant early relational health
she/her
Dr Patsy Irizar @patsyirizar.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Psychology | Liverpool John Moores University | Mental Health, Substance Use, Health Inequalities, Epidemiology. 
Dr Eva A Sprecher @easprecher.bsky.social Research Fellow at @uclpals.bsky.social / honorary at Anna Freud.
Researching the mental health of #care-experienced young people. #Coproduction. Relationships for care-experienced people. #mixed-methods
Ex-Physics teacher.
Puffin Enthusiast
#crohns
The McPin Foundation @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social We aim to improve #MentalHealth by championing expertise by experience involvement in all stages of research. RT ≠ endorsement. #MentalHealthResearchMatters
Visit our LinkTree to access our website, other socials, news and more. https://linktr.ee/mcpin_fo
Robbie Gilligan @robbiegilligan.bsky.social Professor Emeritus, School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin. Active in research relating to children in care, care leavers and care experienced adults. 
Karen Lewing 💚 @karenlewing.bsky.social Worcester Green Party City Cllr for Arboretum. Architect RIBA, Architects Declare, planning, active travel. Carbon and Water Literate. Clean Air Champion
Promoted by C. Wratten on behalf of K. Lewing (Green Party) at 40 Foregate Street, Worcester WR1 1EE
Molly Corlett @mollycorlett.bsky.social 
Ben Lewing @benlewing.bsky.social 
Sharon Hodgson MP @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social Labour MP for Washington and Gateshead South🌹
If you would like to contact me, please email sharon.hodgson.mp@parliament.uk
Dr Danielle Hope @daniellehope25.bsky.social she/her. Cyberpsychologist 🤖. Research Associate at the Centre for Behavioural Science and Applied Psychology (CeBSAP).
Research interests: adolescents' body image, mental health, social media use & behaviour change 📱.
East London Research School @elresearchsch.bsky.social 🌟We are East London Research School based at Sheringham Nursery School & Children’s Centre. Our mission is to use research evidence to improve the life chances of children.🌟
https://researchschool.org.uk/eastlondon
https://sheringham-nur.org.uk
Melissa Prendergast @melissapren.bsky.social DHT Sheringham Nursery School & Children's Centre ➡️ building 🧠 Strategic lead @elresearchsch.bsky.social & @abrighterstart.bsky.social ➡️ supporting evidence into action. Mum to a few impressive adults & a cockerpoo. New foster mum. NPQH spring 25 cohort.
FamilySafeguarding.bsky.social @familysafeguarding.bsky.social The Centre for Family Safeguarding Practice | SFPC | Sector-Led Improvement Partner | Keeping more children safe at home with their families
Mithran Samuel @mithransamuel.bsky.social Editor, communitycare.co.uk (social work/social care news and stuff)
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/
Vicki Mulligan @vickicji.bsky.social Deputy Director @cjinnovation.bsky.social - championing innovation in criminal & family justice. FDAC national lead. Trustee @prisonersed.bsky.social. Proud Northerner. Views my own (or ones I like)
Ben Donagh @bkdonagh.bsky.social Children & Young People National Lead at Victim Support.
Final year PhD student at the University of Birmingham.
Impact of domestic violence and abuse on children and young people.
All views are my own.
Nimal Jude @nimaljude.bsky.social Head of Practice Guide Development.
Lover of life, art, history, food, nature, travel & laughter
#socialwork #equity #unity
National Children's Bureau @ncb.org.uk NCB is a leading charity driving change across society so all children can thrive. The #NCBFamily is united for #BetterChildhoodsBrighterFutures
ncb.org.uk
📍 United Kingdom
Research in Practice @researchip.bsky.social We support professionals with their learning to enable people to live good lives.
Part of the @ncb.org.uk family.
https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/
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
Hannah Murphy @hannahmurphyb.bsky.social Head of Evaluation at Youth Futures Foundation. Employment & skills, young people, low pay & progression. IOW'er, stuck on the mainland. She/her.
Omar Salem @omarsalem.com Climb every mountain. Founder of @BetterDaddies.com. Labour activist. Views personal. 🎾📸
Dr Sam Baars @sambaars.bsky.social Head of Research and Insight at Isos Partnership ⦿ public sector policy and delivery ⦿ education and skills ⦿ area-based inequalities ⦿ research and evaluation
Ellie Ott @eleanorott.bsky.social Associate Director, methodologist, researcher on children's social care, occasional powerlifter, parent, & foster carer
Paul Ramchandani @paulramchandani.bsky.social LEGO Professor of Play, PEDAL Research Centre, University of Cambridge.
Doctor and Researcher; play, mental health and education.
Trustee at Foundations
ADR Community Catalyst: Children at Risk of Poor Outcomes @childrenatrisk.bsky.social Community of researchers & data experts providing national strategic leadership for admin data & research, focusing on children supported by early intervention.
Cllr John Cope @johncope.bsky.social Strategic Advisor (mainly Education & Skills); Senior Counsel @ PLMR. Council Group Leader. Fmr Non-Exec @ IfATE & Fmr Exec Director @ UCAS
Beth Peach @bethpeach.bsky.social Principal Consultant: Evaluation & Research @cordisbright.bsky.social 💁🏻♀️ with a focus on children, young people, and families.
From Wales 🏴 | Mama💕 | Sociable introvert ☕️ 🐈 🐈⬛ | Yoga teacher🧘🏻♀️
Stephen Hicks @stephenrhicks.bsky.social Social work academic at University of Manchester, Morgan Centre https://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/morgan-centre/ and Creativity, Health & Wellbeing Lead for Creative Manchester https://www.creative.manchester.ac.uk 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
North Wales Regional Innovation Coordination Hub @nwrich.bsky.social The aim of the hub is to coordinate research, innovation and improvement activity in North Wales about how health and social care services can work together better. Cymraeg @hcargc.bsky.social 
Kaili Rimfeld @kailirimfeld.bsky.social Senior Lecturer @RoyalHolloway | Visiting Researcher @SGDPCentreKCL | statistical genetics, education & mental health
Better Start @better-start.bsky.social 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀
Better Start is a team of early child development experts driven by a shared vision of real and lasting change for childhoods, from pregnancy to starting school. https://betterstart.org.uk/
Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social Chief Executive, Nuffield Foundation
Previous lives:
Chief Executive & Exec. Chair, Resolution Foundation
Founding Chair, Living Wage Commission
Kerry Albright @kerryalbright.bsky.social Bluesky newbie! @ADB.org evaluation. Former Deputy Director-Evaluation @UNICEF.org. Proud evidence champion and knowledge broker for children, science and international development.
Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social At the Centre for Ageing Better we are pioneering ways to make ageing better a reality for everyone. Supported by The National Lottery Community Fund.
Sam White @samwwhite.bsky.social Strategist and Political Commentator. Chair of Foundations (children and families). Adviser to Boards and CEOs. Former Chief of Staff to Keir Starmer and adviser to Chancellor Alistair Darling. Ex-FTSE exec. Enthusiastic dad
APPG on Kinship Care @appgkinshipcare.bsky.social All Party Parliamentary Group on Kinship Care.
Secretariat: @familyrightsgp.bsky.social. Contact: jhall@frg.org.uk.
Not an official feed of Parliament.
bit.ly/kinshipcareappg
Sam Turner @samtrner.bsky.social Associate Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Kinship. Interested in children and families, education, policymaking, participation and politics. Geordie and thrower of frisbees. Views my own.
Care Experienced Movement @careexpmovement.bsky.social We are Care Experienced Activists. #CareIsAVerb
#CEP #CareExperiencedMovement #CareExperienced
careexperiencedmovement.com
info@careexperiencedmovement.com
Sally Hogg @salhogg.bsky.social Advocate for babies and young children. Passionate about the potential of early childhood to create a better world.
Associate Director for Programmes and Impact, Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.
Paul Peros @paulperospolicy.bsky.social Policy Lead, NHS Charities Together💙. My professional interests are the health charity sector, NHS & social care, regulation, and systems thinking in policy. Also politics & history. It's a heady cocktail that makes me scintillating company down the pub.
CELCIS @celcis.org Official account. We are CELCIS, the Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection, based at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. www.celcis.org
Nuffield Family Justice Observatory @nuffieldfjo.bsky.social Nuffield FJO aims to improve the use of data and research evidence in the family justice system in England and Wales. Established by The Nuffield Foundation. 
Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre @vp-centre.bsky.social Shaping future services for vulnerable people through research. Based at @york.ac.uk & @universityofleeds.bsky.social. Funded by the ESRC.
https://vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/
Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social A Coalition of over 350 charities, organisations and individuals working to improve the mental health of babies, children & young people in Britain💜
https://cypmhc.org.uk/
Child of the North @childofthenorth.bsky.social Our vision is for children in the North of England to grow up with the same opportunities and life chances as those in the rest of the country.
Child of the North is joint project with the N8 Research Partnership and Health Equity North
The For Baby's Sake Trust @forbabyssake.bsky.social We provide parents with trauma-informed, therapeutic support
to #BreakTheCycle of domestic abuse and give their baby the best start in life 💜 www.forbabyssake.org.uk
Nuffield Foundation @nuffieldfoundation.org We fund research that changes people’s lives.
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Find our funding opportunities here: https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/funding-for-research
Centre for Young Lives @cfyounglives.bsky.social We are an independent think tank and delivery unit dedicated to improving the lives of children, young people, and families. www.centreforyounglives.org.uk
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.
Barnardo's @barnardos.org.uk We're Barnardo's👋 We're here to help children and young people feel safer, happier, healthier and more hopeful. When you change a childhood, you change a life.
Action for Children @actionforchildren.bsky.social 
Mark O'Mahony @themarkages.bsky.social Policy Manager at Prisoners' Education Trust @prisonersed.bsky.social and youth club trustee. Previously children's social care policy. Drinks coffee, eats cake, sings in choirs, usually in that order.
IPR @uniofbathipr.bsky.social A leading public policy research institute, based at the University of Bath. We aim to further the public good through research into issues of significant relevance to policy debate and decision-making.
Tim Shakespeare @tim-shakespeare.bsky.social Working on research and innovation to give children a fairer start and reduce inequalities. New dad, community volunteer and senior analyst @nestauk.bsky.social. My own views
Professor Karen Broadhurst OBE @karenb-2.bsky.social Lancaster University
Co-Director, Centre for Child and Family Justice.
Inequality, social justice, family preservation, gender and justice. All views my own
Chris Goulden @chrisgoulden.bsky.social Using evidence for social and economic change at Youth Futures Foundation, the What Works Centre for Youth Employment