Benjy Stanton @benjystanton.co.uk Contract interaction and service designer. User-centred design in gov. Accessibility. Music fan. https://www.benjystanton.co.uk/ He/him
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
UK Gov Camp @ukgovcamp.com Unconferences and support for people interested in making the public sector better. https://www.ukgovcamp.com/
Helen @socialsoup.bsky.social Designer in UK Gov. Made in State School. Haway man, woman man.
Cathy Dutton @cathydutton.co.uk Service Design & Delivery at the Department for Education. CSS enthusiast, Intrinsic Design fan.
www.cathydutton.co.uk
Clare Hussey @cjhussey.bsky.social 
Joe Lanman @joelanman.com Design Lead on data.gov.uk at the UK Government Digital Service
Projects include Register to Vote, Petition Parliament, GovWifi and the GOV.UK Prototype Kit
https://joelanman.com
Sarah Rose Stokes 🌻 @sarahroseur.bsky.social (views are my own)
Senior User Researcher
📍 NHS England
📚 student at University of Birmingham
⌛️ previously worked at DfE, CQC, and NHSBSA
Craig Abbott @craigabbott.co.uk Principal Accessibility Specialist at TetraLogical. Former Head of Accessibility at DWP. Writer. Speaker. Coder. Wildlife Photographer. Cat botherer. ADHD. Autistic. He/They. https://www.craigabbott.co.uk
Catherine Hope @catherinehope.bsky.social Data analysis, theatre, food
Simon Morgan-Wilson @officeofwilson.com Actual life: Wanderings! Art, design! Buildings! Bridges! Running! Music! GTFC! etc etc!
Work: Product and service person.
📍From Grimsby
🏠 Saltaire, W Yorkshire, UK
Previously just Simon Wilson, then married @texmac.bsky.social
www.officeofwilson.com
Tory Dunn @stradella.bsky.social Designing public services, former typography nerd, amateur, accordion player, SE Londoner - trying to help change things. Opinions are my own.
Adam Silver @adamsilverhq.bsky.social Designer with engineering background. I talk about designing products that are intuitive, accessible and delightful to use.
Design newsletter:
https://adamsilver.io/newsletter
Good Design Crash Course (free):
https://adamsilver.io/gdcc
Mark Wright @mrkwrght.bsky.social Designer in Government. Dyslexic. Dog father. Hiker.
mrkwrght.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.
Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social Design leadership and human-centred stuff in general. Previously lead designer at NHS Digital and lots of other things. He/Him.
Ben Holliday @benholliday.com Design and digital transformation | Chief Design Officer at TPXimpact | UK Lake District
Martin Jordan @martinjordan.com Making services work better for all people—Head of Design & User Research at the German govt’s Digital Service, previously Head of #ServiceDesign at the UK’s Government Digital Service, int’l #GovDesign community co-lead, 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 ally
martinjordan.com
Shaun @sconner.net 
Kara Kane @karakane-kk.bsky.social Design leadership — writing a book called Strong Design. 
The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org Educational charity. Peer-reviewed sociology journal, public sociology magazine, podcasts, Connected Sociologies teaching resources, ECR opportunities.
https://www.thesociologicalreview.org
Caroline Jarrett @cjforms.bsky.social Forms and survey specialist.
Always keen to try to answer your questions about making better forms (and if you must, maybe even those about surveys).
Effortmark.co.uk
Alexandra D-S @designswarm.bsky.social Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and on every occasion.
designswarm.com
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
Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social Artist
Coldwarsteve.com
Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social Cartoonist/Illustrator/Doodlemonger | Sí/í/YerWan | "Keer-ee-uhk" | 🇮🇪
📨 Work Queries: ciaraioch.art@gmail.com
🎨 Prints: https://www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
📜 Newsletter: https://www.ciaraioch.com/newsletter
🫙 Tip Jar: https://www.ciaraioch.com/tip-jar
James Temperton @jtemperton.bsky.social Deputy managing editor, thelogic.co.
Got a pitch? james[dot]temperton[at]thelogic[co]. How to pitch: https://thelogic.co/how-to-pitch/
About me: jtemperton.my.canva.site
📌 Montréal, Canada
Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk Researches Propaganda & IW; Visiting Prof @notredame.bsky.social; Fellow @ Bard; Associate @ Cambridge; Owner Maven of Persuasion; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕 https://emma-briant.co.uk signal: Emmalbriant.44
Amy Hupe @amyhupe.bsky.social She/her
Design systems and content design consultant. Reckless shitposter.
amyhupe.co.uk
wearefrankly.co
#DesignSystems #ContentDesign #WriteTheDocs
dan barker @danbarker.bsky.social I am interested in media, data, politics, people, business & more. Worked for more than 100 companies now & try to share interesting info. Do follow & say hello. Covent Garden/Sheffield/Paris linkedin.com/in/djbarker/
@obseyxx.bsky.social @obseyxx.bsky.social 
Jen Richards @smartassjen.bsky.social That woman from that thing you saw.
Jonathon Colman @jonathoncolman.org Coffee first, AI content right after that. Leading UX content design at HubSpot. Returned Peace Corps Volunteer.
Partner to Marja, walker of Lola, Ireland immigrant, global migrant.
👉 https://bio.link/jcolman 👈
UX London @uxlondon.bsky.social Bringing the UX community together for a three-day celebration of all things digital design. Brought to you by Clearleft every June.
Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com "Leftwing professor" - in other words, researching the mainstreaming of reactionary/far-right politics
Co-convenor of @reacpolrn.bsky.social
Publications etc 👇🏻
https://aurelmondon.com/
Lisa Jeffery @lisajeffery.bsky.social Hello. I'm a public sector connector and digital human. Always learning. I'm interested in design, culture and change 🌱
Jess Phillips @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social MP for Birmingham Yardley
Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social Prof Public Health Imperial College. she/her. Social, genetic & environmental factors in health. Research & advocacy in long COVID, STI/HIV, inequalities. Patient Experience Research Centre- T Tom @thomashallam.bsky.social UCD Lead / User Researcher writes at thomashallam.github.io
Jessica Bennett @jessicabennett.bsky.social Here we go again?
NYT, gender politics, zeitgeist prof @ NYU
Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social Fragments of life in messages from old postcards, curated by Tom Jackson. BOOK: http://amzn.to/34rIDhp POD: http://Apple.co/2xNqQ8D AGENT: http://morgangreencreatives.com
Sammy Hobson @sammyhobson.bsky.social 
Kate Evans @kateevans1000.bsky.social She/her. UK-based educational developer & creative writer. Acquired a disability in my 30s. Passionate about teaching, learning & equity in HE. Balancing life with Tai Chi and QiGong. Always learning something!
Film Hub North @filmhubnorth.bsky.social Supporting film culture in the North of England. Led by HOME & Showroom. Part of BFI Film Audience Network & BFI NETWORK.
Lauren Wilson @beesly.bsky.social 
Jim Q @jiquin.bsky.social Designer, DJ, aspiring Drummer and muffin connoisseur. Curator of @creativemornings monthly playlists. Leading product design @TheAtlantic Opinions are my own.
xavi____a @xavi----a.bsky.social he/him 👹 occasionally in film: Board/Trustee
@LUXmovingimage | always trying to be less online |
Adam Pugh @adampugh.me Reimagining justice…💭
Pretty with a silent R
Lewisham Green Party
📍South London
Laura Brewis @mslbrewis.bsky.social I run @wemakeculture.bsky.social / 2024 Big Issue Changemaker / wife of rock star / mam / lover of Sunderland / views my own
Rachel Horton @rachel-horton.bsky.social Clinical genetics trainee/ affiliate member at the Centre for Personalised Medicine, Oxford. Interested in ethical issues related to genomic testing.
Kate Raworth @kateraworth.bsky.social Author of Doughnut Economics, Co-founder of Doughnut Economics Action Lab, Senior Teaching Fellow at Oxford Uni Environmental Change Institute. doughnuteconomics.org
Dr Stu @stuucammyd.bsky.social Organic Chemist 👨🔬 | Bass Guitarist 🎸 | Video Gamer 🎮 | Comic Nerd 🤓 | Husband 💍
Polari Press @polari.press Queer publishing and design studio. Not affiliated with any other Polari-named things.
polari.press | polari.com
Shruti Kapoor @shrutikapoor08.bsky.social On a mission to make YOU the best developer you are meant to be
Content Creator, Speaker ✨Front End Engineer✨
Youtube: https://linktw.in/KDGOei
Newsletter: https://shrutikapoor.substack.com/
Discord: http://bit.ly/shruti-discord
Adbusters @adbusters.bsky.social We're a global network of activists, writers, artists, designers, tricksters, poets, philosophers and punks. Our aim: win the planetary endgame.
yuri @catdrew.bsky.social allison and neil are best friends argue with the wall
Doth @doth.bsky.social Where the ocean meets the woods
Mark Kermode @kermodemovie.bsky.social LAST aisle seat on the left.
Emphasis on the FIRST syllable.
WikiVictorian @wikivictorian.bsky.social Sharing random stuff from 1800 to 1920s: fashion, stories, art, and a compilation of faces and cultures that coexisted then ✨
𝔏𝔲𝔠𝔶 ℜ𝔬𝔰𝔢 🌊 @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social • black cat owner and horror girlie
• sunday times bestselling author/forbes 30 under 30 with no mystique
• the lamb 🥩 @wnbooks @harperbooks
• audhd / bi
https://linktr.ee/lucyrosecreative
She/they
Jenny Knight @jennyknight.bsky.social Author | Writer | Editor
*WILD MOON RISING* - 06/25 @akan_books @HarperCollins
Kit de Waal's #CommonPeople
Ed & Dev Ed @JerichoWriters
Assoc Artist @WritersCentre
Twitter/X @knightjennyk
Ig @jennyaknight
@dogrates.bsky.social @dogrates.bsky.social 
Anwen Kya @kyatic.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🏴 Writer of Gothic nonsense and reader of everything. Never met a wall I couldn't walk into.
✒️ Discoveries Prize 2025 longlist
https://linktr.ee/kyatic
Anne Worthington @anne-worthington.bsky.social Writer Photographer
Novel The Unheard awarded Michael Schmidt Prize https://www.confingopublishing.uk/product-page/the-unheard
Documentary photography https://britishculturearchive.co.uk/east-manchester-in-the-2000s-regeneration-anne-worthington/
anti @anthonycollins.bsky.social 
Professor Dr Igor Calzada MBA @icalzada.bsky.social Prof Calzada's
NEW BOOK!
#DatafiedDemocracies & #AIEconomics Unplugged
(Springer Nature 2025)
https://link.springer.com/book/9783032118875
@UPVEHU @Ikerbasque @USUKFulbright @CardiffUni @UniofOxford @EU_ScienceHub @UN
www.igorcalzada.com/publications
Climate Change Committee @thecccuk.bsky.social The UK’s independent adviser on tackling climate change.
https://www.theccc.org.uk/
Richard Dawson FREng @richdawson.bsky.social Engineer.
School of Engineering @newcastleuni.bsky.social
Researching the resilience and sustainability of water, infrastructure, urban areas in the face of global change.
@thecccuk.bsky.social Adaptation Committee member.
Vicky Teinaki @vickytnz.bsky.social Design (particularly of the digi-gov variety), books and brunch (usually from NE England). Brits think I sound Kiwi, Kiwis think I sound English. Links-a-plenty, views my own. https://vickyteinaki.com
Sabina Stent @sabinastent.bsky.social Writing about women and surrealism and cinema. Cat worshipper. Small Brummie. Tired.
https://linktr.ee/SabinaStent
Alexandra Fearon | Maybe Later @alexandrafearon.bsky.social Making customer journey mapping & email marketing simple for service-based brands and non-profits 💌
Straight-talking Saffa in Geordie Land.
She/her
🍉
Ste Dunn @stedunn.bsky.social Programme Lead The National Lottery Good Causes • Festival Director Northern Pride • Chair Rendez-Vous Dance• creative producer & LGBTQIA+ activist
https://beacons.ai/stedunn
@jennyg303.bsky.social @jennyg303.bsky.social 
Jenny Nelson @jennynelson.bsky.social Rector of Bradford on Avon Holy Trinity, Wingfield and Westwood.
Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social I have opinions and bylines and plenty of snacks.
Lily Dart @lilydart.bsky.social Design Director @photobox. 20 years in design. 10 yrs public speaking. Diversity, inclusion & design at scale. Advisory board @innovateheruk she/her 🏳️🌈 ♿️
Stomy @stomya.bsky.social Paint. Write. Drink chai. Help who I can. Repeat. This email should’ve been a rebellion. MN strong. She/her.
Cassie Robinson @cassierobinson.bsky.social www.cassierobinson.work
🌳Wealth Pre & Redistribution, Emerging Futures, Imagination Infrastructures, Conscious Closures, Practices for Transition.
🔮Erotic Ecology, Designing with the Other-than-human World, Oracular Bodies and Queer Capacities.
Imandeep Kaur @immykaur.bsky.social Co - Founder @CIVIC_SQUARE, prev aka Impact Hub Birmingham || @TEDxBrum 2012 - 2017 || Hon Doc. @AstonUniversity ||
@civicsquare.bsky.social @civicsquare.bsky.social 
Alice Procter @aaprocter.bsky.social art nuisance, mean little dyke, phd student. I do stuff on memory, haunting, colonialism, whiteness, horror and visual culture. Uncomfortable Art Tours (2017-20), The Whole Picture (2020), Historical Friction (2020-)
Ben Hunte @beninldn.bsky.social CNN Anchor & Correspondent. I'll be here if/when X collapses...
Got a story? Ben.hunte@cnn.com
Academic Audio Transcription Ltd @aat-transcribes.bsky.social Specialist transcription services with a social impact
Supporting research, improving access, and creating fairly-paid, flexible, accessible work for disabled, chronically ill and neurodivergent freelancers
https://linktr.ee/academicaudiotranscription
Equality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social A registered charity that works to improve the quality of life in the UK by reducing economic and social inequality.
https://linkin.bio/equalitytrust/
Miranda Iossifidis @mirandaioss.bsky.social Lecturer in Sociology at Newcastle University.
Co-convenor of the Reactionary Politics Research Network.
Lover of cats and music.
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
Stee @stee.bsky.social Moving rectangles @thrive, building @LargeBizCorp, & shitposting @shituserstory. Will likely pester you to donate blood and or bone marrow
Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social An independent publisher of radical, left‐wing non‐fiction books. Established in 1969, we are one of the oldest radical publishing houses in the world.
plutobooks.com
lesflicks.bsky.social @lesflicks.bsky.social Lesflicks is the world’s largest independent streaming platform exclusively dedicated to authentic lesbian and bisexual stories.
Lesflicks is more than a streaming service. We’re a movement reshaping the future of queer storytelling.
www.lesflicks.com
Northern Independence Party @freenorthnow.bsky.social A political party demanding independence for the North of England | enquiries@freethenorth.co.uk | www.stopthenonsense.co.uk | www.freethenorth.co.uk
Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc Head of Research at OneProject.org. Author, Design Justice (https://design-justice.pubpub.org) + Out of the Shadows, Into the Streets. #FreePalestine. Trans agenda. She/they/ella/elle. More: https://www.schock.cc
Mina Bach @minabach.bsky.social I believe in tech for good & open design
🦆 Design @DuckDuckGo
✏️ Lead @DesignClub
⛑ Mental Health First Aider
👉 minabach.com
Daniel Trilling @trillingual.bsky.social Journalist and author in London. LRB, Guardian Long Read and others. Books about refugees in Europe and Britain's far right. danieltrilling.co.uk for contact details etc 
North East Anarchist Group ⬛️🟥 @neanarchogroup.bsky.social Intersectional and internationalist anarchist communist group. Let's build anarchism in North East England! 🏴 Educate, Agitate, Organise! 🏴
https://linktr.ee/northeastanarchistgroup