Joel Strohmeier @joelstrohmeier.bsky.social Accessibility consultant. Also interested in art, film, music and education.
Willy Brauner @willybrauner.com Front-end developer, driven by design.
Former lead front-end @ cher-ami.tv.
Musician, drummer.
Based in Lyon, France.
Freelancer
↳ https://willybrauner.com
↳ https://github.com/willybrauner
Kuba Bartwicki @kubabartwicki.bsky.social designing on gov.uk · writing on kubabartwicki.com
Emily Webber @ewebber.bsky.social People first, organisation consultant. Author of Building Successful Communities of Practice and creator of the Team Onion.
Londoner in Merseyside.
Blog at emilywebber.co.uk
Biz at hellotacit.com
Other websites and projects at ewebber.co.uk
Ben Unsworth @benunsworth.co.uk User centred design in government. parkrun tourist A4418. Director of Digital and Tech for Kingston and Sutton councils.
Jukesie @jukes.ie Bristolian | internet of public service person | comic book collector | street art seeker | Adidas obsessive | 50s | UK
https://jukes.ie
Chris Bush @chrisbush.bsky.social Head of Design Group @ Nexer
Bit of a geek.
Loves all things inclusion.
Very antiracist.
https://gather.human.cx (Resources)
https://www.human.cx (Personal site)
https://www.nexergroup.com
Alastair Somerville @acuity.design Clarity and kindness as foundations for work. Information perception in physical & digital places. Facilitation and workshop design for codesign and civic assemblies. Public prototyping on BlueSky. He/him
Mark Dalgarno @markdalgarno.bsky.social Delivery @ http://createchange.io - Digital Transformation, UCD, Agile methods.
He/Him. I don't speak for my clients.
Organiser Agile Manchester, Agile Cambridge, Lean Agile Scotland, Ripples: Bristol, UX Scotland, SDinGov, Lean Agile Exchange
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
Amanda 🏳️🌈🔮 @ayymanduh.bsky.social All things data, digital, design, communities, leadership, justice & open culture.
Vibe: 🏳️🌈🔮💀💃🏼⚽️🌞🥦🪩🍾🧘🏼♀️⚖️☮️
HAL David 9000 @lubes.bsky.social Content accessibility, love is love, music is music, Luddite, tax the rich, vote Green for rent controls. “My god, it’s full of stars” 🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️🐝
Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social Content design, dungarees, parenting, custard they/them
Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk Senior creative within rail. Design nerd. Posts about trains a lot. Harmless with it though. Often sad. This is my personal account. He/Him 🏳️🌈
Roo Reynolds @rooreynolds.bsky.social Quite tall. Social justice worrier.
Matt Harrington @mattharrington.bsky.social Director at Public Digital. Ex GDS, Dept of Health, NHS Digital, Doctorlink and accuRx
Dominic Campbell @dominiccampbell.bsky.social Partner at Impossible Ideas | Founded FutureGov | Hackney ex-pat | #utb
Mark Boulton @markboulton.co.uk Head of product design @checkout.com. Typographer. Cyclist. Likes tea.
Jeremy Gould @jezzag.bsky.social Government digital transformation trouble maker. Currently CDO at Homes England. Pretty deluded.
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
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social #Research & #Design at @merlan.bsky.social ⟹ Narrow of purpose, wide of vision. ツ
Ben Holliday @benholliday.com Design and digital transformation | Chief Design Officer at TPXimpact | UK Lake District
Coco @cocochan.bsky.social Product lead in UK gov. Principal percussionist of The Flowers Band (European Champions ‘26). Prolific knitter. She/her
Katherine Wastell @kwastell.bsky.social Helping organisations create better customer and colleague experiences through service design and digital transformation.
Senior Design Director at public.digital. Ex Co-op Digital, BBC.
katherinewastell.com
Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social UX, Product, Content & Clinical Education. I make comics and silly pictures. Mummy to Ripley, and diagnosed with colon cancer April ‘22.
Colin @htmlandbacon.com Front-end developer working in Government.
Inclusive design advocate, html and taco fan.
https://htmlandbacon.com/
Cathy Dutton @cathydutton.co.uk Service Design & Delivery at the Department for Education. CSS enthusiast, Intrinsic Design fan.
www.cathydutton.co.uk
Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk Head of Creative and Design at The Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI), GDS. He/him. Views his own, not his employers.
Laura Yarrow @laurayarrow.bsky.social Head of Design for GOV.UK at GDS. Ex HM Land Registry. Public speaker. Observer of humans. Crisp connoisseur. Yarn hoarder. Northerner.
Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs Local government loving digital pragmatist.
https://da.vebrig.gs/
Ian Dow-Wright @iandowwright.bsky.social Amateur Generalist. Husband, Father, Maker. Doing my best to become half the man I was. (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social Love all things collaboration and community. Founder of GovCamp North and Design System Day. Organiser UKGovCamp, Services Week and GovJams.
Currently doing community @gdsteam.
Site: https://www.imranhussain.uk
Simon Everest @simoneverest.bsky.social Head of Product and Experience at @DCMS . Trying to do less better. All views my own, not my employer's. RT and likes not endorsements.
David Buck @davidbuckster.bsky.social He doing organisation development and design. Farming and Countryside Programme, Defra. #OneTeamGov, @ukgovcamp.bsky.social
Government romantic and lover of decaf tea.
Chris Thompson @mrcthompson.bsky.social Director of Digital at Northumberland County Council. Cyclist. Purveyor of trees. I draw.
Sophie Dennis @sophiedennis.bsky.social Head of User-Centred Design & Product @MadeTech. ex @ukhsa @nhsdigital @cxpartners @dwpdigital. Devon exile in Yorkshire. #sophiesthatux she/her
Ben Cheetham @bforben.uk Helping with the #LocalDigital mission at MHCLG
https://ben.cheeth.am
https://www.localdigital.gov.uk
https://mhclgdigital.blog.gov.uk
Ed Horsford @edwardhorsford.bsky.social
Steve O'Connor @steveoconnor.bsky.social Senior UX Consultant at Version 1, Director of CamCreatives CIC in Cambridge, UK, currently working with DfE
Neurospicy with neurospicy kids. Yikes.
Big heart, bad memory.
Ignacia Orellana @ignaciaorellana.bsky.social Independent service design and digital transformation lead.
Mainly works in public sector.
Previously: Service Design lead @gdsteam. Chilena en Londres
She/her
https://ignaciaorellana.com/
James Higgott @jiggott.bsky.social Head of Product for NHS App at NHS England. Expect digital health + culture + cricket + games + low-res puns.
Greg Knight @knightknightg.bsky.social Content design and strategy.
Nic Price @nicprice.bsky.social Design, inclusive public services. Bristol, cycling and coffee. Take a problem for a walk. People thinking
Mat Johnson @demotive.bsky.social I’m a designer who loves working in healthcare. Increasingly frantic arm waving.
My dog is my best friend, but I'm not sure he agress with this statement.
demotive.com
Shaun Gomm @shaungomm.bsky.social Commercial Director @Nexer_Digital. Human-centred design. Accessibility. Host and organiser of #CampDigital Leftie. #NUFC fan
Annie @anniecrab.bsky.social Service designer in UK gov. Aspiring trusted agitator. Sometimes improviser. Cat person. She/her
Will Osborn (he/him) @willosborn.bsky.social Designer, Psychologist, frustrated optimist, interested in motivation and creating meaningful companies and environments. Service and Org Design Director
Richard Stirling @rchards.bsky.social Helping government harness technology.
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.
Jesse Yuen @jesseyuen.bsky.social Designing products and services for good, not evil.
jesseyuen.com
Leisa Reichelt @leisar.bsky.social betwixt and between
Megha Wadhawan @meghaw.bsky.social All things Design
Rochelle Gold @rochellegold.bsky.social Head of User Research @NHSEngland
(formerly @NHSDigital) and Head of UCD for Digital Primary Care. Cancer and genetics awareness advocate and patient representative..
Views my own.
She/her.
Stef_W @stefw.bsky.social Senior Partner - Place&Infra @tpximpact.com , formerly FutureGov @CPCatapult & @LDN_gov. Built environment, digital, music and occasionally my own views. #plantech
Julian @jdosreme.bsky.social Trying to make public services better for everyone. Service Owner, team leader, ex GDS, MoJ, Defra, Home Office, NHS, DBT and CO Views my own etc
https://jdosreme.medium.com/
Kerry Lyons @kerry1yons.bsky.social Senior content designer.
Olly Benson @ollybenson.uk NHS Englander. Ex VCSE and BBC.
Mainly interested in volunteering, VCSE sector, public participation and engagement, so stuff around people, building communities, health, power, digital, media etc.
Husband | 🚸 Dad x2 | 💔 #ACHD
🌍 Warwickshire, UK
Paul Maltby @maltbyps.bsky.social I run the public service teams at Faculty AI. Previously Chief Digital Officer in UK gov. Public service reformer
Ben Cullimore @bencullimore.bsky.social Service Design Lead
bencullimore.github.io
Andrew Travers @andrewtravers.com Designer and researcher working with the UK's public sector. I wrote ‘Interviewing for research’ once upon a time. Occasionally blogging here: andrewtravers.com
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.
Liam McMurray @liammcmurray.bsky.social design
Helen @socialsoup.bsky.social Designer in UK Gov. Made in State School. Haway man, woman man.
Andrew Duckworth @duckworthdesign.bsky.social Designer and occasional product person. Endlessly talking about how great you are.
Martha Edwards @maredwards.bsky.social Service Design and user research things 🇨🇦 🇬🇧
Tweets are my own and don't reflect who I might work for or with
Amy Everett @amyeverett.bsky.social Runner. Lead user researcher in NHS. Living in Sheffield with my wife and our two silly greyhounds.
Nour Sidawi @noursidawi.uk Reflecting on the complexity of systems and making change in government at UK Civil Service. Part of OneTeamGov.
noursidawi.uk
Jay Spanton @spanty.bsky.social Researcher/ designer. Currently UKRI. Formerly National Archive, Land Registry, DEFRA, Met Office, GDS, cxpartners, eBay...
Daniel Wigglesworth @dwigglesworth.bsky.social Head of Digital Products @jrf-uk.bsky.social
Minestrone Monster @minstronemonster.bsky.social Dancing with the devil in the pale moonlight
Andy Jones 🏳️🌈 @andyjones.bsky.social Head of Design (Content, Service and Interaction Design) - Dept for Education.
Ex-Dog dad, plant dad. Lover of coffee, cake, all things Scandinavian, design and architecture. Neurospicy, ADHD and colourblind.
Can’t get messages.
Si Manby @cthimon.bsky.social Product person at Justice Digital UK
Gaz Aston @gazaston.com Design n’ that. UCD in government & tech for good.
Lover of nature. Dad of dog. Maker of bread and beats.
Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social He/him. Bristol. Writer, content designer. No alt text = no repost. Not here for politics. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/raynewman Header: Thin Places in Hard Concrete https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DC5PL7T4 Agent: https://blakefriedmann.co.uk/ray-newman
Lisa Riemers @lisariemers.bsky.social User-centred accessible content design, communications, community, intranet and digital workplace shenanigans. Bringing people together in pubs in SE London #ItsPubOClock. Artist who frequents the London Colour Walk.
Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social Accessibility, inclusive design research #A11y #UX
Loves swimming in nature, rocks in rivers, mint tea, gelato, trees. Art, music, play!
Grew up in the West Country, left to explore cognition & behaviour, returned ND 🌈 she
Richard Pope @richardpope.org I wrote a book on public services:
https://londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/platformland-an-anatomy-of-next-generation-public-services/
It’s time to share the benefits of digital with the public properly.
K @chaoxian.bsky.social Tofu-eating wokerati 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 he/him
Darwin Peltan @darwinp.bsky.social Public sector Product and Delivery person, Husband, Dad and Hot Air Balloon Pilot
Tom watson @tomcw.xyz Digital | Data | Creator |
Doing good or at least trying to
The Good Ship and Data for Action
Crap runner. Awesome eater.
Bio: https://tomcw.xyz
Andy Parker @theavangelist.bsky.social Service and organisation designer. Writing about complex systems, good services and changing things without waiting for permission.
Gavin @gavinbeckett.bsky.social Director at Public Digital, supporting organisations through radical transformation. Spent 20+ year in UK LocalGov, and 6 years at Placecube working with councils to co-design and develop an open source SaaS digital platform.
Annie Heath @annieheath.bsky.social Head of Tech, Data, Experience Reigate & Banstead Borough Council. Public Sector Endurance Medallist. Wife to music writer Harold Heath. Daughter of a loop da loop era.
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
Frankie Roberto @frankieroberto.com Freelance interaction designer. X-GOVUK contributor. London dad. Car-free cities. Working for NHS England.
https://www.frankieroberto.com
Tom Morgan @tsmz.bsky.social Designer working in Gov. Digging, mapping, making and iterating. Putting users first. Welsh-ish. Dad x2. Inveterate doodler. Comedy geek.
David Heath @davidheath.org Trying to make things work better
Ben Terrett @benterrett.bsky.social CEO of Public Digital. Former Deputy Chair of UAL. .
/benterrett everywhere else.
www.benterrett.com
Janet Hughes @janethughes.bsky.social Director General Reform and Efficiency, UK Cabinet Office
Allotmenteer, reader, over-enthusiast.
Here to learn and make things work better.
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 🌱
Stephen McCarthy @loft27design.bsky.social Head of Product Design and User Research at Which?
Kathryn Grace 🕊️ @iamkathryngrace.bsky.social Design Leader:
Service & Systems Design
Keeping digital health and care human and joining it up
Angela Hilton @ange2.bsky.social Doing Product things in the wild.
Currently working on joining up public services, making data better and probably a slide deck.
Amy Czuba @amyczuba.bsky.social New biz @ Nexer Digital | Umbraco MVP.
Caffeinated, solar-powered, and paying attention to the little things in life. Sharing thoughts on sustainability, accessibility, digital and music — through an optimistic Yorkshire lens.
Matthew Cain @mcaino.bsky.social Previously CDIO, Crown Prosecution Service. Personally: LFC, Barnet rugby ‘coach’ and cello.
Dave Mann @dmits.bsky.social CEO of dxw
Chris @songschris.bsky.social Service designer, consultant, songwriter, fairly nerdy.