All-Party Parliamentary Group on New Towns @newtownsappg.bsky.social Celebrating the contribution made by the UK's New Towns & exploring the opportunities & challenges they face today. Chair: Andrew Lewin MP. Tweets by @thetcpa.bsky.social
James Plunkett @jamestplunkett.bsky.social Interested in more human ways to govern our lives together, and how technology can help. Blog: https://medium.com/@jamestplunkett 🏳️⚧️
The Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness @c4research.bsky.social ✦ Enabling connected communities through research and evidence.
✦ Funded by UKRI ESRC
✦ https://linktr.ee/c4.research
The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social Politics, geopolitics, economics, books, culture, ideas, science, history, tech, data...
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Town and Country Planning Association @thetcpa.bsky.social Challenging, inspiring and supporting people to create healthy, sustainable and resilient places that are fair for everyone.
www.tcpa.org.uk
IPPR North @ipprnorth.bsky.social We're the leading think-tank based in the North丨Developing bold, progressive ideas to empower England’s regions丨21 years of independent research & influence
The Future Governance Forum (FGF) @futuregovforum.bsky.social Transforming the state to renew the nation.
To stay updated, join our mailing list: https://futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/contact/
Carnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social Carnegie UK is an independent charitable foundation that works to deliver better wellbeing for people in the UK and Ireland.
#CollectiveWellbeing
Jo Bibby @jobibby.bsky.social Calder Valley Kite Kollective
Prayer Collector
Dream Broker
📍Bohemia
Royal Society for Public Health @rsph.bsky.social We are an independent charity working to build a healthier future in the UK and across the world.
Visit our website: rsph.org.uk
WSA Community @wsacommunity.bsky.social WSA Community specialises in community development, meaningful participation and social inclusion. We have a strong ethical approach and values, with an emphasis on being inclusive, respectful and accessible. 
NHS Confederation (now known as The NHS Alliance) @nhsconfed.org Follow us on LinkedIn.
The NHS Confederation and NHS Providers formed the NHS Alliance on 1 April 2026. The NHS Alliance is the independent membership body that represents and supports the health and care system in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
NPC @thinknpc.bsky.social We are the think tank and consultancy for the impact sector. Sign up to our newsletter: https://www.thinknpc.org/newsletter-signup/
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
Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social Demos is a champion of people, ideas and democracy.
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Directory of Social Change @dsc-charity.bsky.social The UK’s leading provider of training, publications and best-selling funding sources for the charity sector – helping you to help others.
Mind @mind.org.uk Fighting for mental health – for support, for respect, for you ✊
Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods @iconeighbours.bsky.social Exploring and addressing the significant challenges faced by the country's most deprived neighbourhoods.
Funded by @localtrust.bsky.social
Twitter: @iconeighbours
https://www.neighbourhoodscommission.org.uk/
Ross Mudie @rmudie96.bsky.social Researcher. Currently exploring England with @iconeighbours.bsky.social, former think tanker
UK Community Foundations @ukcf.bsky.social UK Community Foundations (UKCF) brings together 47 accredited and independent community foundations across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, connecting people who care with causes that matter. Visit our website to learn more.
The National Lottery Community Fund @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk Awarding #NationalLottery funding to strengthen society and improve lives across the UK. #ItStartsWithCommunity
www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
The Young Foundation @theyoungfdn.bsky.social The UK's home for community research and social innovation. Also powering the Institute for Community Studies.
www.youngfoundation.org
Also on X and Threads
Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/
London Funders @londonfunders.bsky.social We bring funders together to build a better London by taking action on what matters to our city and our communities.
https://londonfunders.org.uk/
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 
Just Ideas Ltd @justideasco.bsky.social Just Ideas supports charities, public sector organisations and businesses working towards positive social or organisational change and environmental justice. Visit us at just-ideas.co.uk
Media Trust @mediatrust.bsky.social Media Trust works in partnership with the media and creative industry to give charities and under-represented talent a stronger voice.
➡️ mediatrust.org
Place Matters @placematters.bsky.social Place Matters works in partnership with organisations and communities to accelerate the impact of community-centred place-based change.
Civil Society @civilsociety.bsky.social Civil Society Media is the UK’s only independent media company dedicated solely to supporting the charity sector. 
The London Community Foundation @london-cf.bsky.social We work with donors to support London's small, local charities and community groups. Helping you make a difference to London. Where it matters most. £140 million in grants distributed since 2010 to local, London, community organisations.
Clare Moriarty @claremoriarty.bsky.social CEO of Citizens Advice
Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire @grapevinecovwarks.bsky.social Join us in making our people and communities fairer, stronger and more connected. Strengthening people, sparking community and shifting power in Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond www.grapevinecovandwarks.org #GrapevineAt30
Leeds Community Foundation @leedscommfound.bsky.social We distribute vital grants and give trusted advice to Community Organisations across Leeds and Bradford to influence positive change.
Find out more at www.leedscf.org.uk
Charity Times @charitytimes.bsky.social Charity Times is the leading charity leadership title for third sector professionals
Home of the #CharityTimesAwards
https://www.charitytimes.com
Plunkett UK @plunkettuk.bsky.social We support community-owned businesses because of their track record for delivering better businesses for people, communities, the economy, and the environment.
Saba Salman @sabasalman.com Journalist|editor|author
📚NEW BOOK Double Discrimination 2026
📚Made Possible 2020
👩🏽💻 https://sabasalman.com
✍🏽Private Eye|Guardian|Byline Times|Ed. Community Living
💜Chair @sibs.org.uk|Ambassador @ndtihello.bsky.social
🏛️FRSA @thersaorg.bsky.social
Tash Meldrum @tash-meldrum.bsky.social 
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
We're Right Here @right-here.org The campaign for community power. Driving forward landmark legislation that will give everyone the right to shape the place they live. https://www.right-here.org/
Lucia das Neves @ldasneves.bsky.social Policy | Participation | Communications | Health inequalities & social justice | Share/like ≠ endorsement
Vic Rayner @vicrayner.bsky.social CEO of National Care Forum; Chair Care Provider Alliance; Chair of Global Ageing Network; Honorary Professor City St George’s University of London. Passionate about care, support and housing. Interested in pretty much everything! 
Hilary Burkitt @hilaryburkitt.bsky.social Housing, poverty, social policy, cats | Housing policy at Independent Age
Andrew Gregory @andrewgregory.com Editor, Health @theguardian.com
Geri Scott @geraldinescott.co.uk Assistant political editor at The Times.
Peter Foster @pmdfoster.bsky.social Brighton-dwelling World Trade Editor at the Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/peter-foster
Sometime Brexit nerd & author of 'What Went Wrong with Brexit' https://t.co/VsIipD7JBr
Centre for Thriving Places @thrivingplaces.bsky.social Centre for Thriving Places is a place-based not-for-profit consultancy offering strategic support, research, training and tools that help put the wellbeing of people, place and planet centre stage.
Platform Places @platformplaces.bsky.social Unlocking town centre buildings for amazing ideas 🔑
Co-founding partners: High Streets Task Force, Power to Change, British Property Federation, New Local, Radix, Shoosmiths
https://www.platformplaces.com/
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
Jessica Studdert @jesstud.bsky.social Always searching for good coffee.
James Ingram @ingyingram.bsky.social Increasingly bionic 🦾🦿 Vice Chair, Patients' Voices Royal College Anaesthetists + Faculty of Pain Medicine | Former int'l civil servant + NGOs on human rights etc | ייד
https://linktr.ee/jamesingram
Sarah Glover @sarahgloverscl.bsky.social Director The SCL Agency, Producer Connecting Citizens to Science podcast - posting personally https://linktr.ee/sarahjglover
Michael SW @msolwilliams.bsky.social Head of Campaigns @CBTransport | Founder @commonandkind & @AllyPallySt
The WEA @weaadulted.bsky.social A national educational charity with a mission to bring lifelong learning within reach of everyone who needs it, fighting inequality and promoting social justice.
Sienna Rodgers @siennarodgers.bsky.social Deputy editor of The House magazine in Parliament.
Helen F @helenfurn.bsky.social MD of High-Rise Communications. Prev. comms British Red Cross, Ashgate Hospice. Working from Ancoats, Manchester.
BSSEC CIC @bssec-cic.bsky.social BSSEC CIC is a network body that brings together stakeholders, infrastructure organisations, public sector, private businesses and the VCFSE sector across the wider West Midlands with a core aim and passion to grow the regional Social Economy.
Cassandra Mah @cassandramah.bsky.social Policy Lead @ UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose | MPA | People, pedals, prevention, planet | Interested in systems, policy, & power. Transition to sustainable wellbeing for all
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassandramah/
Anna McShane @annacmcshane.bsky.social Director www.newbritain.org.uk
Juggling mum of 4, former teacher, former Deputy Director, Public First.
MBA candidate, Bayes Business School
London via Wrexham
Brendan Arnold @brendanarnold.bsky.social #CreativeTechnologist :: Policy Lab, HM Government :: Tech practitioner/Design thinking/Policymaking/Making :: Cleethorpes/Bristol/London
#BeeWell @beewelluk.bsky.social #BeeWell is a youth-centred wellbeing programme led by The University of Manchester, The Gregson Family Foundation and Anna Freud with GMCA and Hampshire, IoW, Portsmouth, Southampton. Account not monitored 24/7.
beewellprogramme.org
Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social We design ownership models for a democratic and sustainable economy.
http://common-wealth.org
linktr.ee/common.wealth
David Buck @davidjbuck.bsky.social Senior fellow in public health and health inequalities at The King's Fund (https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/). Bit of a magpie, don't necessarily agree with those i (re)share. Also over at twitter @davidjbuck.
Rob Richardson @drrobrichardson.bsky.social Lecturer in Urban Planning & Placemaking at University of @Manchester.ac.uk Department of Planning, Property & Environmental Management | MRTPI | Urban design, planning, place & policy | Own views
Ellie O'Donnell @ellieodonnell.bsky.social Reporter at Unearthed, Greenpeace UK's investigative journalism project. Used to make TV for BBC and C4.
Emily Darko @emilydarko.bsky.social Director of Research and Policy at Social Enterprise UK
Business for a fairer, greener world
Efua Poku Amanfo @efuapokuamanfo.bsky.social Research Fellow @IPPR
Education, Social Inequality, Food.
Neil Tester @neiltester.bsky.social Interested in most things but especially health, social care and the voluntary sector. Freelance consultant: https://neiltesterconsulting.co.uk. Chair, Healthwatch Hertfordshire: https://www.healthwatchhertfordshire.co.uk/. My own views, naturally.
William Pett @wpett.bsky.social Head of Policy, Public Affairs & Research at Healthwatch England.
Public World @publicworld.bsky.social We work for relational public services, great jobs and strong communities by helping organisations put humanity at the heart.
www.publicworld.com
ABCD-in-Luton @abcdinluton.bsky.social Asset Based Community Development, home of #KeepLutonTidy peoples movement. A totally voluntary movement encouraging everyone who Lives, Works, Plays or Prays in Luton to keep their area tidy from litter and weeds. ABCD-in-Luton.Org
Care City @carecityuk.bsky.social A social enterprise working with communities, health and care partners to create innovative change of local benefit and national significance.
Find out more www.carecity.org
Stefania Fiorentino @stefaniafiorentino.bsky.social Associate Professor in Planning and Urban Regeneration at University of Cambridge, Land Economy.
Fellow of Downing College.
Economic Geography & Planning: Local Economic Development, Urban and Regional Transformations.
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Yasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social Senior Policy Advisor at JRF (@jrf-uk.bsky.social) focusing on communities and place
she/her
Views my own.
Fabian Society @thefabians.bsky.social Britain's oldest political think tank. The future of the left since 1884.
Enfield Voluntary Action @enfieldva.org.uk EVA supports and develops community and voluntary organisations to make life better for people in Enfield, north London https://enfieldva.org.uk
We also run @volunteerenfield.org.uk
**Please ASK before adding us to starter packs
Summer Simpson @summersimpson.bsky.social Research and engagement @wearenewlocal.bsky.social
Fairness Foundation @fairness.bsky.social Putting fairness at the heart of public debate and policymaking in the UK.
https://linktr.ee/FairnessFoundation
Max Lambert @maxlambert.bsky.social Conservation scientist working on wildlife, cities, farmland, wildlands, clean energy, equity, and justice
Simon Parker @simonparker.bsky.social Public servant in search of a better future. Communities and service users first. Desires to unbuild walls.
Mark Norbury @markjnorbury.bsky.social @unltd @acevo - generally prefer hopeful liberal progress + humour over despair, division, aggro, ego
@churchurbanfund.bsky.social @churchurbanfund.bsky.social 
Bounce Theatre @bouncetheatre.bsky.social Bounce makes original, brave, and imaginative work.
We create original stories from scratch.
We believe in collaboration and champion all forms of communication in our creative process. 
Julia Hines @juliahines.bsky.social Trustee and community volunteer in Barnet. 
CollaborateCIC @collaboratecic.bsky.social We help public services collaborate to tackle complex social challenges. Stay in touch enquiries@collaboratecic.com https://collaboratecic.com/newsletter/
People's Health Trust @peopleshealthtrust.bsky.social People’s Health Trust is a national charity working with local communities across Great Britain to address health inequalities through the building blocks of health. We want to stop people dying too young.
Nick Beall @nickbeall.bsky.social Sort of here, sort of there. Politics, Localism, Communities and Cricket. Labour and Co-op Councillor. Opinions unlikely to be anyone else's.
Neha Gohil @nehagohil.bsky.social Senior Journalist @bbc | Prev @guardian | Highly Commended NCTJ’s News Journalism Award | @The_JDF
Prof Mari Martiskainen @martiskainen.bsky.social Professor of Energy and Society, 125th Anniversary Chair, University of Birmingham, UK
Director, Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC)
Like spotting 🐿️🌳🐝
My neurodiverse views
#energysky 🔌💡
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
Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social Chief Executive, The British Academy
Chair, Our World in Data
Board, National Audit Office
Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE
Visiting Professor, Kings College London
Fellow, Birkbeck College
Views my own
Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org The Resolution Foundation is an independent think-tank dedicated to lifting living standards in the UK.
Locality @locality.org.uk We support local community organisations to be strong and successful. #PowerOfCommunity
AKA @localitynews
locality.org.uk
The SCL Agency @sclagency.bsky.social Delivering innovative methods of communication in science and global health co-production and knowledge exchange.
Follow our podcast Connecting Citizens to Science (download from your usual podcast provider)
Julian Dobson @juliandobson.bsky.social Place, poetry, a dash of policy. Books on civic universities, urban nature, town centre futures and urban policy. Poems on anything. Imposter geographer. Also at juliandobson.net
Chris Allen @chris-wcr.bsky.social Listening, encouraging, sharing…
Community Development Adviser, broadcaster, podcaster, fellow of the RSA and C/E priest.
David Warner MBE @davidtwarner.bsky.social 
Louise Tickle @louisetickle.bsky.social Loves puffins. Dreams of Skomer. Writing novel 2. First slowly. Then faster.
Ryan Herman @ryanhermanesq.bsky.social Author, editor, writer, teller of stories. LFC.
And Finally...The Weird and Wonderful World of News is out now, available on Amazon https://rb.gy/8t0ktv
Power to Change @powertochange.org.uk We are the think-do tank that backs community business. We turn bold ideas into action so communities have the power to change what matters to them.
powertochange.org.uk