The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social Founded in 1906 to support, promote, and celebrate the discipline of English Studies (registered charity 1124890). www.englishassociation.ac.uk/join-us/
@secondmouse.bsky.social @secondmouse.bsky.social
Catriona Ogilvy @catriona-ogilvy.bsky.social Founder The Smallest Things Charity • Award Winning Campaigner • Labour Womens Network Exec. • Children’s Occupational Therapist • SEND, Education & Child Health.
I might occasionally post about my #SouthLondonGarden 🌷… and possibly my black tabby cat 🐈⬛!
Sarah Fry @sarahfry.bsky.social Founder CEO of The Belay Foundation. Passionate about supporting families, helping people understand the impact of early life trauma, and cake
The Belay Foundation @thebelayfoundation.org.uk Helping families living with early trauma through finding specialist support workers, providing advice, offering training and reducing isolation.
More info on our trauma-responsive support here: https://thebelayfoundation.org.uk/trauma-responsive-support/
Youth Endowment Fund @youthendowmentfund.org.uk We're here to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence.
www.youthendowmentfund.org.uk
Voice 21 @voice21oracy.bsky.social The UK's national oracy education charity.
Become a Voice 21 Oracy School: https://membership-hub.voice21.org/membership-hub
The Brilliant Club @brilliantclub.bsky.social We support young people to access and thrive at leading universities by working with schools, parents and the education sector. #BackingBrilliance
https://linktr.ee/thebrilliantclub
Fair Education Alliance @thefea.bsky.social 🏫 A coalition of organisations working together to tackle educational inequity.
👀 Our vision is that no child’s success is limited by their socioeconomic background.
👉 Find out more at www.faireducation.org.uk/links
@ruthtoucancontent.bsky.social @ruthtoucancontent.bsky.social
Simon Lucey @simonlucey.bsky.social LinkedIns say: Youth Marketing // Agency Growth // Exited Founder //
But mainly here for book recommendations....
Woubi 🦋 @woubia.bsky.social Strategic & operational leadership in the charity sector | Champion of inclusive culture, equity, & empathetic leadership | Advocate for sustainability | Proud mum
#charity #Sustainability
@emilykatej.bsky.social @emilykatej.bsky.social
Reach Volunteering @reachvolunteering.org.uk Reach Volunteering is a skills-based volunteering charity. If you would like to volunteer and have 3+ years' experience, we connect you with charities and groups needing your skills to tackle some of society's biggest issues.
The Kids Network @thekidsnetwork.bsky.social Non-profit organisation | London📍
We provide life-changing, child-led mentoring to help our #LittleLondoners grow⚡️
Become a volunteer mentor today ⬇️
https://www.thekidsnetwork.org.uk/
Donate now:
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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
Here for civil society leaders @acevo.bsky.social Together with our network, we inspire and support civil society leaders through connection, skills and influence. Our members lead civil society organisations of every shape and size across England and Wales: acevo.org.uk
Charity Finance Group (CFG) @cfgsocial.bsky.social Inspiring the development of a financially confident, dynamic and trustworthy 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.
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
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
Third Sector @thirdsector.co.uk The UK's leading title for the voluntary and not-for-profit sector. Home of the Third Sector Podcast: https://podfollow.com/thirdsector/view
UK Fundraising @ukfundraising.bsky.social Fundraising news, community and inspiration for professional charity and nonprofit fundraisers. Since 1994. From @howardlake.bsky.social.
See also @fundraisingworld.bsky.social
Charlotte Hacking @charliehacking.bsky.social First, foremost and always a teacher. Also Education Consultant, including with CLPE, and Speaker. Co-creator of The Balancing Act: http://bit.ly/42D93f9. Poetry editor with Otter Barry Books. Shortlisted for Branford Boase Award 2024 for The Final Year.
Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (0-11 years) @hhcp-ucl.bsky.social The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (HHCP) was established in 2017 to extend the long-established work of UCL Institute of Education (IOE) and the Helen Hamlyn Trust in primary and early years education. The HHCP is based at the IOE.
Tania Townsend @taniatownsend.bsky.social Head of Strategic Programmes & Strategy. ❤️#localgov. Black & Jewish, Londoner, Mother, Gooner, Hackney lady and blogger. ♥️ diversity matters. Views my own.
@TaniaTSays on X
Harry Shier @harryshier.bsky.social Writer, researcher, facilitator, commentator on child rights, participation and play. Associate of CESESMA in Nicaragua. Based in Ireland. Retired/freelance
Louca-Mai Brady @louca-mai.bsky.social Reader in #YouthInvolvement and Health @herts.ac.uk. #PublicInvolvement #CYPHealthParticipation, qual & participatory research methods. She/her
www.go.herts.ac.uk/loucamai_brady
PBE @pbe.co.uk Economics to improve lives
www.pbe.co.uk
Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social Exploring growing giving on a massive scale (founder Giving X Ltd). Digital fundraising entrepreneur: founded UK Fundraising (fundraising.co.uk | @ukfundraising.bsky.social) in 1994, sold it in 2022. Co-founder GoodJobs, Fundraising Camp, BarcampNonprofits
Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social Artist
Coldwarsteve.com
Darren Chetty @darrenchetty.bsky.social Welsh Indian South African Dutch Londoner. PhD in Philosophy of Education. Specialising in Philosophy for Children, Children’s Literature, & Antiracist Education
Rep: Rachel Mann, CAA https://www.darrenchetty.com/ https://linktr.ee/DarrenChetty
The King's Fund @thekingsfund.bsky.social The King's Fund is an independent charity working to improve people's health. Our vision is a world where everyone can live a healthy life. https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/
Libraries Connected @librariesconnected.org.uk We are an independent charity that supports, promotes and represents public libraries. Our work is driven and led by our membership, which includes almost every library service in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Crown Dependencies.
mySociety @mysociety.org We create digital services that break down barriers to democratic participation, equipping people to take action and drive meaningful change. Subscribe to our updates at http://eepurl.com/gOEVFj
Robin Pembrooke @robinpem.bsky.social Seasonal mix of digital products, projects, scything, wilding, & walking
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
🇺🇸 Guardian US https://bsky.app/profile/us.theguardian.com
🇦🇺 Guardian Australia https://bsky.app/profile/australia.theguardian.com
Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social Executive coach and consultant | Proud West Midlander | Road safety campaigner
Toxic workplaces, career transitions, helping people figure out what comes next | 🎬 @LucyOnLife on YouTube and weekly newsletter at changeout.org
📍Birmingham.
Layla Moran MP 🔶🕊️ @laylamoran.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon | Chair of the Health & Social Care Select Committee | Here because Musk ruined the ‘other (social) place’ | she/her | Promoted by the Lib Dems, Unit C5 Grange Court, Barton Lane, OX14 3NB
Sophy Ridge @sophyridge.bsky.social Lead Politics Presenter, Sky News
Carol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social Hello lovelies. This is my official account.. 💙💙
Glad to be over here from the "other place"😂
It's like breathing clean air again 👍🏼
Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
Helen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social Staff writer, The Atlantic | Author, Difficult Women (2020) and The Genius Myth (2025) | Podcaster, Page 94 | Doom scroller, the internet | uk.bookshop.org/shop/helenlewis
Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com Editor of Weekend FT • sinkhole tracker • Do not buy crypto from me or anyone who appears to be me
Poetry By Heart @poetrybyheart.bsky.social National schools poetry recitation competition, open to all schools and colleges in England, re-igniting a love of poetry. poetrybyheart.org.uk
Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social Launched in 1980, we review hundreds of new children’s books each year and publish articles on every aspect of writing for children. Explore new issues and our 40 year archive for free on our website www.booksforkeeps.co.uk
The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social Official account for Britain’s leading independent economic research institute. https://ifs.org.uk/
Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social Former CEO of NSPCC (2013-2024) now available for all sorts of bits and bobs. President of Somerset County Cricket Club, Ebbsfleet United fan and proud owner of a functioning iPod classic
Cathy Ashley 🇺🇦 @cathyashley.bsky.social Chief Exective of the national child welfare charity Family Rights Group www.frg.org.uk
Decent mother, aunt and friend (I hope)
✡️ Trustee of HIAS+JCORE
2009-16 Chair of Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.
Salsa dance and run (sort of)
Beyond Words @booksbeyondwords.bsky.social Beyond Words - Using pictures to help people understand the world. Founded by Baroness Sheila Hollins
Charity no. 1183942
www.booksbeyondwords.co.uk
Civil Society @civilsociety.bsky.social Civil Society Media is the UK’s only independent media company dedicated solely to supporting the charity sector.
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 | ר׳ ייִד
https://linktr.ee/jamesingram
Alex Sutton @alexsutton-82.bsky.social Director of AB Charitable Trust. Interested in migration, human rights, social justice. He/him. Views own.
Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social CEO of @taso.org.uk, Chair of Trust for London, Executive Committee of Political Studies Association. The usual disclaimers.
Ed Vere @edvere.bsky.social Picture book maker
www.edvere.com
Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social Talks, writes, teaches. "The Ha-ha" & "The Ends" might make you laugh. Patreon https://patreon.com/Tomtalksdisabillity?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=join_link
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Lauren Laverne @laurenlaverne.bsky.social Broadcaster. Slow eater, fast reader.
marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social Classicist
Irvine Welsh @irvinewelsh.bsky.social Radicalized by discotheque music.
Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social In the culture wars, I want to be the bit on Christmas Day where they all knocked it on the head for a bit and played football.
BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Welcome! Find us weekdays 10:30pm on BBC Two, BBC News, iPlayer with Victoria Derbyshire, Paddy O'Connell & Matt Chorley - plus Katie Razzall, Nicholas Watt and Faisal Islam
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
Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social We fight for children's rights in institutional settings. Executive Director - Jodie Wickers.
Brought as much as we could when we left the other platform. More on our website: https://article39.org.uk
The Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social Building a more humane and effective response to crime.
Join: https://howardleague.org/membership/
Give: http://PayPal.Me/howardleague
Education Policy Institute @edupolicyinst.bsky.social The Education Policy Institute (EPI) is an independent, impartial, and evidence-based research institute that promotes high quality education
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.
Make Space for Girls @makespaceforgirls.bsky.social Campaigning for parks and public spaces designed with girls in mind.
Reg. charity 1193772.
makespaceforgirls.co.uk
Dez Holmes @dezholmes1.bsky.social Director of Research in Practice | Strategic Director @ National Children’s Bureau. Trustee of Family Action.
All views & swearing my own. Expert in nowt (except maybe Transitional Safeguarding).
Actually, “ranting with references” is a job.
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
Living Assessments @livingassessments.bsky.social Wellcome funded research project health and social care assessments. Disabled and care experienced children and young people & families, history, policy, experts by experience. University of Kent. National Children's Bureau. University of Cambridge.
Anna Feuchtwang @annafeuchtwang.bsky.social Chief Executive National Children's Bureau. These are my views not necessarily theirs.
Education Endowment Foundation @theeef.bsky.social Supporting schools, colleges, and early years settings to make a difference with evidence.
http://eef.li/news-alerts
Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social #SaveOurChildrensRights Parent-led special educational needs and disability #SEND website. UK-based, strategic advocacy, resources, and information to help improve the lives of children & young people with disabilities and their families. Volunteers.
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
Madeleine Sugden @madlinsudn.bsky.social Digital Impact Consultant. Helps charities with digital comms, content strategy and other things that follow. One half of @RadioLento.
The Sutton Trust @suttontrust.bsky.social Championing social mobility through evidence-based programmes, agenda-setting research and policy advocacy: https://linktr.ee/thesuttontrust
Living Streets @livingstreets.bsky.social We are Living Streets, the UK charity for everyday walking. #NationalWalkingMonth #WalkThisMay #WalkToSchool #BanPavementParking
#BetterCrossings
Bankside Open Spaces Trust @bostse1.bsky.social Environmental & volunteering charity based in London SE1. Our aims are to transform open spaces, enhance health & wellbeing, empower & engage local communities, & champion sustainability. Posts: green spaces, free & fun events, gardening, free training
Big Issue @bigissue.com The UK’s number one street paper and social enterprise. 📰
Follow us for news, culture, and to support our mission to dismantle poverty in the UK.
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
Power2 @power2org.bsky.social * Children and young people's charity
* Improving wellbeing, academic engagement and unlocking potential
* Early-intervention
* Trusted adult support
* Award-winning 1:1 and group programmes inc. Teens and Toddlers
www.power2.org
MagpieProjectUK @magpieprojectuk.bsky.social East London Charity. We believe that #AllOurChildren deserve the best start in life no matter what their parents' immigration or housing status. #ThisIsCommunity #Mum2Mum
Impetus @impetus.org.uk We transform the lives of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds by ensuring they get the right support to succeed in school, in work and in life.
https://www.impetus.org.uk/
ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social ActionAid is an international charity that works with women and girls living in poverty. Our dedicated local staff are changing the world with women and girls. actionaid.org.uk
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/
HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk The UK’s leading campaign group against the far right | Promoted by Nick Lowles on behalf of HOPE not hate LTD at 167-169 Great Portland St, 5th Floor, W1W 5PF.
🔗 https://hopenothate.org.uk
Chris Llewellyn @chrisllew.bsky.social Charity bod, Hove dweller, Welsh chorister
Nick Mann @nick-mann.bsky.social Director of Comms at Prison Advice and Care Trust. Interested in anything politics, criminal justice and charity. Camberwell, SE London.
www.prisonadvice.org.uk
Rebecca Montacute @beckymontacute.bsky.social Research Director at cross-party think tank @smfthinktank.bsky.social, prev @suttontrust.bsky.social. Expert on educational inequality/social mobility.
Trustee @inquest-org.bsky.social. MH campaigner in memory of mum. Views own. linktr.ee/beckymontacute
Kate Collins @katecollinsuk.bsky.social Chief Exec. Chair. Trustee. Big fan of the things people do for causes they love. Fast talker. Slow runner. To be found in Staffs, North Wales or London…or on a train
www.katecollins.org
RSPB @rspb.bsky.social Filling these blue skies with birds, and saving nature while doing it.
🦅🦆🦉🐦🐤🐧
Our Website: https://brnw.ch/21wQQ1O
Cover photo: Aintright 📷
Janet Thorne @janetthorne.bsky.social CEO of Reach Volunteering, Trustee of The Movements Trust.
Trying to distract myself from worrying about the state of the world
Jane Ide @janeideceo.bsky.social Proud CEO of ACEVO, the membership body for civil society leaders in England & Wales. Chair of Reach Volunteering, trustee of Access Foundation for Social Investment. Here to talk civil society & related stuff. Also on Linked In. X does not mark the spot.
Mr Joe Jenkins @mrjoejenkins.bsky.social Charity leader, hubby, dad, spare human for pup; and everything here is all me
John Hannen @jhannen.bsky.social Business Development Lead for @vsnw.bsky.social - Connecting, empowering and championing the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector to shape a brighter future for the North West
Jacob Lant @jacoblant.bsky.social Chief Exec at National Voices, England’s leading network of over 200 health and social care charities. Long time champion of involving people and communities in designing health and care services. Also loves DIY, libraries and Sheffield Wednesday.
Laura Bunt @laurabunt.bsky.social CEO at YoungMinds. Society, technology, design, change. Hoping this is a more hopeful place.
Child Poverty Action Group @cpaguk.bsky.social Child Poverty Action Group is the leading charity campaigning for an end to child poverty in the UK.
Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org We use the law to resist hate and bring hope. Injustice is not inevitable.
Support us: https://goodlaw.social/donate-bsky
Promoted by Good Law Project Ltd, 3 East Point, High Street, Seal, TN15 0EG