Local History Hub @localhistoryhub.bsky.social Teacher-led, grassroots, and rooted in belonging.
A grassroots movement sharing ideas, stories & local history.
Join us: localhistoryhub.org.uk
Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers @stationerscomms.bsky.social City of London Livery Company for the Communications and Content Industries. Broadcasters, Writers, Journalists, Publishing, Printing, Paper, Packaging, Archive, Library & Conservation. Digital Media & Software, Stationery & Greeting cards, Tour Guides
Raji Hunjan @rajihunjan.bsky.social CEO Tudor Trust
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) @jrct.bsky.social A Quaker grant-making organisation supporting those who address the root causes of conflict and injustice.
https://linktr.ee/jrct_
Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social Progressing racial justice since 1968
linktr.ee/runnymedetrust
Tudor Trust @thetudortrust.bsky.social Our mission is to advance racial justice by resourcing power within communities.
https://www.tudortrust.org.uk/
Team London Volunteering @teamldn.bsky.social We help Londoners volunteer and find volunteers!
Part of @london.gov.uk
All email enquiries to: volunteering@london.gov.uk
london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/volunteering
Centre for London @centreforlondon.bsky.social We are London’s think tank. A voice for all London is, and could be. Follow us for urban policy updates, London policy discourse and insight into our research.
https://centreforlondon.org/
CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology @techforgoodcast.bsky.social UK charity. Providing free courses, resources and networking opportunities to help charities and social impact organisations harness the full power of digital and AI. Also working with funders to create an environment of support. See www.wearecast.org.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
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/
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.
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
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
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/
Oak Foundation @oak-foundation.bsky.social Through our grant-making, we contribute to a safer, fairer, and more sustainable world.
Thrive LDN @thriveldn.bsky.social Citywide movement supported by the Mayor of London (@london.gov.uk) and Health Board partners to improve the mental health and wellbeing of all Londoners. Latest updates: https://thriveldn.co.uk/newsletter
Debbie Weekes-Bernard @debbieweekesb.bsky.social Deputy Mayor of London for Communities & Social Justice, Chair of Praxis, formerly at JRF and Runnymede Trust - racial justice, anti-poverty, gender, equity. She/her. Views my own
Refugee Action @refugeeaction.bsky.social 🧡 Everyone has a right to safety. Join us to stand with refugees and people seeking asylum.
https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk Husband, father and Mayor of the greatest city in the world. He/Him.
Action for Race Equality @are-official.bsky.social Shaping policy, challenging discrimination and delivering projects to end racial inequality in the UK across education, employment, enterprise & criminal justice
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
Londonist: Time Machine @londonist.com A playful look at London's history from Londonist.
Trust for London @trustforlondon.bsky.social More than 2 million Londoners are living in poverty. We fund organisations fighting to change that. Follow for data, research & stories on inequality in London.
www.trustforlondon.org.uk
@citylordmayor.bsky.social @citylordmayor.bsky.social
Wolfson Foundation @wolfsonfdn.bsky.social Independent grant-making charity offering funding across the fields of education, science, culture and health.
London Museum @londonmuseum.bsky.social
Barrow Cadbury Trust @barrowcadbury.bsky.social BCT is a charitable foundation, committed to socially just change. Managing T2Alliance.bsky.social and @fairbydesign.bsky.social and https://bsky.app/profile/econjusticebrum.bsky.social. Watch our animation http://youtu.be/l2vW_2olYyk. 🧡
City Bridge Foundation @citybridgefndn.bsky.social City Bridge Foundation is a 900-year-old charity & London’s largest independent charity funder. We run Tower Bridge, London Bridge, Southwark Bridge, Millennium Bridge & Blackfriars Bridge, at zero cost to the taxpayer. linktr.ee/citybridgefoundation
Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social Mostly retired qualitative health services researcher, linguist, europhile, cat lover. Other animals welcome.
Mostly in Oxford, occasionally in Aberdeen
I block if you have no bio or posts
She/her
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8109-1930
Garfield Weston Foundation @westonfdn.bsky.social A family founded grant-maker supporting a wide range of charities across the UK, with grants totalling over £129 million last year.
www.garfieldweston.org
Findmypast @findmypast.bsky.social Findmypast helps you understand your family history. Delve deeper into your family tree by getting to know the world your ancestors lived in — their triumphs, setbacks, and heartbreaks — to uncover your family’s unique story. Here 9-5 weekdays.
Markus Wagner @wagnermarkus.bsky.social Plant ecologist. Restoration ecology; Grassland; Seed ecology; Agroecology; Regenerative agriculture; Biotic & soil interactions; Arable plants; Invasion ecology. Pers. acct. DMs are disabled.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=X_ovJR8AAAAJ&hl=en
Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social 📚 Independent Publisher of creative non-fiction and thrilling crime fiction
📖 Beautiful, insightful and informative books
📕 Catalogue: https://bit.ly/4tIQKm2
Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social We're one of the largest providers of free immigration advice in London. We give advice, provide support, and campaign so that migrants & refugees in the UK can live with safety, dignity & respect.
https://linktr.ee/praxis_uk
Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social CEO @praxisprojects.bsky.social. Chair @refugeestogether.bsky.social. Brummie. All views own (subject to personal growth and development).
Mukti Jain Campion @muktijaincampion.bsky.social Founder Culture Wise, international audio documentary maker for 25 yrs mostly for BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service. Inching towards retirement. Still very curious.
"Without facts you can't have truth. Without truth you can't have trust" - Maria Ressa
Michael Eades @drmichaeleades.bsky.social Head of Civic Engagement @GoldsmithsUOL. Into cities, engagement, research as practice. Writer and walker www.michaeleades.net
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/
Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social Writer, talker, author of ANYWHERE BUT HERE: Stories of the Search for Belonging in Modern Britain.
https://linktr.ee/nicolakellywrites
Carl Newbould @carlnewbould.bsky.social #museums and #SEND. Passionate about my job. Manage #CareersForAll at Leeds Museums and Galleries. Trustee for Interplay Theatre, chair access group at Discover Creative Careers
Right to Remain @right-to-remain.bsky.social Boosting our community's right to remain in the UK with dignity & humanity. Fighting injustice of asylum/immigration system #TheseWallsMustFall #NoOneIsIllegal
https://righttoremain.org.uk/
Kids in Museums @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social We work with museums, heritage sites and cultural organisations to help them welcome and include children, young people and families.
www.kidsinmuseums.org.uk
Aimee Sims @asimsconservation.bsky.social Heritage and Collections Conservation Manager - Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal
YouTuber building a camper van, Living on an island in the Thames.
Visit the blog
https://livewildandfree.travel.blog/
Migrationwork @migrationwork.bsky.social We are a not-for-profit consultancy helping communities, practitioners & policy-makers respond to migration in ways that move towards integration.
Www.migrationwork.org
Victoria Millar @vmillar.bsky.social Senior Curator of History, National Museums NI @ulsterfolkmuseum.org and @ulsteramericanfolkpark.org. Northern Ireland Representative @museumsassociation.org. Committee Member @ruralmuseums.bsky.social. Views my own.
The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social In the heart of London, we are the centre of antiquarian learning, discovery & community. As a royal learned society, our Fellows have been inspiring scholarship, debate & research for over 300 years. Also own Kelmscott Manor, past home of William Morris.
Migrants' Rights Network @migrantsrights.bsky.social Migrants’ Rights Network is a UK campaigning charity that stands in solidarity with all migrants in their fight for rights and justice.
https://linktr.ee/migrantsrightsnetwork
Derya Ozkul @deryaozkul.bsky.social Sociology, University of Warwick | previously @refugeestudies, University of Oxford | researching migration and digital technologies | working on Algorithmic Fairness for Asylum Seekers and Refugees | Digitising Identity projects
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org We protect the rights of refugees, stateless people and all who are forced to flee.
unhcr.org
Helen Wright @stochaj.bsky.social Impact geek. North Notts lass. All views my own.
Tabish Khan @londonartcritic.bsky.social Freelance art critic, writer & speaker:
Visual Arts Editor at Londonist
Weekly #TopPicks & occasional columns @fadmagazine.com.web.brid.gy
Trustee @ ING Discerning Eye, City & Guilds of London Art School
Work with me >> www.tabish-khan.com
RAMP (Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy) Project @rampproject.bsky.social RAMP works with political leaders across the political spectrum to re-imagine a world-class migration system for a successful and integrated Britain.
https://www.rampproject.org/
APPG on Migration @appgmigration.bsky.social Official account of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Migration.
Chaired by: David Simmonds MP and Olivia Blake MP
Secretariat: @RAMPproject
https://appgmigration.org.uk/
Ollie Douglas @olliedouglas.bsky.social Farm boy at @themerl.bsky.social (at Uni of Reading). Looks after old rural stuff in a big shed. On committee of British Agricultural History Society. Active in AIMA, RMN, and Folklore Society. Views own. “Iconic”.
English and Creative Writing Goldsmiths University @goldsmithsenglish.bsky.social English & Creative Writing, Goldsmiths, University of London. Where creative daring meets critical rigour, discover the world of literature & language.
https://www.gold.ac.uk/ecw/
V&A Dundee @vadundee.bsky.social We are Scotland’s design museum, designed for everyone.
Open daily, 10.00 – 17.00 ☺️
People Move @peoplemove.bsky.social #PeopleMove Insta project by The Mirror, telling human stories behind the refugee crisis through a beloved object that connects them to home.
Words: Maryam Qaiser & Claire Donnelly
Editor: Ros Wynne-Jones
Photographer: Phil Coburn
instagram.com/peoplemove_
Citizenship PGCE @ IOE @citizenshippgceioe.bsky.social Posts by the Subject Leader of Citizenship PGCE (teacher education) @ UCL Institute of Education about themes related to Citizenship education.
LSE British Politics and Policy @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social Evidence-based social science commentary on UK politics and policy. Part of
LSEblogs at London School of Economics. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/48VNXdo
Mass Observation Archive @massobsarchive.bsky.social An archive of everyday life, thought and feeling in the UK. Based at The Keep in East Sussex. Find out more at massobs.org.uk
Find out more: massobs.org.uk
Sign up to our mailing list: https://subscribe.emailblaster.cloud/MjEyMjQ/122.html
Karen Averby 🌊 @karenaverby.bsky.social karenaverby.co.uk
Buildings Historian/Consultant
Seaside Heritage, House History, Hotels, Architecture, Local History, Archaeology, Other Delights
Director ArchangelHeritage.co.uk
FRHistS ACIfA
Extreme Seagazer/ex-Archivist
Rep PastPreservers
Brum/London
Ruairí Cullen @ruairicullen.bsky.social HE policy @ The British Academy.
Pierrette Squires ACR @museumpierrette.bsky.social Conservator managing Conservation for Glasgow Museums.
Sharing my Cat, Books 📚(often Queer fantasy 🏳️🌈), Museums, Suede 🎶, beautiful & interesting science.
I read a lot. Deaf 🧏♀️ with Endometriosis
🩷💜💙 She/Her 🇪🇺
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social Labour city councillor for Salisbury St Edmund’s. Honorary museum librarian & social history researcher. Community farmer. Southampton FC supporter.
Paul O'Leary @paulaber.bsky.social Hanesydd / Historian. Emeritus prof.
Interested in ideas and practices of freedom in 19th century Atlantic world, transnational journalism, Wales, Ireland and France.
Co-edited Gender in Modern Welsh History (2023) with Drs Beth Jenkins and Stephanie Ward
University of Brighton Design Archives @designarchives.bsky.social Award-winning archive of British & international industrial & communication design
designarchives@brighton.ac.uk
https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesignarchives/
https://linktr.ee/design_archives
HappyMuseum Project @happymuseum.bsky.social Re-imagining museums for the wellbeing of people, place and planet.
Posts via @hilaryjennings
Anna Walsh @annaannawalsh.bsky.social Contemporary historian. Interested in migration, cities and towns, visual and material cultures, 20th century buildings, photography, leisure centres, pubs, creative methodologies, Irish and British history and oral history. Liverpool.
The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social The world's oldest Holocaust archive and Britain's largest collection on the Nazi era.
Website: www.wienerholocaustlibrary.org
Digital Archive: www.whlcollections.org
Donate: www.wienerholocaustlibrary.org/what-we-do/support-our-work/donate/
Trinity College Library, Cambridge @trincolllibcam.bsky.social The Trinity College Library in Cambridge comprises the modern student library, the Wren Library, and significant rare books, manuscript and archive collections.
https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/library/home/
https://trinitycollegelibrarycambridge.wordpress.com/
Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social World's first bricks and mortar museum dedicated to vaginas, vulvas and the gynae anatomy.
Website: https://www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/
Other social links: https://beacons.ai/v_museum
Donate: https://www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/donate
Colchester Museums @colmuseums.bsky.social We're renowned for Romans, cuckoo about clocks and wild for animals! Custodians of Colchester Castle, Hollytrees Museum and Colchester's Natural History Museum.
Gladstone's Library @gladlib.bsky.social A unique residential library in North Wales with beautiful Reading Rooms, Food for Thought restaurant, accommodation and more.
Read, write, rest!
linktr.ee/gladlib
Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Amazing collections and breath-taking libraries. Facilitating research at the University of Oxford.
Readers: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Visitors: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Chaotic Good.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/
Barts Health Archives @bharchives.bsky.social Explore nearly 900 years of history through the archives and objects cared for by Barts Health NHS Trust Archives. Part of Barts Health NHS Trust. Find out more at www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/barts-health-archives
The Cromwell Museum @cromwellmuseum.bsky.social World's best collection of items on life & times of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), telling his story 'warts and all'. "National Museum in a Matchbox". Huntingdon, UK
www.cromwellmuseum.org
Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social Home to the largest & most historic collection of surgical pathology in the world.
Open 10am-5pm, 7 days a week.
Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org Discover one of the finest medieval guildhalls in the world. Home to York’s entrepreneurs for 660 years and counting.
merchantshallyork.org
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
The Sensational Museum @sensationalmuseum.bsky.social Using what we know about disability to change how museums work for everyone. Find out more: https://sensationalmuseum.org/
Metropolitan Police Museum and Crime Museum @mpsheritage.bsky.social Metropolitan Police lives and stories 1829-now.
Open to researchers and visitors by appointment.
Like/repost/follow≠endorsement
No bio or posts, no follow back.
https://t.co/f5xOlVyLoc
Farnham Castle Trust @farnhamcastletrust.bsky.social Explore 900 years of history at Farnham Castle, Surrey. Former home of the Bishops of Winchester, venue for Tudor monarchs and Civil War military base.
Check our website for opening times and updates https://www.farnham-castle.com/
Brighton Toy and Model Museum @brightontoymuseum.bsky.social Home to over 12,000 toys and models from the Golden Age of British and European toy making
Tue - Fri (10am - 5pm) Sat (11am - 5pm)
https://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk
https://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/index/Category:Trafalgar_Street_Regeneration_Project
scarbsmuseums.bsky.social @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social A community of creativity, culture and heritage at Scarborough Art Gallery, the Rotunda Museum, and Woodend Gallery & Studios. Make ours a lemon top!🍦
North Lincolnshire Museum @northlincsmuseum.bsky.social Learn about some of North Lincolnshire’s amazing objects and stories. Explore the geology, local history and archaeology galleries.
Archives & Pathology Museum, City St George's, UoL @citystgeorgesarch.bsky.social Archives & Special Collections and Pathology Museum at City St George's, University of London. Custodians of Jenner's cow Blossom
NorthLan Heritage @nlheritage.bsky.social Connecting you with North Lanarkshire's industrial & social heritage | Explore museum, archive & local studies collections | Visit our museums & search rooms
The Portico Library @porticolibrary.bsky.social The Portico Library is Manchester’s original 19th-century home of literature and learning. Uncovering, imagining, and sharing new histories together.
Almonry Museum @almonryevesham.bsky.social A beautiful C14th building in the heart of Evesham, housing the town museum, Tourist Information Centre and Gift Shop. www.almonryevesham.org
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social Archives rich in social and political history from the late 19th century onwards.
Follow the MRC for highlights from our collections, details of our online resources and more!
https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc
Ipswich Museums @ipswichmuseums.bsky.social From mammoths to masterpieces, we’re wild for history, buzzing about art, and all about adventure! Explore Christchurch Mansion and (in 2026) Ipswich Museum & Ipswich Art Gallery. 🖼️🦣
The Long Shop Museum @longshop.bsky.social Conserving and celebrating East Suffolk's Agricultural & Industrial history. Expect posts about museums, history, heritage & culture, and anything else that interests us (which is quite a lot).
www.longshopmuseum.co.uk
South London Gallery @southlondongallery.bsky.social 📍 Contemporary art gallery in south London.
✨ We are free to visit & open Wed-Sun, come and say hello!
https://linktr.ee/southlondongallery
The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social
Working towards a world where nature is understood, valued and protected.
https://www.linnean.org/
Institute of Historical Research Wohl Library @ihrlibrary.bsky.social The Wohl Library of the @ihr.bsky.social is a national resource for everyone researching or writing history. Membership is free to everyone and we are an open access, reference library holding over 200,000 books and journals.
The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social Home of Henry VIII's favourite ship, the Mary Rose, which sank off the English coast in 1545 after a 34 year long career.
#Portsmouth's top visitor attraction on TripAdvisor. Part of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
CCA Derry~Londonderry @ccadld.bsky.social CCA is a contemporary art centre in Derry~Londonderry. Supported by @artscouncilni, DCSDC & @artfund. Shortlisted for #MuseumoftheYear 2021. #CCADLD
www.ccadld.org
Salvation Army International Heritage Centre @salvarmyarchive.bsky.social The International Heritage Centre tells the story of The Salvation Army from its origins in the 1860s to the present, both in the UK and internationally.
https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/about-us/international-heritage-centre