Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social transformative justice. disability justice. abolition.
(she/her)
https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com
https://www.soiltjp.org
Alex Fox @alexfoxshared.bsky.social CEO Community Catalysts CIC, Trustee AFG, NHS Assembly Member.
Author: Escaping the Invisible Asylum (Policy Press). www.communitycatalysts.co.uk; AlexFoxBlog.wordpress.com
Former: CEO, Shared Lives Plus & Vice Chair, Think Local Act Personal.
‘Wild Card - Whose Shoes?’ - podcast @wildcardws.bsky.social Wild card. Walking in the shoes of more interesting people. 🍋🍋🍋 Podcast by Gill @WhoseShoes and friends. https://whoseshoes.buzzsprout.com
Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social Author of 'Restorative Practice at Work'. Co-presenter 'Relational Practice' podcasts. Interests: education; behaviour; relationships; patient safety; NHS People Promise; Quality Improvement; culture; psychology.
www.restorativethinking.co.uk
@guystenson.bsky.social @guystenson.bsky.social 
Laura Dowling @lauradowling.bsky.social Disability Studies, Advocacy & Human Rights lecturer. Does Advocacy. Loves music, theatre, comedy, fabric, the sea and books. Passionate about Better Birth.
Makes murder mystery party kits with my retired detective dad https://mysterypartiesirl.etsy.com
Camille Oung @camille-oung.bsky.social Fellow @NuffieldTrust - mostly musing about social care & health policy
Maggie nobbs @quietlady.bsky.social
My passion is books,and political history,law,. Im a liberal
Who will never comprimise on that. All are welcome .I'm just trying to understand, how the human race got where we are now. History,politics and law is how I understand. NO DMS
Connect in the North @connectinthenorth.bsky.social A Centre for Inclusive Living led by people with learning difficulties
We want people with learning difficulties to have control of their lives and equal power
Rights For Residents @rightsforresidents.bsky.social Authentic voice for those in care and their families. Campaigning for the legal right to a care supporter in all care settings #GloriasLaw #RightsForResidents 
Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social At the Centre for Ageing Better we are pioneering ways to make ageing better a reality for everyone. Supported by The National Lottery Community Fund.
Kirsty Woodard (Staunton too!) @awocconsult.bsky.social Founder ageing without children, all things ageing and older people for last 30 years, currently in North Somerset working on improving ageing stuff
Paul Rackham @paulrackham.bsky.social Interested in all things community, social care and health. In that order.
A lot of experience in commissioning, mostly its limitations.
Now exploring the possibilities of doing things differently with a few providers
Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social Entrepreneur, investor, board member & advisor on communications, sustainability & geopolitics to firms across the world. Pragmatist.
Found mainly in London & SE Asia.
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
@lynromeo.bsky.social @lynromeo.bsky.social Social worker; board director; trustee ; visiting professor of social care KCL; social care leadership mentor
Mary O’Toole @drawmycare.bsky.social Silo jumper, sibling #carer, Nana #LearningDisability #socialcare, #drawing as life skill for #communication #UniversalDesign, #Place-based-care #archives, #heritage, #history alt #care stories #CulturalHeritage No DMs
Hannah Scaife @hannahscaife.bsky.social Principal Social Worker for Adults
Views are my own
Jane Shanahan @janeshanahan.bsky.social Snr Care Home Pharmacy Technician. Anticholinergics, polypharmacy, deprescribing. Speaker at The University of Lancashire
#FindYourEvelyn
https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/author/jane-shanahan
SquarePeg Training @squarepegtraining.bsky.social Founder Prof. Karen Watchman. Learning/intellectual disability and dementia online & in-person co-developed training delivery. Social enterprise based in Scotland with global reach. https://squarepegtraining.co.uk/
Ruth Hannan @ruthhannan.bsky.social Exploring care in a new economy at @carefull.bsky.social with @hannahwebster.bsky.social
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Katy Oglethorpe @katoglet.bsky.social People. Podcasts. Books. Bombay Mix.
Director of Communications @wearenewlocal.bsky.social 
Prof Catherine Mangan @catherinemangan.bsky.social Professor of Public Management and Leadership at University of Birmingham. Researching future public sector workforce, role of elected councillors and leadership of social care. 
Jon Rouse @jonrouse.bsky.social Service : Music : Books : Nature : Sport : Faith
David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social One-time Guardian journo now charity chair and social care commentator 
Dan Spicer @danspicer.bsky.social Work on local government policy and strategy - mostly health related, also currently working on engagement and participation. Curious about pretty much everything else. Some singing. Cats. (Politically restricted)
Nick Plumb @nickplumb.bsky.social Director of Policy and Insight at @powertochange.org.uk
Interests include: UK politics, trust, communities, localism, democratic reform, and inequality.
Ravi Gurumurthy @raviguru.bsky.social CEO, Nesta and Behavioural Insights Team. Governor, Health Foundation.
What I do: applied research, venture building, policy. Particularly in net zero, education and health. 
Sally Warren @sallywarren.bsky.social DG 10 Year Health Plan at DHSC, working with NHSE. Ex Director of Policy at The King’s Fund. All things health and social care. Views my own. Requotes not always an endorsement.
To help shape 10 year plan for health please go to www.change.nhs.uk 
Charlotte Augst @charlotteaugst.bsky.social Londoner, mother of two, consultant around questions of health, care, community, influence and impact (previously CEO Richmond Group of Charities and National Voices). Head and heart. 🐈⬛ 🪴 ☕️ 🇪🇺 🌳
Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social Policy. Political economy. Increasing bewilderment.
"The Three Economies" Substack here: https://open.substack.com/pub/anthonypainter
#ynwa
Nick Kimber @nick80.bsky.social Director of Public Service Reform at Cabinet Office. Seconded from Camden Council. Was a Policy Fellow at IIPP @ UCL; Policy Associate at Future Governance Forum
Martin Routledge @mroutled.bsky.social One of the convenors of Social Care Future https://socialcarefuture.org.uk/ Gooner. Love lots of people and things. Living with cancer
Localis @localis.bsky.social We are an independent, not-for-profit think tank promoting localist ideas through research, events and commentary.
https://www.localis.org.uk/
Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social HSCWRU, at King's College London, conducts research into the workforce. Follow for news of our findings and upcoming free events. Director: @annetteboaz.bsky.social Visit: www.kcl.ac.uk/hscwru
Brian Frisby @brianfrisby.bsky.social Ex-Social Care Service Director. Trustee at Northamptonshire MIND & at KeyRing Living Support Networks. Motorhomer, traveller, Foxes fan 💙 #proudgranddad ❤️❤️
@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social Visiting Professor in Public Policy, Sunderland University. Sunderland AFC loyalist. Inveterate Remainer. Durham City, UK.
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/bob-hudson
Catherine Needham @catherineneedham.bsky.social Professor of Public Policy and Public Management, Uni of Bham. Interested in social care, the public service workforce and crosswords, https://21stcenturypublicservant.wordpress.com/
Simon Bottery @blimeysimon.bsky.social #Socialcare guy at The King's Fund. Early riser. Available in stereo on Twitter/X. 
BrendanMartin @brendanfmartin.bsky.social Social entrepreneur working for organisations and services with Humanity at the Heart. www.publicworld.com
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.
Rob Greig @therobgreig.bsky.social Progressive politics, equality, environmentalism, pro- Europe (and more). Used to do things nationally around disability. Now retired & trying to make sense of it all, helping to develop an age friendly community & appreciating the natural world.
Fabian Society @thefabians.bsky.social Britain's oldest political think tank. The future of the left since 1884.
Marc Stears @mds49.bsky.social Political theorist, author, speechwriter, campaigner. Director UCL Policy Lab.
New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social Change the rules. Share the wealth. Protect the planet.
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
Sally Gainsbury @sallygainsbury.bsky.social Senior Policy Analyst for the Nuffield Trust, writing and doing whatever-things-on-here-are-called about NHS funding, finance and healthcare equity
Thea Stein @theasrstein.bsky.social Chief Executive @NuffieldTrust - curious and questioning. Listening and learning. Views my own.
Alex Kennedy @kennedyalex.bsky.social Policy person at the Health Foundation - working on wider determinants of health, missions etc.
Previous jobs about mental health and homelessness. E17.
Tim Gardner @timgardnerthf.bsky.social Policy wonk at Health Foundation, interested in health system performance, health care quality and role of policy in driving improvement. Also cycling, coffee, cake. Views personal, etc.
Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social Principal Policy Adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation - UK poverty, social policy, politics, research and data. Occasionally crochet, gigs and nature
Mike Brewer @mikebrewerecon.bsky.social Deputy Chief Executive Resolution Foundation, CPAG Trustee & Visiting Prof in Practice at LSE Social Policy. 'Calm, Measured, Withering' http://tinyurl.com/y6wxlxhj). 'Cool, calm analysis' (More or Less, 8/10/25). He/him
Halima Khan @halimakhan.bsky.social Public service innovation - independent adviser and consultant. Affiliated Researcher at Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge. Associate Fellow at IPPR. Senior Advisor at PPL.
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 🏳️⚧️
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.
Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social Programme Director at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk working on public services 
Hannah White @drhannahwhite.bsky.social CEO of the Institute for Government
Social Market Foundation @smfthinktank.bsky.social Britain’s leading cross-party think tank, with a mission to enable markets and government to work together to benefit society.
https://www.smf.co.uk/ | Also on LinkedIn, X and TikTok
Re:State @re-state.bsky.social Formerly Reform think tank. Re:State is an independent, cross-party public services think tank. We don’t want to tweak, we want to transform.
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/
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
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/
Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk We are an independent health think tank aiming to improve the quality of health care in the UK by providing evidence-based research & policy analysis.
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk
Ewan King @ewandking.bsky.social Chief Executive of Shared Lives Plus and Deputy Director of IMPACT. Passionate about social care and believe in its potential. #sharedlives #socialcare #homeshare #kdrama #mentalhealth https://sharedlivesplus.org.uk 
Tim Durrant @timdurrant.bsky.social Interested in how government works and how it can work better
🏳️🌈
Jonathan Senker @jonathansenker.bsky.social Chair of The Public Law Project, Non Exec Director at Southdown, Freelancer, cyclist, runner.
Sophia Knight @sophiaaknight.bsky.social DPhil Researcher @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social working on podcasts, political communication & computational social science
Former Research Lead for Responsible Innovation Centre, BBC R&D and Senior Tech Policy Researcher @demos-uk.bsky.social
Jessica Studdert @jesstud.bsky.social Always searching for good coffee.
Martin Walker @martinwalkersds.bsky.social Married to Ellen. Cat convert in later life.
Still working to make sure people can self-direct their care and support.
Gill Phillips @whoseshoes.bsky.social 🍋Catalyst for change in health care ++ Creator of Whose Shoes? approach to coproduction, helping people work together to improve lives. https://padlet.com/WhoseShoes/overview
#HSJ100 Wild Card ♥️♦️♠️♣️
Host of ‘Wild Card - Whose Shoes?’ podcast @WildCardWS 🎤
Community Catalysts @commcats.bsky.social A social enterprise that creates opportunities for people to thrive in healthy, caring communities. Visit: https://www.communitycatalysts.co.uk/
Angela Catley @angelacat.bsky.social Overly enthusiastic & talkative doer
Believer in citizens & community
Finding creative, quirky ways to think about care & wellbeing. Co founder When I Get Old www.WIGO.org.uk. Roles @TLAP.bsky.social @Commcats.bsky.social @learningdiseng.bsky.social
Simon Kaye @stkaye.bsky.social Policy Director for @re-state.bsky.social. PhD from King's Political Economy. Localism, democracy, institutions, government. Ostrom stan.
Nick Sinclair @nicksinclair.bsky.social Programme Director @ Community Catalysts (Local Area Coordination and Innovators Learn) Interested in asset based working, leadership, community, inclusion & good lives for all. Proud dad of daughters. Trustee of Disability North.
@tricianicoll.bsky.social @tricianicoll.bsky.social 
Learning Disability England @learningdiseng.bsky.social Learning Disability England is a movement for change. Our members are people with learning disabilities, families, & organisations. We work for human rights, equality & good lives.
https://www.learningdisabilityengland.org.uk/
Ian McCreath @ianmccreath.bsky.social A personal account
UK
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn,
is just to love,
and be loved, in return”
-Eden Ahbez, Nature Boy
Think Local Act Personal @tlap.bsky.social We’re a network of people and organisations working to make health and social care more personalised, so that everybody can live life their way. thinklocalactpersonal.org.uk
Dr Clenton Farquharson CBE @clentonf.bsky.social Professional Revolutionary,for Social Justice. I call it the 'invisible factor'4 overcoming fears & obstacles to living a life. #TLAP1 #DRUK#NDTI
#IMPACT
#SocialCareFuture @socialcarefuture.bsky.social Movement for change, born of frustration but powered by hope. socialcarefuture.org.uk. Hosted by In Control Partnerships 
British Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social The official Bluesky account for the British Association of Social Workers. We are the UK's largest professional association for social work.
neilmcrowther @neilmcrowther.bsky.social Social change, social care, social life.
Jeremy Porteus @jeremyhlin.bsky.social Founder & CEO, Housing LIN. A 20k professional network promoting HAPPI inspired age-friendly homes and TAPPI influenced technology-enabled care at home. Sharing UK good practice, research, market insights & intelligence to aid sector learning & improvement
Andrew Harrop @andrewharrop.bsky.social Director at Public First. Former Fabian Society General Secretary (2011-2024). Public policy of work, money, health & care.
https://cradle2grave.substack.com
ADASS @adass.bsky.social ADASS is the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, furthering the interests of those who need social care services.
Steve Robinson @transformageing.bsky.social Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Dorset Council. Life Course approach, Charities, Intergenerational, Housing, Youth & Criminal Justice.
Moira McGrath @moiramcgrath.bsky.social Director of Strategic Commissioning & Integration, Adult Social Care, Essex County Council. Views my own not representative of organisation. 
Mary Read @maryread1.bsky.social Principal Social Worker at Nottinghamshire County Council, Adult Social Care. All views are my own. 
Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social Challenging and changing adult social care language and practice #RewritingSocialCare #LanguageMatters #UsNotThemAndUs
https://rewritingsocialcare.blog/
James Bullion CBE @jamesbullion.bsky.social Former Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care and Integrated Care, CQC, former DASS Norfolk, Essex, past Adass President. Skills for Care Trustee. Poet. Guitarist.
Stuart Hoddinott @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social Associate Director in the public services team
@InstituteforGov. Interested in the NHS, adult social care, and local government. All views my own. He/him
IMPOWER Consulting @impower.bsky.social We help public service leaders to produce lasting, positive change in complex systems using the IMPOWER Index and our unique EDGEWORK® approach.
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
Julie Stanny @juestanny.bsky.social Passionate about inclusion & being human.
CEO of In Control, convenor of social care future, partner in policymaking.
Live in northern mini zoo with 1 dog 🐶, 2 cats🐈⬛️🐈 & a tortoise 🐢 
Frances Hasler @franceshasler.bsky.social Interested in social justice, social care, people, politics (also gardening, cats, books, tai chi) 
@jeremycooper.bsky.social @jeremycooper.bsky.social 
Martin Ellender @martinellender.bsky.social Director at IMPOWER Consulting. Father. Unit. Bristfauxlian.
Longhouseman @longhouseman.bsky.social Social care, workforce development, music. Working to make a difference with humility and honesty and care one step at a time. I live in a very long house :)
Jenny Carter @carterjenny16.bsky.social 1 of the Unpaid Director for Together All Are Able and one of the leads for self advocacy in Wirral a member of NCAG and life time member of LDE and a member of the Liverpool City Region disability Panel views are my own
Stay Up Late @gigbuddies.bsky.social A small but mighty charity calling for active social lives for people with learning disabilities and autistic people.
Home of #GigBuddies, Nesta New Radical, the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, and the #NoBedtimes #OurRightToParty campaigns.