Kara Kane @karakane-kk.bsky.social Design leadership — writing a book called Strong Design. 
SDinGov @sdingov.bsky.social 11 March 2026 | Virtual, online | virtual.sdingov.net
23-25 September 2026 | Edinburgh | sdingov.net
The original international community event for anyone involved in designing and commissioning public services.
Caroline Jarrett @cjforms.bsky.social Forms and survey specialist.
Always keen to try to answer your questions about making better forms (and if you must, maybe even those about surveys).
Effortmark.co.uk
Sarah Schauer @sarah-schauer.bsky.social Lesbian comedian and person who reads a lot of books. 
Alex Hall @waysanddreams.bsky.social Systems design, design systems.
Design, strategy, systems, content, politics.
Interested in everything. Everything is connected.
Amy Noss @theamynoss.bsky.social Senior content designer creating UK GOV service content @Kainos. Ex GDS. Cats, coffee and content strategies ❤️. Spain, Spanish and South America 👌.
@jenthomson.bsky.social @jenthomson.bsky.social 
Jen Hadfield @jenhadfield.bsky.social Service designer in gov. Gets joy from solving problems and making things better for people.
Rob McCarthy @robjmccarthy.bsky.social Dad to some young'uns. Also doing some Lead Interaction Designer stuff at Ministry of Justice UK. Working on the MoJ Design System.
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/
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
wholistics @wholistics.bsky.social 
Joe Honywill @joehonywill.bsky.social Not tall but nice shoes. Designer.
Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social Content design, dungarees, parenting, custard they/them
Nikola Goger @nikolagoger.bsky.social Head of Design at Ministry of Justice UK
She/her 🇩🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺
Blogging at https://medium.com/@nikolagoger
Aoife @chiefbreenie.bsky.social product manager
disabled and liver transplant recipient
whippet owner/servant
she/her
Aviv Katz @avivkatz.bsky.social Designer, researcher, educator working mostly in health and social innovation
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social #Research & #Design at @merlan.bsky.social ⟹ Narrow of purpose, wide of vision. ツ
Lauren Abraham @laurenabraham.bsky.social Doing service design type things in the public sector rodeo 🤠
Vicky Lawson @viclaw.bsky.social Inclusivity through content design, digital inclusion and... y'know, life.
Current GOV.UK, ex Good Things Foundation.
she/her
Kathryn Grace 🕊️ @iamkathryngrace.bsky.social Design Leader:
Service & Systems Design
Keeping digital health and care human and joining it up
Content Folks @contentfolks.bsky.social Content Folks has now ended. Thanks to everyone who helped build it into a brilliant community for content designers! www.content-folks.com
Nour Sidawi @noursidawi.uk Reflecting on the complexity of systems and making change in government at UK Civil Service. Part of OneTeamGov.
noursidawi.uk
Victoria Hunt @toristories.bsky.social Trying to contribute in localgov, and in life. Product person, user stories.
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.
Coco @cocochan.bsky.social Product lead in UK gov. Principal percussionist of The Flowers Band (European Champions ‘26). Prolific knitter. She/her
Naomi Turner @naomiturner.bsky.social Product person. 'Busy mum'. Maintenance fan. Newly (returned to) Liverpool.
Frankie Roberto @frankieroberto.com Freelance interaction designer. X-GOVUK contributor. London dad. Car-free cities. Working for NHS England.
https://www.frankieroberto.com
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
Cathy Dutton @cathydutton.co.uk Service Design & Delivery at the Department for Education. CSS enthusiast, Intrinsic Design fan.
www.cathydutton.co.uk
Ian Ames @ames.world I help multidisciplinary teams deliver services in a user centred way.
Anagram of Amnesia.
UK Gov Camp @ukgovcamp.com Unconferences and support for people interested in making the public sector better. https://www.ukgovcamp.com/
James Buller @jbuller.bsky.social Lead Accessibility Consultant: UK Civil Service. UX & communications professional in public/charity sectors #CPACC #Logistician #ESTJ #VI #Londoner He/Him
Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social MP for Islington North
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
links.weratedogs.com
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
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.
Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social Darren Cullen
"Britain-hating anarchist who knows the value of nothing" - Johnny Mercer MP.
""Artist"" - Daily Mail
Hell Bus / Co-curator Museum of Neoliberalism
www.spellingmistakescostlives.com
www.linktr.ee/spellingmistakescostlives
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
Sophie Dennis @sophiedennis.bsky.social Head of User-Centred Design & Product @MadeTech. ex @ukhsa @nhsdigital @cxpartners @dwpdigital. Devon exile in Yorkshire. #sophiesthatux she/her
Amy Hupe @amyhupe.bsky.social She/her
Design systems and content design consultant. Reckless shitposter.
amyhupe.co.uk
wearefrankly.co
#DesignSystems #ContentDesign #WriteTheDocs
Ben Holliday @benholliday.com Design and digital transformation | Chief Design Officer at TPXimpact | UK Lake District
springfieldians @springfieldians.bsky.social all the background weirdos, one-offs, and perfectly cromulent townsfolk from america's s̶c̶r̶o̶d̶ ̶b̶a̶s̶k̶e̶t̶ crud bucket. former home of sex cauldron (rip). this town is a part of us all. a part of us all. a part of us all!
Adam Karpiak @adamkarpiak.bsky.social Opinionated Recruiter. Candidate Therapist. Looking for a job sucks. I make it suck less. My links and stuff 👉 https://linktr.ee/akarpiak
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
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.
Ask a Manager @askamanager.org Creator of Ask a Manager – home to all your questions about lunch-stealing bosses, coworkers who won't stop hugging you, and how much you can drink at work.
Harry Scott-Trimble @harrytrimble.bsky.social Designer | harrytrimble.com
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
The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman.
Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth•
Also writes thrillers. The Cut Throat Trial out now at all good bookshops.
Kill All The Lawyers coming July 2027…
Jukesie @jukes.ie Bristolian | internet of public service person | comic book collector | street art seeker | Adidas obsessive | 50s | UK
https://jukes.ie
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.
Matt Hobbs (he/him) @therealnooshu.bsky.social • ex-Head of Frontend Development @ Government Digital Service (GDS).
• Passionate about #webperf & F1.
• Cancer survivor (grade 3 brain cancer, I named Gary).
• Don't blame my employer for the dumb things I say.
• https://hachyderm.io/@TheRealNooshu
Marian Avery @madebymarian.bsky.social Content design and #accessibility specialist. Based in Ireland. Disabled. Ex GDS, Scottish Gov, DfE and Defra. Posts about my cat, #A11y and #DigitalInclusion. She/her
Scott Smith @scotthsmith.com https://ScottHSmith.com
Content Design London @contentdesign.london We work with organisations, big and small, to transform their content and help them succeed. Not more content, smarter content.
Consultancy, training, books, and all things content design.
www.contentdesign.london
Chuck Borowicz @chuckborowicz.bsky.social It's not hoarding if it's vinyl. Husband, dad, designer, music nerd. Host of indie podcast, The Borowicz Rapport®. Occasionally requires caffeine. https://rss.com/podcasts/the-borowicz-rapport/
DESIGN THINKING! Comic @designthinking.lol Comics pulled kicking and screaming from a designer’s head.
https://designthinking.lol
Free comics newsletter: https://designthinkingcomic.substack.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/designthinkingcomic
Dr Amy Kavanagh @blondehistorian.bsky.social Blind activist, Mama, accessibility professional and Londoner. Guided by the Diva Retriever. Sharing my blurry world view
Elizabeth Goodspeed @goodspeed.bsky.social Independent designer, writer, trend spotter, & casual archivist (she/her)
Tom Muller @hellomuller.bsky.social 🟠 Award-winning Belgian🇧🇪 designer & creative director in London. Designing Fiction & Branding Stories.
https://linkt.ree/hellomuller
Sharon O'Dea @sharonodea.com Consulting, writing and speaking on comms, collaboration & future of work. Cofounder, Lithos Partners. Author, Digital Communications at Work. Gym bore. Gets about a bit.
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.
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
Soren Iverson @soren.bsky.social New ideas daily.
https://linktr.ee/soreniverson
Peter Scott Reid @peterscottreid.eurosky.social user researcher
Cambridge, UK
he | him
banner is Composition 8: https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/1924