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Ryan Shorthouse @ryanshorthouse.bsky.social Founder & Chair, Bright Blue | Deputy Chair, Transforming Access and Student Outcomes (TASO) | Commissioner, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) | NED, Office of the Small Business Commissioner | Visiting Fellow, University of Bath
Ryan Miemczyk @theimpactlab.co.uk ONS Accredited Researcher | Founder of imd2025.co.uk & theimpactlab.co.uk | Director of Research @ Trust Impact | Chair @ ManchesterYoungLives | Deputy Chair @ YMCAManchester |
I help charities measure the important stuff
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Chris Haldane @chrishaldane.bsky.social 🖥️ Head of Communications at the Fair Education Alliance
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Polly Mackenzie @pollymackenzie.bsky.social Co-founder and CEO, Zinc Innovation Partners - helping turn science into real-world change. Fomerly Demos, UAL, MMHPI, No10. Adviser at Future Governance Forum, Family Business UK, Door10 Recruitment. Writes at https://howtorunacountry.substack.com/
Campaign for the Arts @campaignforthearts.org We believe the arts make life better, and everyone should have opportunities to experience and take part in them. 🎶💃🎭🎨✍️📸🎥🧵🏛️
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Matt Karolian @mkarolian.bsky.social Building new things at Boston Globe Media. 80th class of Nieman Fellows at Harvard. Teach digital journalism at HarvardEXT. Non-Journalist.
Jack Wardle @jackwardle.bsky.social Head of England Content @ Twinkl Educational Publishing, from May ‘25 | Former Primary Leader 👨🏫 | NPQH | Passionate about helping those who lead and teach design ambitious curriculums💡
Sam Blewett @samblewett.bsky.social U.K. political correspondent at @politico.eu — still occasionally holding the pen on London Playbook
Daniel Green @dangreenjourno.bsky.social Lobby journalist at @LabourList.bsky.social, formerly The Argus.
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Sophie Church @sophiealichurch.bsky.social Senior Reporter at The House magazine
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Tamara Cohen @tamaracohensky.bsky.social Political Correspondent at Sky News
Dave Burke @daveburke12.bsky.social Political Correspondent at The Daily Mirror. Follow me for insight, analysis and pictures of my dog
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Christian Calgie @calgie.bsky.social Senior Political Correspondent, Daily Express. YIMBY. Tip-offs: DMs or christian.calgie@reachplc.com.
Ben Quinn @benquinn75.bsky.social Guardian Political Correspondent
UK current affairs (with a fair bit on the Far Right, populism, disinfo)
Irish Londoner
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Paul Morgan-Bentley @paulmorganbentley.bsky.social Head of Investigations at The Times in London and author. Occasional undercover reporter. 2X winner of the Cudlipp Award for investigative reporting. Dad (with husband, Robin) to two very jumpy boys (one poodle, one human) 🏳️🌈
Michael Keohan @michaelkeohan.bsky.social BBC Political Reporter
Josh Gafson @joshgafson.bsky.social Politics Producer, Sky News
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David Wilcock @davidtwilcock.bsky.social Deputy Political Editor (Digital) for the Daily Mail. Semi-professional Jack Black impersonator, bleary new dad. LFC
Sophie Huskisson @soph-husk.bsky.social Political Correspondent at the Daily Mirror. Find me on TikTok @soph_husk.
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Francis Elliott @franciselliott.bsky.social Journalist and author, editor of The House.
Craig Munro @crunro.bsky.social Politics man for the UK's biggest newspaper, Metro. You can get in touch with me at craig.munro@metro.co.uk
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Ailbhe Rea @pronouncedalva.bsky.social Political Editor, New Statesman
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Sabrina Miller @sabrisunmiller.bsky.social Award winning journalist 🏆 The Mail 🗞️ 24 🎂Spilling tea + sipping coffee ☕ Views own: Tip? Story? Abuse? sabrina.miller@mailonsunday.co.uk ✏️
Ben Bloch @realbenbloch.bsky.social Political Reporter @ Sky News | Insta/X: realBenBloch | Speak 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇪🇸 | RT ≠ endorsement | Views mine | ben.bloch@sky.uk | benbloch@protonmail.com
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Martha Gill @marthagill.bsky.social Observer columnist
Alex Partridge @alexpartridge87.bsky.social BBC News in Westminster
Ilze Plavgo @ilzeplavgo.bsky.social Sociologist, inequality, poverty, public policy, education, labor market. Associate professor in economic sociology & public policy at ESPOL in Lille. Formerly junior prof in sociology at Uni Mannheim, researcher at European University Institute & UNICEF.
Marco Ranaldi @marcoranaldi.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Economics at UCL and Director of UCL CNET
Political Economy | Inequality | Capitalism | Fractals | Sampling
Website: mranaldi.com
Music: mranaldi.com/music- P Philippa Costello @philippac.bsky.social PhD-ing at Edinburgh 👩💻 aspiration and social stratification with birth cohorts 📈 Prev IOE/UCL, UEA and OU 🎓 sociology is life 💘
Ea Blaabæk @blaabaek.bsky.social Sociologist. Families and social stratification. Associate Professor @au.dk, Danish School of Education. Blaabaek.dk
Bastian Betthaeuser @betthaeuser.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the Sciences Po, Paris. Social and educational inequality, social mobility, and life-course research.
Julian Limberg @julianlimberg.bsky.social Political economist at King's College London. Working on taxation, inequality, and climate policy. He/him. Website: https://julian-limberg.github.io/
Dirk Witteveen @dirkwitteveen.bsky.social Sociologist @ University of Oxford & Nuffield College | Senior Lecturer in Social Policy @ Department of Social Policy and Intervention | PhD CUNY Graduate Center
https://www.dirkwitteveen.com/
Ben Metcalf @benmetcalf.bsky.social Films. Books. LFC & 76ers.
Director of Metis Films.
Martin Drewry @martindrewry.bsky.social CEO of Health Poverty Action & campaigner. (Posting personal views.)
Poverty/health... drugs policy... electoral reform & Labour. (he/him)
healthpovertyaction.org
Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social Journalist. Activist. Working for a better tomorrow today.
Political perspectives. Sustainability. Resilience. Food security. Social justice.
Scottish. Irish. Algerian. Kabyl.
There is no Planet B.
Paul de Gregorio @pauldegregorio.bsky.social Somerset. Napoli. London. he/him. Rally. Digital. Mobilisation. People Power. Activism. TOX26. Obstreperous. Geekish.
Increasingly facing the South West. Which is best. Obvs
Web https://www.pauldegregorio.com/
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National Education Union @neunion.bsky.social The National Education Union represents the majority of teachers and education professionals in the UK. It's time to #ValueEducation.
Confederation of School Trusts @cstvoice.bsky.social We are the national organisation and sector body for school trusts in England advocating for, connecting and supporting executive and governance leaders.
Chefs in Schools @chefsinschools.bsky.social Award winning charity transforming child health through school food.
Kids are our future, let's feed them like it.
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School Food Matters @schoolfoodmatters.bsky.social We teach children about food and improve children’s access to healthy, sustainable food during their time at school.
Angry Education Workers @angryedworkers.bsky.social Reflections by and for angry workers in the education industry on labor theory and strategy, education history, studies of educational workplaces, and reports on concrete class struggle.
https://www.angryeducationworkers.com/
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London & author of The Conservative Party after Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation (now out in paperback). The bits and pieces I do for websites and newspapers turn up eventually at https://proftimbale.com
Social Capital Partners🇨🇦 @scpartners.bsky.social Who owns the economy matters. We're a Canadian policy non-profit advocating for broader access to wealth and ownership. #cdnpoli #ownershipmatters www.socialcapitalpartners.ca Toronto, ON 🇨🇦
Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social DEI hire. Prof of Primary Care, Uni of Oxford. Researching digital health/ inequities, covid prevention (masks/ air quality). Wild swimmer. Mum to Rob (marine bio) & Al (doc). She/her. https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=QDCqsJwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
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
Mary Dixon-Woods @marydixonwoods.bsky.social Director @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk @uniofcam.bsky.social. I study how to improve and innovate in healthcare quality and safety. Views: Own
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
Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social Expert by experience in healthcare management & policy, Chair National Voices, Trustee RVS, NED PHIN. Also cook, wine drinker, reader, gardener, walker, armchair art critic.
Joe Levenson @joelondon76.bsky.social Work for a brilliant charity. Personal account, all my own views unless especially astute or wrong. Never wrong about football! Live in South East London.
Olly Benson @ollybenson.uk NHS Englander. Ex VCSE and BBC.
Mainly interested in volunteering, VCSE sector, public participation and engagement, so stuff around people, building communities, health, power, digital, media etc.
Husband | 🚸 Dad x2 | 💔 #ACHD
🌍 Warwickshire, UK
Mark Brown @markoneinfour.bsky.social Mental health/tech stuff. Sell ads for local newspapers, keeping local public interest news alive. Former writer in residence @centreforMH. Ask me to write MH things. Director Social Spider CIC. DMs open. Podcast @BBCOuch
(he/they)
Simon Bottery @blimeysimon.bsky.social #Socialcare guy at The King's Fund. Early riser. Available in stereo on Twitter/X.
Chloe Reeves @chloereeves.bsky.social Social care and health. Policy and research. Formerly ADASS, British Red Cross, Richmond Group of Charities, ILC-UK and local government. Crime fiction, gaming & muttering at the radio. Own views.
Luke O’Shea @lukeoshea.bsky.social Director of Innovation, University College London Hospitals. Views my own
David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social One-time Guardian journo now charity chair and social care commentator
neilmcrowther @neilmcrowther.bsky.social Social change, social care, social life.
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.
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
Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social Freelance journalist: writes about health policy and politics of the English NHS in weekly column (£) ‘Cowper’s Cut’ on www.healthpolicyinsight.com.
Andy McGowan @andymcgowan.bsky.social Policy and Practice Manager at Carers Trust. Usually tend to post about carers, politics, social care, education, football or musicals.
Any posts are strictly in a personal capacity.
Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social Demographer, former tweeting statistician and female data lad. Attempting to make a difference in public health analysis at DHSC. I ran the UK's covid dashboard. Now seen running parkruns. DMs not available. She/her 🍉🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Robin Hewings @robinhewings.bsky.social Currently, Head of Health and Prevention Policy (maternity cover) at Cancer Research UK
I've previously worked on loneliness and social connection, diabetes and tobacco.
Jon sacker @jonsacker.bsky.social Comms professional: health care and social good. As an interim I work for many organisations, views mine not theirs. Dad, Liberal, Dog walker, proudly Jewish. Currently @ics-updates
Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social Health Editor at The Sunday Times. Health Journalist of the Year 2023. Helped expose #MidStaffs. Public interest journalism matters #E17 #patientsafety
📰 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/shaun-lintern
📝 DMs open
📨 shaun.lintern@sundaytimes.co.uk
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.
Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social Challenging and changing adult social care language and practice #RewritingSocialCare #LanguageMatters #UsNotThemAndUs
https://rewritingsocialcare.blog/
#SocialCareFuture @socialcarefuture.bsky.social Movement for change, born of frustration but powered by hope. socialcarefuture.org.uk. Hosted by In Control Partnerships
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
Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social Associate director Systems Engagement at Stroke Association. AMS FLIER. Health and research policy geek. Mother of three. 2x Immigrant (France>US>UK). Once upon a time equine internist. Happiest climbing a mountain, preferably with family and our pup.
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social Professor of Healthcare Research & Impact at the University of Ulster. Ageing, dementia, person-centred care, integrated care, health and care processes and policy. All views etc.
Sarah Scobie @sarahscobie.bsky.social Deputy Director of Research @NuffieldTrust. Interests quality of care, equity, end of life care, using data and evidence to improve health and social care.
@maherjane @maherjane.bsky.social Retired Oncologist, previously NHS leadership stuff, CMO Macmillan cancer support, NED at NHS Hospital . Holding on to hope for NHS (by a thread) #notmycat #lateonsetrockchick #cancerSurvivorship
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
Emma Vardy @emmavardy2.bsky.social Physician. Honorary Professor of Geriatric Medicine. Delirium. Dementia. Quality improvement. Book lover. Northerner. Mum to daughter with PKU.
Sue Brown @suebrownsb.bsky.social Charity consultancy | Strategy | Governance | Policy influence consultancy/projects | Facilitation | I bring people together to create change | FRSA | parkrunner
Dr Jo Maher NHS GP @drjomaher.bsky.social GP partner Foundry PCN https://www.foundrypcn.co.uk
Trustee Living Streets @livingstreets.bsky.social
Husband @cwjoneschris.bsky.social
Former PACC Sheffield https://www.movemoresheffield.com
Dr Kathryn Mannix @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social Former palliative care doctor
Campaigning for better public understanding & conversations about dying
Writer: With The End In Mind & Listen
Speaker
Hopeful despite the circumstances.
www.kathrynmannix.com
Partha S Kar @parthaskar.bsky.social Done a few things in Diabetes care
Loves Dogs, Bollywood; Comic books; Whiskey
Failed Tebbitt Test 🏏
Kloppite forever ⚽️
Motto?
“Dance lightly with life”
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
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
Emma Westcott @ecwestcott.bsky.social Executive Director, Strategy and Insight.
Social policy, politics, art, books, pottery, feminism, social justice, a cat or two. Own views.
Cristina Serrao (she/her) @acserrao76.bsky.social 🇵🇹🏳️🌈♿️💃🏽💃🏼
National Lived Experience Ambassador, NHS England - OWN VIEWS #QICopro #CoProSky
#London born but #Madeira where my ❤️ longs for
#DisabilityPower100 2021 and 2022 #AuADHD #ADHD #Autism diagnosed ‘24 at 47 #EDS #MSK
🪩🎤#LadyLXA @LemonadeRadio
Stephanie Harris @mllesharris.bsky.social Lawyering, contracting, research funding. Formerly of universities, now Senior Contracts Manager at a funder. Photos of my cats and garden.
Pritesh Mistry @mustbemistry.bsky.social A curious mind and a dose of skepticism |
digital technologies & innovation @ The King's Fund I Innovation Catalyst | #healthcare #healthtech blogger (views own)
Matt Skinner @skinnerm.bsky.social CEO at Care City CIC supporting innovation across health and social care #ageing #localgov #socialcare #health #opendata #digital #design #tech 🌈 https://www.carecity.org/
Neil Chadborn @neilchadborn.bsky.social Researcher at University of Nottingham & NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East Midlands.
Interested in dementia, inequalities & digital
ORCID: 0000-0003-1368-7983
#publichealthsky #gerontology
Tom Redfearn @tredfearn.bsky.social Policy, research and influencing on health, care and social issues. Currently at the Royal Osteoporosis Society. Views mine, obvs.
Jess McGregor @jessmcp.bsky.social Social Care, ADASS, Camden
Jemma Gilbert OBE FRSA @jemg.bsky.social Health | Prevention | Equity | Improvement | Innovation | Transformation
Don Redding @mightydredd.bsky.social Freelance research, policy advice, project delivery on person centred care, patient engagement, NHS policy, voluntary sector, coproduction, coordinated care. Former policy director, National Voices. Luna the setter is my helper.
Alf Collins @alfcollins.bsky.social Doctor, patient advocate, Trustee Patients Association, Picker Institute. Person centred, high value care, shared decision making, support for self management. Ex Health Foundation, NHS England. Rugby, family, good food. Personal views
David Buckle @davidbuckle.bsky.social Policy and comms person interested in health and SEND. Medical Protection Society Head of Corporate Affairs. Chiltern Wood School Vice Chair. Mainly post about work related stuff but occasionally also film, music and politics. All views my own.
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.
Neil Churchill @neilgchurchill.bsky.social NHS director and charity chair. Unpaid carer, Byzantine art historian and south Londoner.