Northern Ireland Social Care Council @niscc.bsky.social We help build a strong, professional social work and social care workforce by setting standards of conduct and practice and supporting professional development.
Social Work History Network @socwkhistory.bsky.social Social Work History Network was established in London in 2000. It is an informal network of social workers, academics, historians, archivists and others.
International Social Work @iswjournal.bsky.social News and content from International Social Work - the official journal of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) and the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW).
Social Work Today @socialworktoday.bsky.social Your social work community: Social work news, events, podcasts, practice updates and jobs from direct employers. ISFW media partner. socialworktoday.co.uk
Social Workers Without Borders @socialworkerswb.bsky.social Social Work solidarity with people impacted by borders. Collaboration // Education // Solidarity
Fuel Poverty Action @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social Fighting #FuelPoverty for an affordable, sustainable & democratic energy system #EnergyForAll. https://energyforall.org.uk/get-involved.html
BASW Northern Ireland @baswni.bsky.social We are the professional association for social workers in Northern Ireland. We work with colleagues across the UK as part of BASW to champion Social Work.
BASW Cymru @baswcymru.bsky.social The official Bluesky feed for the British Association of Social Workers Cymru.
Porthiant swyddogol Bluesky ar gyfer Cymdeithas Brydeinig Gweithwyr Cymdeithasol Cymru.
#SocialWorkWales | #GwaithCymdeithasolCymru
Social Workers Union @swu-uk.bsky.social The Social Workers Union (SWU) is a trade union dedicated to social work professionals in the UK.
CELCIS @celcis.org Official account. We are CELCIS, the Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection, based at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. www.celcis.org
Julia Ross @20452079.bsky.social Author The Laughing Robot pub Oct 24 & Chair British Association of Social Workers UK
Lindsay Elphinstone @lelphins.bsky.social Social Work Team Manager in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Views expressed are my own.
Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social Lecturer in social work, Edinburgh, Scotland
Social Enterprise Scotland @socialenterprise.scot We're the national membership body for social enterprises, campaigning for a thriving #SocialEnterprise community across Scotland.
Join us for networking, support, and events that drive positive change 👇
https://linktr.ee/social_enterprise_scotland
Wellbeing Economy Alliance Scotland @weallscotland.bsky.social We are Scotland's leading network of organisations and individuals committed to transforming our economy. Together, we can build a #WellbeingEconomy that delivers social justice on a healthy planet.
The Robertson Trust @therobertsontrust.bsky.social We are here to prevent and reduce poverty and trauma in Scotland, funding, supporting, and influencing solutions to drive social change.
SCVO @scvo.scot We're SCVO (Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations). The national body supporting Scotland's essential voluntary sector. We monitor socials Mon-Thu 9-5 Fri 9-4.
🔗 www.scvo.scot
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
The Poverty Alliance @povertyalliance.org Scotland’s anti-poverty network. With justice and compassion we can build a future free from poverty.
Caroline McD @carmcd.bsky.social Scottish social worker, Practice Educator and Team Leader in children's services. Co-chair at SASW.
Social Justice and self determination for Scotland.
One Parent Families Scotland @opfs.org.uk Scotland’s national charity for single parent families. We support family wellbeing, empower parents with the right information and advice, enable access to work, training + education, and campaign against poverty. Free helpline: 0808 801 0323.
Imogen Walker @imogenwalker.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for Hamilton and Clyde Valley
Email: imogen.walker.mp@parliament.uk
Website: www.imogenwalker.co.uk
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Professor of Astrophysics, Edinburgh University. Author of How to Design a Universe. @astronomerroyal on insta (She/her)
Fraser of Allander Institute @fraserofallander.org The Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde is an independent economic research unit providing expert analysis and insight on the Scottish economy. fraserofallander.org
João Sousa @joaosousa.bsky.social Senior Research Economist at @TheIFS.bsky.social, formerly at the Fraser of Allander Institute and the OBR. Mostly economic and fiscal policy, plus the odd rugby and football post. Views are my own, shares are not endorsements. Glasgow-based
Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social Argyll, Scotland. Writes, takes pictures . Used to do more. Chair, Scottish Land Commission from 02/24. Hon Professor , Glasgow University. President SNP 2020 - 2023. Former MSP for Argyll & Bute and Minister/ Cabinet Secretary in Scottish Government
Satwat Rehman @satwatr.bsky.social Chief Executive of One Parent Families Scotland. Co-chair of Scotland’s Just Transition Commission (Posting here in a personal capacity).
Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social Award-winning journalist and author. Latest edition of my book ‘Shredded: Inside RBS The Bank That Broke Britain’, about the pivotal role of what’s now called NatWest in the global banking crash, was reissued in 2024.
www.ianfraser.org
Ian Rankin @ianrankin1.bsky.social Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.
EdinburghMinute.com @edinburghminute.com The Edinburgh Minute newsletter. Read by 30,000+ locals. Get smarter about Edinburgh with a quick curation of news, culture & communities @ 7am daily 📬 Proudly subscriber-supported.
Written by Michael MacLeod along with thousands of local contributors.
Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social Writer. Mapped Scotland according to women's history. Also writes novels. Over-enthusiastic. She/her. YES. Insta:@sarasheridanwriter X: @sarasheridan All links: https://linktr.ee/sarasheridanwriter
Chitra Ramaswamy @chitgrrl.bsky.social Author: Homelands, Expecting. Journalist: The Guardian. Restaurant critic: The Times Scotland. Used to be a person whose profile said only 'don't conclude anything without cheese'. Still am, on the inside.
News Eye @newseye.bsky.social A career spent in government affairs & media. Now an interested eye on the news. Not always balanced; there aren’t two sides to fascism.
Now on TikTok 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@news_eye?_t=ZN-8zwNc7WZeII&_r=1
Please use ALT text :-)
Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com Just published The Foundations Of The Digital State - a report for the Scottish Government
http://foundationsofthedigitalstate.com/
and blogs at
digitalpolicy.substack.com
Politician manqué, girl group fan, code monkey
The SNP @snp.org 🏴 Scotland's largest political party and party of Government. All posts are promoted by Scottish National Party, Gordon Lamb House, 3 Jackson's Entry, Edinburgh.
Yes @yesscot.bsky.social Campaigning for an independent Scotland. Promoted by Scottish National Party, Gordon Lamb House, 3 Jackson's Entry, Edinburgh, EH8 8PJ.
Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk Educational charity promoting the reading, writing, teaching & study of Scotland's literature & languages, past & present.
https://asls.org.uk
Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk Change with fairness at its heart.
Promoted by the Scottish Lib Dems, 4 Clifton Terrace, EH12 5DR
enlighten @enlightenscot.bsky.social Scotland's independent non-party think tank
A public policy institute which works to promote increased economic prosperity, opportunity for all & more effective public services. Enlighten is independent of all political parties.
David Bol @davidbol.bsky.social ✍️Journalist - Deputy Political Editor
📰The Scotsman @scotsman.com
🌍Climate & energy nerd
🔵Falkirk FC fan
📍Scotland 🏴
Chris Creegan @chriscreegan.bsky.social Public policy consultant, Non-executive, Runner.
www.chriscreegan.co.uk
https://open.substack.com/pub/chriscreegan
Fraser MacDonald @frasermacdonald.bsky.social Geographer, historian.
Meryl Kenny @merylkenny.bsky.social Head of Politics & IR at University of Edinburgh | gender & politics, political parties, parliaments, territorial politics, political representation | views own
Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social Social Historian | Glasgow dweller | Humanist | Writes about sex, religion, queer lives, oral histories, moral panics. And public history in a newspaper.
Calum Steele @calumsteele.bsky.social Retired General Secretary Scottish Police Federation, Past President EuroCop, Scot, Hebridean, Teuchter, Gaidhlig speaker. Still pontificating. 
Rachel Ormston @rachelormston.bsky.social Social researcher, interested in people, politics, and nerdy methods stuff. Works at Ipsos but views own etc. 
Scott Wortley @scottwortley.bsky.social scottish law lecturer, TV viewer, accidental mental health advocate.
Interested in legislative interpretation and Columbo (but proper Columbo - you know the stuff from the NBC years, and more infrequently ABC episodes)
walkhighlands @walkhighlands.co.uk The website for enjoying Scotland’s Great Outdoors, on foot. Views are not ours - they belong to everyone.
https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/
Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social Celebrating Scotland's rich culture and built heritage since 1978. We preserve, promote and protect Scotland's unique assemblage of ecclesiastical buildings.
https://www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/
@swfrankscot.bsky.social @swfrankscot.bsky.social 
Council on Social Work Education @cswe.bsky.social We are the national association representing social work education in the United States. Our members include more than 800 accredited baccalaureate and master’s degree social work programs and their affiliated social work educators, students, and staff.
Scottish Legal Aid Board @scotslegalaid.bsky.social We manage the legal aid system in Scotland within the scope of governing legislation https://www.slab.org.uk/
Maggie Chapman (she/her) @maggiechapman.bsky.social Scottish Green MSP for North East Scotland | Rector of Dundee University | Eco-Socialist & Intersectional Feminist | She/Her
https://linktr.ee/maggiechapman
Kenny Stewart @kennystew.art 🗒️ Public affairs & comms in mental health
👍 Keen on sport, rights, & DIY punk rock (see @tiob.diy)
⬅️ Previously EHRC, Open University, Glasgow 2014 & more
🐶 Mostly pics of my dog
🚹 He/him
📍 Glasgow, Scotland.
Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot Scottish elections and polling data. Not my polls. OG 'Britain Elects but Scottish'. PR fan account. Trans rights are human rights.
Donate; http://liberapay.com/ballotboxscot
Fiona Robertson @fionaswriting.bsky.social She/her, Disability Justice, feminist, equalities consultant, writer, performance poet. Zines, physics, poetry, politics, cats, accessibility, landscape, Scotland, complexity 🏴❤️🦕
https://linktr.ee/FionaRobertson
Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Irishman in London. Founder of award winning investigative news site Democracy for Sale https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org For People. For Planet. 🌍
All posts are promoted by the Scottish Green Party, 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN- K Kirsty Blackman @kirstysnp.bsky.social SNP MP for Aberdeen SNP Chief Whip. Gamer. Aberdonian to my core. she/her 🏳️⚧️ kirsty.blackman.mp@parliament.uk for casework
Cat Headley @catheadley.bsky.social Edinburgh solicitor specialising in personal injury litigation, occasional political commentator & photographer. Scottish Labour. Lover of food,wine and sea swimming.
Isn’t this place nice?
Ally Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me Journalist | Audience @uk.theconversation.com | Trustee of @mysociety.bsky.social | Co-editor of @gairlochtimes.org.uk | Based in Scottish Highlands but often roaming. Contact via @Signal.org username: allytibbitt.92
Kirsty Hughes @kirstyshughes.bsky.social European, Scottish and UK politics - and sometimes photography/nature/landscapes. Blogs on Europe & Scotland https://open.substack.com/pub/kirstyhughes?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=8ztbl
Juan Mac @no1guncle.bsky.social Nae agenda but the gay agenda
Aidan Skinner @aidan.skinner.me.uk Open is a Verb
Pride is a Riot
He/Him/They
There are many more of us than you
Glasgow, Topical Paradise
kat @katcary.bsky.social 
Graeme Downie MP @graemedowniemp.bsky.social @ScottishLabour MP for Dunfermline & Dollar.
'A pointy-fingered fellow' - Quentin Letts.
Graeme.downie.mp@parliament.uk. 
James Mackenzie @mrjamesmack.bsky.social Make tiny changes to earth. He. Pro 🌍🚩🏳️⚧️🐱
Gregor Poynton @gregorpoynton.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for the Livingston constituency.
Please email gregor.poynton.mp@parliament.uk with casework.
Severin Carrell @severincarrell.bsky.social Scotland editor for the Guardian (currently on sabbatical). A personal account. Likes and reposts ≠ approval or endorsements (with thanks to Dr Seuss)
I once played in the second violins for the Edinburgh primary schools orchestra. Just once
Paul Cairney @paulcairney.bsky.social Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling, UK. Past my best. Photo 11 years out of date.
https://paulcairney.wordpress.com/cv/
Davie Hutchison @daviehutchison.bsky.social Father of two short Irishmen.
Untidy Typophile.
Unprofessionally beardy.
Excel enthusiast.
Campaigning for the SNP and an independent Scotland.
Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social Hello I used to Tweet but now I only tweet
Extremely Gay, extremely Scottish, mostly angry queerposting, no Yanks in the replies (Nice Americans welcome)
Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social Criminologist and academic | Commissioner, Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission | Scottish politics & policy #ScotPol | Personal account/views.
📍 Scotland 🏴
Paul Sweeney @paulsweeney.bsky.social Labour & Co-operative Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow
Nicola McEwen @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social Prof of Public Policy & Governance at Uni of Glasgow. Director @uofgpolicy.bsky.social. Research devolution & constitutional politics, multi-level government & public policy.
Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social 💻 Dad + Head of Digital @theSNP @YesScot on 9 winning national elections 🎸 Co-founder of National Collective 🎨 Edinburgh College of Art grad 📱 The revolution will be digitised.
Kenny Farquharson @kennyfarq.bsky.social Columnist with The Times in Scotland. Editor of The Jaggy Thistle substack. Orwell Fellow. I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king.
Patrick Harvie @patrickharvie.bsky.social Green MSP for Glasgow | He/Him
Short, bald, frequently appalled.
https://linktr.ee/patrickharvie
Promoted by Patrick Harvie, 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN.
Dominic Hinde @dominicmhinde.bsky.social Sociologist, writer, Northern Europe journalist. 'Drifting North' out now in hardback. 'Journalism in the Anthropocene' in paperback.
Lorna Slater @lornaslater.bsky.social Edinburgh Central MSP | Scottish Greens | She/Her | DMs not open.
Marco Biagi @marcobiagi.bsky.social ScotGov spad. Can't be publicly political, so sorry, but the only things I can post are hills, running, and occasional nerdery. 🏳️🌈🏴
Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social Head of Policy and Research at Amnesty International UK. Scottish Women's Aid Trustee. Scottish by choice. I do swearing and tweed.- M Mhairi Hunter @mhairihunter.bsky.social Presently lurking
Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social 📊 Quant social & political science | 💼 Associate Advisory Director @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social | Assorted other stuff
James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow School of Law. Nothing should be inferred from the absence of unnecessary disclaimers on this profile.
𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔱𝔰 🧲 @magnets.eurosky.social still confused lobster
Sheila Ritchie @europesheila.bsky.social 🔶Former MEP. Electoral Commissioner. Scottish Lib Dem. Papy’s mum. Gardener. Birdwatcher. Conservationist. Outdoor swimmer. Rugby. She/her.🏳️⚧️ally. DMs with IRL friends only- that last bit went a bit wonky....🤪
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Alison Bavidge @alison-bavidge.bsky.social 
profmattdecarlo @profmattdecarlo.bsky.social Social work teacher & administrator, open educator, oaf, )'(, pirate. I also co-run opensocialwork.org. he/him
My personal page. Does not represent my employer.
Siobhán Garrett @siobhangarrett.bsky.social Educator | Trauma-Informed Practice Advocate | Community Activist | School Governor | Empowering minds & hearts through compassionate classrooms 🌱🧠📚 #TraumaInformed #EducationForAll #CommunityFirst 📍Epping, Essex 🇮🇪➡️🇬🇧
Dr James Shea @englishspecial.bsky.social Principal Lecturer Teacher Education | ITE UG & PG Portfolio Leader | Trustee The Pyramid Schools Trust | Author | Editor http://peerreviewededucationblog.com
Claire Knight @claireknight.bsky.social Specialist Teacher working with children aged 0-5 with SEND 👶
Passionate about getting it right for children and families 🤗
Former SENDCo and Senior Leader 🤓
Experience working in mainstream, special, AP and independent schools 🏫
School Governor 🗣
Kerri @kerriprince.bsky.social Head of public affairs. Arthur's mum. Labour busybody. Servant to cats. Silent coeliac. Teessider. This is Taylor Swift's world and I'm happy to be living in it.
Buffer @buffer.com The social media management platform for scheduling, publishing & analytics across every major network. Plan your content calendar in one place. This account is managed by real humans. 💙
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