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George Lakoff @george-lakoff.com Professor Emeritus at UCBerkeley. Best-selling author of The ALL NEW Don’t Think of an Elephant.
Antonia Bance MP @antoniabance.bsky.social Labour MP for Tipton, Wednesbury and Coseley. Member of the Business and Trade select committee. Proudly repping British industry and the Black Country. Trade unionist, mama, runner, reader
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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/
Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org We use the law to resist hate and bring hope. Injustice is not inevitable.
Support us: https://goodlaw.social/donate-bsky
Promoted by Good Law Project Ltd, 3 East Point, High Street, Seal, TN15 0EG
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
Hannah Mudge @boudledidge.bsky.social Splendidly niche. Geriatric millennial. Ex-blogger and opinion-haver. Mum of boys. Digital things @ Church of England.
Zach Moss @zachmoss.bsky.social Work @compassionindying.bsky.social | 🪃 | Trying to do less, but better. Bleets not Skeets. zachmoss.co.uk
Leon Green @leongreen.bsky.social AI, tech, digital, current affairs, random internet stuff. He/Him
Damian O’Broin @damianobroin.bsky.social Could I belong here? The vibes are kinda strong here.
CEO @ Ask Direct.
Rob Dyson ✍️ 📼 🎧 @robdysonpr.uk 🌃 @futuresounds.bsky.social writer, podcast mbr, & socials | 🏙 freelance public relations for charities & social purpose orgs | a founding mbr of @CharityComms.bsky.social | @CIPR.co.uk accredited
#CassetteCulture #Vaporwave #Boombap #TwinPeaks
Seth @sethpiper.bsky.social Nonprofit consultant & golden retriever-wrangler. Green Party. Posting in Norwegian & English. he/him 🏳️🌈 (older posts imported with Blueark)
Matt B @mattbernico.bsky.social True freedom lies in the free enjoyment of the earth.
Co-author of Enough is Enough: Degrowth, Capitalism, and Liberation Theology. (2026)
Listen to me talk every week on @themagnificast.bsky.social
All views expressed are my own
Ruth Stokes @ruthstokes.bsky.social Views and jokes quite specific to me.
Jean @jeano.bsky.social JMOBrien_Dublin in the Bad Place. Reader & writer (Novel Fair 2024). Lover & hater. Day job: digital for non-profits, founder @digitalcharitylab.bsky.social
Dublin, Ireland. She/her ☺️
Sam Jeffers @worklesshard.bsky.social Run @whotargets.me and am a Partner @jointogether.online. Used to play drums in Fridge. Live in Cork, from London.
Ted Fickes @tedfickes.bsky.social I run Bright+3 which provides content, community and fundraising strategy to nonprofit leaders. I also run the Future Community newsletter and jobs list. All that and more at https://brightplus3.com
Bridget Chapman @bridgeecee.bsky.social Swimmer. Cat slave. Councillor.
John Fitzgerald @johnfitzg.bsky.social digital evolution • charities • change • digital strategy • tech for good • fixing the plumbing • responsible AI • Scotland • feed may contain bikes and sailing
Mr Joe Jenkins @mrjoejenkins.bsky.social Charity leader, hubby, dad, spare human for pup; and everything here is all me
Ingrid Srinath @ingridsrinath.bsky.social Philanthropy geek, civil society advocate, verbivore.
Blog: https://substack.com/@ingridsrinath
Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social Looking to make the outdoors for everyone as director of Ramblers Scotland but these are personal views. Expect pics of walks, posts on politics/world news, risidual overseas aid and guest appearances by a small hairy murderer named Pixie.
Brian Fitzgerald @brianfit.bsky.social 🌱 Unapologetic believer in Peace Love & Understanding. Digital rabble rouser. Storyteller. Code Monkey. Tree hugger. Founder and Director, Dancing Fox. We help activists tell better stories, and storytellers change the world.
Serena Snoad - Good Community @serenas.bsky.social Passionate about connection, culture, and carbs.
Building online communities since 2008. Founder of Good Community: https://goodcommunity.co.uk/links
Fond of London, literature and liminal spaces.
Be excellent to each other.
(Image: SewCream Studios)
Lucy Caldicott @lucycaldicott.bsky.social Executive coach and consultant | Proud West Midlander | Road safety campaigner
Toxic workplaces, career transitions, helping people figure out what comes next | 🎬 @LucyOnLife on YouTube and weekly newsletter at changeout.org
📍Birmingham.
Howard Lake @howardlake.bsky.social Exploring growing giving on a massive scale (founder Giving X Ltd). Digital fundraising entrepreneur: founded UK Fundraising (fundraising.co.uk | @ukfundraising.bsky.social) in 1994, sold it in 2022. Co-founder GoodJobs, Fundraising Camp, BarcampNonprofits
Nick Scott @nickscott.digital Work on (responsible) AI and digital in trade unions, think tanks and non-profits.
Director of Centre for Responsible Union AI ( @unions21.org ) + Freelance Consultant
Home = family + seaside living in a town near Barcelona.
Any views I do share are mine.
David Pearce @medavep.bsky.social Fundraising & Marketing for Dignity in Dying & sister charity Compassion in Dying | 'Slick and well-funded' | Dog lover
Laura Ward @laurakiora.bsky.social Artist, photographer, fundraiser. A love for 35mm, botanicals, the environment. RSA fellow, London.
#35mm #believeinfilm
@laurakiora on IG / www.lauraward.co.uk
Adam Haworth @haworth.bsky.social Work on digital mobilisation stuff. Posts about politics, football, culture and other stuff. 🏳🌈
Peter Muffett @pmuffett.bsky.social Animal lover, vegan, Leeds United, Lazio, Incheon United, St. Pauli, Corinthians, Rabbitohs, Collingwood. Whisky and Espresso Martini enthusiast.
Beth Upton @bethupton.bsky.social high value fundraising consultant | labrador owner | parent | business owner | intersectional feminist | enthusiastic cook | roller blader | flute player | Kent dweller | London longer.
Katherine Sladden @katsladden.bsky.social 
Tom Say @tomsay.bsky.social Head of Organising and Local Mobilisation
at Trussell. Overly optimistic Leeds United fan.
James Dawe @jamesdawe.bsky.social Associate Creative Director.
Film, design and art direction for good causes.
Ben Swart @benswart.bsky.social Partnerships Philanthropy & Storytelling | International speaker, trainer, coach | Spurs | proud to work at Brightspot and be a trustee at ASOS Foundation. Former NSPCC.
He/Him | Views my own
Londoner.
Charly.psd @iwasgobby.bsky.social Founder/design @studionowhere.bsky.social: branding, digital and design for people who are making the world a better place.
More sensible than I look.
Richard Casson @richardcasson.bsky.social All own views. All own teeth. 
Fran @fran-g.bsky.social freelance digital strategist, helping non profits create audience-centred strategies. https://www.fran-digital.org
#FreePalestine🇵🇸 🍉
societal challenger. intersectional feminist. environmentalist. 🏳️🌈
Trustee @goodnightout.bsky.social
Fran Swaine @franswaine.bsky.social Digital marketing consultant for charities/writer of words/animal lover/wildlife enthusiast/books/dogs/cats/cake
https://www.fran-swaine.co.uk
Beate Sørum @beatesorum.bsky.social Fundraiser, business owner, speaker, enthusiast, feminist, solo mum by choice. I like it when it snows!
bbold.no
Tom Baker @mrtombaker.bsky.social Husband, Dad, politics/campaigns/organising at @savechildrenuk.bsky.social, Christian, Reading FC, like to 🏃, help with Cubs, bad at spelling, blog at https://thoughtfulcampaigner.org/
Own views.
⚔️ Michael Whitney @michaelwhitney.bsky.social Buffalo lunatic in Madrid via Philly. (sabres, bills, phillies). Dad, photographer, stained glass artist, campaigner & fundraiser on tech
Art: https://colorgravity.art
Jeff Gould @jeffgould.bsky.social Innovation @ Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity. Lots of other charities before that. Welsh innit.
Hanna Henshall @hannahenshall.bsky.social Director & Co-founder of If Not Now agency. Creative campaigner. Big fan of causing good trouble and firing people up for change.
If Not Now works exclusively on climate and social issue campaigns: www.ifnotnowdigital.co.uk
Ross McCulloch @thirdsectorlab.co.uk Tech for good insights, digital activism and occasional photos of Scotland.
Founder at Third Sector Lab - Helping charities deliver more impact with digital, data & design ⚡️
https://thirdsectorlab.co.uk/
36k Twitter followers - starting from 0 here.
Kate Collins @katecollinsuk.bsky.social Chief Exec. Chair. Trustee. Big fan of the things people do for causes they love. Fast talker. Slow runner. To be found in Staffs, North Wales or London…or on a train
www.katecollins.org
Lou Calvey @loucalvey.bsky.social Asylum Rights Campaigning. Migrant & Human Rights advocacy. She/Her 🏳🌈 🧡
James Watson-O'Neill @jwatsononeill.bsky.social Activist
Chief Executive of Sense
Trustee of National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
Non Executive Director at SW London and St George’s NHS Mental Health Trust
Views my own
Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social CEO @praxisprojects.bsky.social. Chair @refugeestogether.bsky.social. Brummie. All views own (subject to personal growth and development).
Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social Don't hate the media - change the media. We're engaging with advertisers to make media hate unprofitable.
💌Let's make hate cost more: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/fight-the-hate
Clare Laxton @ladylaxton.bsky.social Founder & Director Hawkins Laxton & Co - a Comms and Influencing Consultancy📱Criminal Justice academic - PhD specialising in intimate partner homicide & coercive control 🎓Trustee at Working Chance 💜 Podcaster at Killer in the family podcast 🎙️
Ali Goldsworthy @aligoldsworthy.bsky.social 📖Poles Apart
👩🏫Stanford/Cambridge
Recovered politico. Unrepentant mischief maker. Grant Giver. Powerlifter. Mum. Wife 🏴 in 🇺🇸
Doing many things less well than if I did a few things.
Chris Bettles @chrisbettles1.bsky.social Stubborn optimist, Director & Co-founder of If Not Now Digital, digital marketing & campaigning pro, passionate about climate action & democracy, happy chap.
Jack Steadman (he/his) @jacksteadman.bsky.social campaign director @purpose, trustee @safepassageuk @musicactionint, prev @freefromtorture @chooselove | #cpfc fan, falafel enthusiast | words my own | he/his
Emma DB @emmadb.bsky.social Brit living in Vienna.
Lucy Warnes @lucywarnes.bsky.social Chief Executive at SignHealth. Deaf. She/her. Views my own etc.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-warnes
Nick Posford @nickpos.bsky.social Exec Director @ukevaluation.bsky.social Evidence based decision-making and action. V pro #NetZero and #renewables. Chief of Staff to two Lurchers. Love Cymru, where I'm lucky to live. Pessimistic about the world, but hoping hope does spring eternal!
Ruth Taylor @ruthtaylor.bsky.social Values-led narrative & culture change. Part time @commoncause.bsky.social, part time freelance narrative strategist for hire 🌍✨🏳️🌈
www.ruthtaylor.org
Yasmin Georgiou @yasgeorgiou.bsky.social Big fan of charities, coffee and anti racism.
👩🏽💻Strategy Lead at @wjdesign.bsky.social
📚Co-founder @charitybookclub.bsky.social
Sally Wintle @sallywintle.bsky.social Dartmoor exile, somehow in Swindon. Charity/nature/heritage/politics/data/creative whimsy. 
Tereza Litsa @terezalitsa.bsky.social Freelance marketing consultant
LinkedIn coaching, training, ads
Tech for good, football, all-round nerd
www.terezalitsa.co
Damian Chapman @damianchapmanuk.bsky.social Charity Change Agent. Passionate advocate for #fundraising and #communications for good. Director of income at Money Advice Trust in the UK. Trustee at CIOF and Chair of Rogare - the worlds first (and only?) fundraising think-tank.
Charity_Steff @steffdesimone.bsky.social Digital Fundraiser for the St Vincent de Paul Society. I love #LFC, support #cubs #patriots #ducks, enjoys holidays, wine and food too much. Sometimes geeky. #ProEU. Londoner. Leftish. #labour 'calibrate your enthusiasm'
Rosie Downes @rosiedownes.bsky.social Head of Campaigns at Friends of the Earth. Past lives with Crisis, London Cycling Campaign, Living Streets, Macmillan and others. Cargo bike enthusiast. Views own. She/her. Based in Frome, Somerset
Emerson Povey @emersonp.bsky.social Born interferer. Work: digital, marketing, fundraising and comms. Personal: forgetting to cycle, read, game. Currently running digital at Woodgreen Pets Charity.
Sophie Drouet @sophiedrouet.bsky.social Service design things. Posts about user-centred design, digital, the charity & public sectors and causes I care about (e.g. books, birds, history and social issues) 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 She/her
fafo schwarz 🇺🇦 @breslovinit.bsky.social suppose you had a brother, do you think he would like kugel?
Mara Clarke @maraclarke.bsky.social Abortion activist. Often powered by rage, always happy to help. co-founder Supporting Abortions for Everyone - SAFE. https://bsky.app/profile/supportabort.bsky.social
Vic Langer @viclanger.bsky.social Campaigner. Swimmer. Reader of books, watcher of tv and drinker of wine. Servant to Buster the cat.
John Wood @johnwood.org #Labor geek. Adoptive Londoner. GenX stereotype. #digitalunions & innovation in UK trades unions. He/him.
Wayne Murray @waynethemurray.bsky.social Aspiring human. Founder of Humanity Squared. Charity strategist. Blade for hire. Ex Refugee Action, Ex Amnesty. https://humanitysquared.co.uk/
Will Cardy @willcardy.com Possibilist. Vegan. Fermenter. Rambler. Charity trustee. COO Platypus Digital. 🤙 (he/him) 📍Sheffield
Teri Doubtfire @teridoubtfire.bsky.social Just 👀 for now 
Quinn Runkle @quinn-runkle.bsky.social Climate Justice | Sustainability | Education
Director @sosukcharity 🌎 UCL IoE MEd
📍Sheffield, UK
@fionapattison.bsky.social @fionapattison.bsky.social 
Thinking Doing Changing @tashahester.bsky.social People-powered change strategist, movement researcher & organising nerd. Bi, Buddhist, Sailor. MCAS sufferer. Cis woman, trans ally. Always anti fascist. Not always as earnest as this profile makes me sound… She/her
https://thinkingdoingchanging.com
Emily Casson @emilycasson.bsky.social 👩🏻💻 Lead a charity digital team
🙋🏻♀️ Trustee of a grant making charity
🌟 Passionate about all things digital, innovation, fundraising, AI, flexible working and wellbeing
🌊 Live at the coast in the North East
Lesley Pinder @skipinder.bsky.social Fundraising, innovation, culture and supporter experience. Often all at the same time.
And dogs. Mainly mine.
Emma @emmacampaigner.bsky.social Arsenal STH, charity do gooder, pug rescuer, nature lover, mudlarker. Tediously politically correct.Occasionally profane, usually polite. Democratic champion #MakeVotesMatter
The Resource Alliance @resourcealliance.bsky.social We exist to support & inspire fundraisers, campaigners, activists, & changemakers to develop the knowledge, tools, & connections needed to fuel their purpose.
Farkhanda Zahoor @farkhanda.bsky.social building spaces for global south orgs to connect + shift power
based (mostly) in new delhi.
Hernán Nadal @hernannadal.bsky.social Founder. Guarani agency | Comms & Engagement Consultant
https://guaraniagency.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hernannadal/
https://listao.com.ar/
Sarah Miguel (she/her) @sarahmiguel.bsky.social Deeds Not Words 🐝 Changemaker, Fundraiser, Marketeer & 'Profit for Purpose' Leader
All views my own
Matthew Sherrington @msherrington.bsky.social Charity consultant/coach (strategy, comms & leadership stuff). People Power, Quirks, Wows & Bitter Irony. It's all personal.
Georgie Laming @georgielaming.bsky.social Director of Campaigns and Communications at @hopenothate.org.uk
www.stop-reform.org.uk
Tackling hate and disinformation online, in the media and in local communities.
Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org Art, Activism and Accountability
https://linktr.ee/ledbydonkeys?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Joe Mulhall @joemulhall.bsky.social Director of Research @hopenothate. Writer, historian, journalist, anti-fascist.
Latest book: Rebel Sounds: Music as Resistance is out now! 
Anya Jhoti @anya-j.bsky.social Migrant rights and campaigning | Research on visual communication practices in the refugee sector | all views my own
Christian C @chris.theblacklungclub.co.uk Head of Comms and Digital at @hopenothate.org.uk. Imps fan. Raised in the church of Joe Strummer.
Anarchist Federation (Britain) @anarchistfed.bsky.social We fight for a world without leaders, where power is shared equally. Hated by the Daily Heil. Join our public discord: https://discord.gg/kXZaHg8zH9
Satbir Singh @satbirsingh.bsky.social Campaigner, consultant, carer. Londoner via Delhi & NYC. I spend my time thinking about rights, justice & authoritarianism.
Former CEO of openDemocracy, JCWI. Ex UN/World Bank/Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative. Trustee @PraxisProjects.bsky.social
@carysafoko.bsky.social @carysafoko.bsky.social 
Ali Walker Davies @aliwalkerdavies.bsky.social Day jobs include CEO (interim) of Forward Action and mum to 2 small humans. Lover of digital, activism, arts + smashing patriarchy.
Views all WIP & v much my own.
Sophie Lucas @sophierlucas.bsky.social Freelance Creative Strategist. Lover of good campaigns. Mother of boys.
Danny Rye @dannyrye.bsky.social Associate Prof in Politics. Londoner in Liverpool. Writing a book about power. Also researching activism, political organisation, UK parties (esp. Labour Party). Otherwise, walking, cricket, music. Views are either mine or someone else's.
Dani Hagan Beckett @radicalhaberdasher.bsky.social I like cooking things, crafting things and changing things. Disobedient.
(I used to be Pea Green Boat/Chekhov’s Gin)
she/her
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