The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social Working to solve society’s challenges with evidence and expertise. Based at King's College London 🔗 kcl.ac.uk/policy-institute
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Early Education and Childcare Coalition @coalitionedcare.bsky.social Working together for an early education and childcare system that delivers for all of us.
Read the manifesto, Rescue and Reform: earlyeducationchildcare.org/manifesto
Healthwatch England @healthwatchengland.bsky.social We make sure NHS leaders and other decision makers hear your voice and use your feedback to improve care.
We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social Multi-award winning grassroots campaign for unpaid carers in the UK. Led by carers, for carers.
wecarecampaign.org.uk
Ruth Tennant @rtennant.bsky.social Director of Public Health, education and inclusion for Solihull. Into public sector reform, localism, running and being busy.
TOPIC Research Team @topicgroup.bsky.social We are a team in the Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research in the Depts of Experimental Psychology & Psychiatry, University of Oxford. You can find our centre here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oxford-centre-for-emerging-minds-research/
Cathy Creswell @cathycreswell.bsky.social Professor of Developmental Clinical Psychology and lead of the TOPIC multigroup research group at the University of Oxford, UK. Views my own.
APSEND - The National MAT CEOs network @apsend.bsky.social We are the national network for specialist MAT CEOs providing a collective voice and strategic representation • Chair - Mark Vickers, CEO of Olive Academies • Strategic lead - @eleanorbernardes.bsky.social
National SEND & Inclusion Conference @sendconf.bsky.social The National SEND & Inclusion Conference | Returning 12th March 2025 | Hosted by TEAM Education Trust and Triumph Learning Trust | Posts @mrmattmorris.bsky.social
www.sendconference.org
#SENDCONF25
Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social School leaders’ favourite newspaper. Multi-award winning journalism, determined to get past the bluster and explain the facts. Published by EducationScape
Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social Award-winning journalism for schools, including news, analysis, research reviews and teaching and learning guides.
edpsy @edpsy.bsky.social Bringing EPs together. Online space for anyone interested in education and psychology. Blogs, events, jobs and more. #edpsychs. Led by @edpsydan.bsky.social
www.edpsy.org.uk
DFE Answers @dfe-answers.bsky.social Bot account posting whenever the Department for Education answers or corrects an answer to a written parliamentary question. Monitored by librarians in the House of Commons Library
SEN Magazine @senmagazine.co.uk Magazine and website for special educational needs in UK. senmagazine.co.uk
Not Fine in School @notfineinschool.bsky.social Peer empowerment shared via NFIS Social Media & website. PhD research & raising awareness of family experiences resolving School Attendance Barriers.
https://notfineinschool.co.uk/home
ICARS - International Coalition Against Restraint and Seclusion @againstrestraint.com Family, survivor and neurodivergent led advocacy to end restraint, seclusion and institutional abuses of children. #AgainstRestraint #SICAA SICAA Coalition.
🔗 againstrestraint.com
Occupational Therapy Children's Care @otchildrenscare.bsky.social Sensory integration and SOS feeding therapist
Welcome to OTCC to explore difficulties, reasoning and what you can try with your little one.
Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social 💜 ♾️ AuDHD | Monotropic | Neuro-affirming Autism advocate & consultant.
Interests: monotropism, flow, burnout & neuroqueer theory.
Writer • Trainer • Resource Creator | Former SEND EY/Primary teacher ♾️ 💜
https://www.autisticrealms.com/
British Academy of Childhood Disability @bacdisability.bsky.social The British Academy of Childhood Disability (BACD) is the UK's only multidisciplinary organisation for professionals working in the field of childhood disability. www.bacdis.org.uk
ACAMH - Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health @acamh.bsky.social We are delighted to announce the launch of #ACAMHLearn - our innovative #OpenAccess resource, bringing together specially commissioned videos from world-leading experts in the field of #CYPMentalHealth. Visit https://bit.ly/3AV958F to learn more!
Centre for Research in Autism and Education @craeioe.bsky.social Research to enhance the lives of autistic people; based in the UCL Institute of Education.
Sarah Johnson (was Dove) @phoenixedsarah.bsky.social President PRUsAP |Author All About SEMH, Behaving Together :A Teacher's Guide to Nurturing Behaviour |Works in behaviour, mental health, AP, PRU & hospital education | Trustee|🐈, DnD⚔️, MtG, fossils, 🦅, 🏰, travelling |Mum to 4 girls
Becky Gillespie @icarsbecky.bsky.social ICARS Team - UK Lead (International Coalition Against Restraint and Seclusion)
Paula McGowan OBE @oliverscampaign.bsky.social •Hon University Fellow- Fac Health
•Founder The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training
•Patient Safety
•Hoping for a Social Media Platform where everyone can live together peacefully
#Oliverscampaign
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/
Anna Bird @annabirdfr.bsky.social CEO of Contact - we support families with disabled children. Chair of the Disabled Children’s Partnership. Passionate about social change and social justice.
Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social We one of the UK’s leading Disabled People's Organisation run by and for Disabled people, working for justice and equality for all.
https://linktr.ee/disabilityrightsuk
Cerebra @cerebracharity.bsky.social We're the charity that works wonders for children with brain conditions.
National Children's Bureau @ncb.org.uk NCB is a leading charity driving change across society so all children can thrive. The #NCBFamily is united for #BetterChildhoodsBrighterFutures
ncb.org.uk
📍 United Kingdom
Sally @sallypayneot.bsky.social Children’s occupational therapist (UK) with an interest in dyspraxia, SEND, occupation-centred practice, policy & research.
Sibs @sibs.org.uk Sibs is the UK charity dedicated to supporting siblings of disabled children and adults. www.sibs.org.uk
Contact, for families with disabled children @contactfamilies.bsky.social UK disability charity for all families caring for a disabled child ☎️ support, info & advice ❤️ bringing families together 📢 campaigning for change! Find out more: https://linktr.ee/contactfamilies
Speech and Language UK @speechandlanguk.bsky.social We are Speech and Language UK – we want every child to face the future with confidence. Your donations will go where the money is needed most.
Find out more about our work and get involved here: https://linktr.ee/SpeechAndLangUK
Sense @sensecharity.bsky.social We’re here to break down barriers alongside disabled people with complex needs.
WellChild @wellchild.bsky.social
National Autistic Society @autisticsociety.bsky.social We are here to transform lives, change attitudes and create a society that works for autistic people. This is a holding account only. Please contact us through our other channels.
Mencap @mencap.org.uk Supporting people with a learning disability to live their lives to the full💜
Find out more: linktr.ee/mencap
Affinity Trust @affinitytrust.bsky.social We support people with learning disabilities, Autism and other assessed needs to live independently in a home of their own.
The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social The only UK charity specifically focussed on the needs of children, young people and adults with severe learning disabilities whose behaviour may be described as challenging, and their families.
https://linktr.ee/TheChallengingBehaviourFdn
@ndcs-uk.bsky.social @ndcs-uk.bsky.social We’re here for every deaf child with any level of hearing loss. We believe nothing should hold deaf children back.
Guide Dogs UK @guidedogsuk.bsky.social Guide Dogs is the UK’s leading sight loss charity. We’re here to help people with sight loss live the life they choose. Enquiries: 0118 983 5555.
Square Peg @teamsquarepeg.bsky.social Because one size doesn't fit all in education | EBE led, grassroots, strategic specialists in persistent absence + barriers to school attendance | #squarepegs book
Campaign | Collaborate | Innovate
www.teamsquarepeg.org
Rainbow Trust Children's Charity @rainbowtrust.org.uk Supporting families who have a child with a life-threatening or terminal illness.
RNIB @rnib.bsky.social We’re the Royal National Institute of Blind People.
Profile pic: Our logo, bold black capital letters spelling RNIB, with a bold pink underline.
RNIB Campaigns @rnibcampaigns.bsky.social We campaign for blind and partially sighted people's independence and inclusion. Also at @rnib.bsky.app
Header image: The team at Downing Street.
SEDSConnective @sedsconnective.org The 1st charity for Hypermobility and Neurodivergence est.2018
Chair @JGjanegreenmbe.bsky.social
Patrons:
Dr Eccles Dr Spititos
Web: www.sedsconnective.org
Link: https://linktr.ee/SEDSConnective
Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social #SaveOurChildrensRights Parent-led special educational needs and disability #SEND website. UK-based, strategic advocacy, resources, and information to help improve the lives of children & young people with disabilities and their families. Volunteers.
Whizz Kidz @whizzkidz.bsky.social We're the UK's leading charity for young wheelchair users
www.whizz-kidz.org.uk
Education Policy Institute @edupolicyinst.bsky.social The Education Policy Institute (EPI) is an independent, impartial, and evidence-based research institute that promotes high quality education
Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social A Coalition of over 350 charities, organisations and individuals working to improve the mental health of babies, children & young people in Britain💜
https://cypmhc.org.uk/
Disabled Children's Partnership @dcpcampaign.bsky.social The DCP is a coalition of organisations campaigning to improve support for disabled children, young people & families. https://disabledchildrenspartnership.org.uk/
Well at School @wellatschool.bsky.social Supporting children with medical and mental health needs at school Est 2010
PACT Parents and Carers Together CIC @pactsuffolk.bsky.social Award winning peer led support for parent carers concerned with the #mentalhealth of a child or young person. Professionally supported. #resources #training #support #research #training #consultancy #Suffolk 💜
Carers UK @carers-uk.bsky.social Carers UK is the leading national charity for unpaid carers. We support, advocate for, champion and connect carers across the UK, so that no one has to care alone.
Solihull Carers @solihullcarers.bsky.social We are a charity with a mission to support unpaid carers of all ages in Solihull.
Website: solihullcarers.org
Our Links: https://solihullcarers.org/links-and-social-media/
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