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Starmanjack43 @starmanjack43.bsky.social Geek. Christian. Take time and fix things.
Frank Mols (PhD) @fmols.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Political Science, University of Queensland, researching leadership, followership, populist parties, voter attitudes and political behaviour. https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=GwUV0YAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Jon Dimmick @jondimmick.bsky.social Charity/third sector marcomms professional based in Scotland. Focused on care, social work and poverty (currently)
Mark (Andrew) Witham ↗️ @puffmushroom.bsky.social Loving father • Mental health advocate • Blue-collar intellect • Egalitarian progressive • UBI movement builder • Science • Humanism • Reason • Good trouble Support my work: $puffmushroom BasicIncomeAction.org • LibertyPocket.com DMs open ♥️ UBI memes
Greener Littleover @greenerlittleover.bsky.social Greener Littleover is a community group based in Derby. We aim to inspire people of all ages to connect with nature, care for our local environment, and take positive, practical steps towards a cleaner, greener world.
Ricki McLaughlin @caerna.com Simplifying governance and risk for UK charities through digital tools
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The Good Studio @thegoodstudio.bsky.social Hi, I'm Tim, founder of The Good Studio - a purpose-led creative studio that helps good causes to tell their stories with clarity, confidence and heart. thegoodstudio.co.uk
Michelle Steiner @michellesmission.bsky.social Wife, Writer, Photographer, and , Para Educator Find me on my blog www.michellesmission.com
SEND and You @sendandyou.bsky.social SEND and You provides the SENDIAS service for Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. SENDIAS stands for 'Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support'
Darren Pullman @darrenpullman.bsky.social Pro EU, Solar powered EV driver.
Karen Reeve @kazzie70.bsky.social Copy editor and writer for Kent and Surrey Bylines. Works in the social care sector. Interests are literature, theatre, cinema.
Critical Chance Collective @criticalchance.bsky.social Based in Glasgow: We use storytelling, roleplaying, and creativity to bring people together. https://www.criticalchance.co.uk/ https://linktr.ee/CritChanceCollective
Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social We use coaching to unlock the potential of people caught in the justice system.
Monica A. Ross @drmonicaross.bsky.social Visiting Scholar @ UC Berkeley CSTMS/OHST. Psychotherapist–writer. Philosophy of science • Philosophy of psychiatry • STS. Interpretation • Classification • Institutional Authority. 🏳️‍🌈 Website: drmonicaross.com
Carly Le Marechal @carlylehv.bsky.social Nurse educator at Southampton Solent University, passionate about education and simulation in public health and safeguarding
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atSTAKE @at-stake.bsky.social atSTAKE works to protect and expand access to specialist therapeutic support for adopted and kinship children, young people and adults. Formerly known as Action Against ASGSF Changes. https://linktr.ee/atSTAKE
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!
Trauma informed social work @sociallyworkingnp.bsky.social DDP EMDR Theraplay Mindfulness Aware and curious Learning to be trauma responsive
Euan @euanpreston.bsky.social 📖 Adopted dad & campaigner for adoptive families. 🥔 Chair, The POTATO Group. 🎥 Director. 📷 Bromide dragger. https://linktr.ee/euanpreston
Family Futures @familyfuturesuk.bsky.social Family Futures is a not-for-profit therapy centre and adoption agency. We provide assessment & treatment to help children heal from trauma, & support families. www.familyfutures.co.uk
Adoption Focus @adoptionfocus.bsky.social Adoption Focus is one of the largest adoption agencies in the UK. If you live in or around Central England and you’re considering adoption, our friendly, expert team would love to meet you and help you to become an adoptive family. Adopt with us.
Adoption Matters @adoptionmatters.bsky.social Children’s charity, voluntary adoption agency, covering the North of England, we offer ongoing support & training to families. Our not-for-profit fostering agency, Foster Care Matters, launched in 2024. #AdoptionMatters #FosterCareMatters
@nationalfasd.bsky.social @nationalfasd.bsky.social
Coram @wearecoram.bsky.social Coram is the UK’s first children’s charity, helping more than a million children, young people, families and professionals every year. https://linktr.ee/wearecoram?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=6315b901-f777-415b-9780-2d97a2f0d4bd
CVAA UK @cvaauk.bsky.social Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies. UK-wide membership and policy charity. Our members change the world for adopted children & their families every day. cvaa.org.uk
Scott Casson-Rennie @gayadoptiondad.bsky.social Dad, Husband and (very young) Grandpops | Work @FASDIreland.bsky.social | Host @aandfpodcast.bsky.social | Busy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
The POTATO Group 🥔 @thepotatogroup.bsky.social Peer-to-peer support group of parents of adopted teenagers and young adults across the UK. We therapeutically re-parent young people who have experienced early-life trauma. https://linktr.ee/thePOTATOgroup
Rachel @rachelfromwantage.bsky.social Fundraiser, Mum, wife, friend, atheist, liberal, nature and camping enthusiast. Striving to stay hopeful. 🇬🇧
University of Salford FASD Research @salfordfasd.bsky.social Team of researchers working on projects related to the Neurodevelopmental condition Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder - caused by the consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. Greater Manchester, UK
Ems 🌺🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍🌎🕊️ @swiftplotter.bsky.social Mum, head of comms/content, digi-geek, gardener and swift watcher. Finding solace and wisdom in poetry and nature. Says “content” and “pillars of democracy” a lot. Lucky to love what I do 💚
Sounddelivery Media @sounddeliverymedia.bsky.social Charity amplifying lived experience stories and expertise to address social inequalities. Championing the #SDMNetwork and #VODWFutureVoices
Holly the OT @hollytheot.bsky.social Children & Young People’s Occupational Therapist. Professional Marmite. #AuDHD. #SEND parent. MSc student. Neurodivergent realist.
Helen Blay @hootymcboob.bsky.social Wife/mother. EY teacher/SENCO/SLT maintained Nursery school. Nurture/love/kindness in all things. Passionate about good Early Years provision and the impact it can have on our littlest people. Split screen owner, love wandering the UK with my husband ❤️
Della Hudson FCA @dellahudsonfca.bsky.social Della Hudson @ Minerva Accountants 🦉 Speaker, author, business coach. Founder of 5 businesses, author of 3 books and mother of 2 adults. Tea addict 🫖 Bristol, UK and Threads
Elaine Amy @elaineamy.bsky.social Mum to neurodivergent kids (adopted 6&7 now teens) #autistic Interested in adoption, fostering, kinship, trauma, autism, adhd, FASD, send *Just want to surround myself with decent humans* Also NVR therapeutic parenting practitioner - @elainenvr.bsky.social
Chris Budd @stuffer.bsky.social High functioning introvert. Author of The Financial Wellbeing Book, The Four Cornerstones of Financial Wellbeing, and founder of the Institute for Financial Wellbeing. Plus 3 novels (so far). Lover of music, cricket, and joyful things
Emma Spillane @emmaspillane.bsky.social *Therapist-Coach-Trainer*. Theraplay-informed practitioner, Ex-Teacher, Adoptive parent, SEN Mum, Musician, Cockapoo mama, Bristol City fan. #traumasupport
The Kids Network @thekidsnetwork.bsky.social Non-profit organisation | London📍 We provide life-changing, child-led mentoring to help our #LittleLondoners grow⚡️ Become a volunteer mentor today ⬇️ https://www.thekidsnetwork.org.uk/ Donate now: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/tknxmasappeal2024
Youth Endowment Fund @youthendowmentfund.org.uk We're here to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence. www.youthendowmentfund.org.uk
Voice 21 @voice21oracy.bsky.social The UK's national oracy education charity. Become a Voice 21 Oracy School: https://membership-hub.voice21.org/membership-hub
The Brilliant Club @brilliantclub.bsky.social We support young people to access and thrive at leading universities by working with schools, parents and the education sector. #BackingBrilliance https://linktr.ee/thebrilliantclub
Reach Volunteering @reachvolunteering.org.uk Reach Volunteering is a skills-based volunteering charity. If you would like to volunteer and have 3+ years' experience, we connect you with charities and groups needing your skills to tackle some of society's biggest issues.
Fair Education Alliance @thefea.bsky.social 🏫 A coalition of organisations working together to tackle educational inequity. 👀 Our vision is that no child’s success is limited by their socioeconomic background. 👉 Find out more at www.faireducation.org.uk/links
Louise Johns-Shepherd @loujs.bsky.social CEO at The Kids Network. Londoner
Dr. Suzanne Triggs @drtriggsiee.bsky.social #Yorkshire woman of substance, award winning Personal Development Coach & trainer. PhD in coaching & social work. Helping people figure out who they want to be, what matters & how to achieve it. Coaching for social impact where I can. www.coachdoctor.org
Helen Close @drhelenclose.bsky.social Researcher, NIHR RSS Workstream lead for Social Care, adoptive parent, reluctant rat handler, trying to be wholeheartedly awkward, brave, and kind (if you know, you know)
Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social Marathon runner turned environmental campaigner trying to save Bristol’s biodiversity. 🌶️ opinions are my own #BeserkForDormice #SaveYewTreeFarm #WesternSlopes #Goodgym
FASD Ireland @fasdireland.bsky.social National Organisation supporting people and families living with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in Ireland | Prevention - Education - Support
K Patrick Keogh @keoghpatrick.bsky.social
Lisa Mainwaring @lisamainwaring.bsky.social Newbie looking to connect! 🌟 Adoptive mum, Christian & advocate for children navigating early life trauma & poverty. PR Lead @Turn2us, journalist, media law lecturer, writer & award-winning podcast producer/trainer. #Adoption #SocialAffairs
Al coates @alcoates.bsky.social SWer, Host of the Adoption and Fostering Podcast, Trainer, CyclistRunner, Dad, Adopter, exFC. All my own thoughts from my pretty little head ⭐️Churchill Fellow⭐️
Sarah Fry @sarahfry.bsky.social Founder CEO of The Belay Foundation. Passionate about supporting families, helping people understand the impact of early life trauma, and cake
Dr Lucy Foulkes @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social Psychologist at University of Oxford | Adolescence + mental health Linktr.ee/lucyfoulkes
John Mac @johnmac-pmo.bsky.social #projectManagement #Change #PMO CEO of @pmohot 2 children with #asd #adhd , so occasionally has opinions about #SEN provision and access to education .
B heard media 💚🇵🇸 @bheardmedia.bsky.social https://www.instagram.com/bheardmedia1
@amandaallard.bsky.social @amandaallard.bsky.social
Firefly’s @fireflys1.bsky.social Social care consultant and independent visitor, constantly learning and seeking innovative solutions to tackle the challenges of today while preparing for the needs of tomorrow.
Sally @sallypayneot.bsky.social Children’s occupational therapist (UK) with an interest in dyspraxia, SEND, occupation-centred practice, policy & research.
@soniamalik.bsky.social @soniamalik.bsky.social Associate Director - Policy, Influencing and Voice at children and young people’s cancer charity - Young Lives vs Cancer. Into evidence based policy change - esp on children's health & disability. Own views. She/her
Children's Hyperinsulinism Charity UK and Ireland @chcharityuk.bsky.social Supporting children and young adults with Congenital Hyperinsulinism. Family Support Group Patient Led Research Advocacy Family Days and Conferences https://linktr.ee/chcharityuk
The Royal National College for the Blind @rnc.ac.uk The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) is the UK's leading Further Education college for young people aged 16-25 with visual impairment. Charity No: 1000388
Jane Harris @janeharrislondon.bsky.social CEO at @speechandlanguk.bsky.social - for 2m kids with challenges in talking and understanding words. Trustee at Miscarriage Association. Co-Chair of Speech, Language & Communication Alliance. Vice Chair @dcpcampaign.bsky.social. Into cooking & charities.
Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle.bsky.social Charity comms expert. 25 years in national newspapers. Mum of two one of whom has complex needs.
Jen Kenward @jenkenward.bsky.social Director of Care at Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity 🌈 providing children’s palliative social care
Team Up @teamupinclusion.bsky.social Community, Secondary & University based programmes employing a buddy system to support persons with Down Syndrome and ID in a group setting. Two-way learning. # InclusionForAll
Jane Collins @fostersupportcouk.bsky.social CEO of a Not For Profit organisation providing high quality support to fostering families: FosterSupport Ltd Here to raise awareness of fostering and disability issues. https://www.fostersupport.co.uk/
Janet Boddy, FAcSS @janetboddy.bsky.social Professor of Child, Youth and Family Studies, Centre for Innovation and Research in Childhood and Youth (CIRCY), University of Sussex. Views my own. Latest book Thinking Through Family - #openaccess chapters https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/linktree
Charlotte Prothero @charlotteprothero.bsky.social Posting about politics, children's wellbeing, housing, loneliness and civil society. Bad grammar and views my own.
Vanessa Longley @vanessalongley.bsky.social She/her. CEO at Beat eating disorders. Chair @ContactFamilies. Believes lived experience told powerfully can change the world!
Will Stone MP @willstonemp.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for Swindon North. Follow my substack: https://willstonemp.substack.com Website: https://willstone.org.uk
Marie Goldman MP @mariecgoldman.bsky.social Liberal Democrat MP for Chelmsford Lib Dem Women and Equalities Spokesperson Promoted by Liberal Democrats, 1 Vincent Square, SW1P 2PN.
David Baines MP @davidbainesmp.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for St Helens North. Former council leader and teacher. If you have questions or need my help please email david.baines.mp@parliament.uk
WellChild @wellchild.bsky.social
Sense @sensecharity.bsky.social We’re here to break down barriers alongside disabled people with complex needs.
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
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
@ablestay.bsky.social @ablestay.bsky.social
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.
Amaze Sussex SEND Charity @amazesussex.bsky.social Supporting families with disabled children in Sussex https://linktr.ee/amazesussex
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
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.
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
Young Lives vs Cancer @younglivesvscancer.bsky.social We’re here to make sure children and young people with cancer in the UK get the right support at the right time. Formerly called CLIC Sargent. https://younglivesvscancer.org.uk
Guide Dogs UK @guidedogsuk.bsky.social Guide Dogs is one of the UK’s leading disability charities. We’re here to help people with sight loss live the life they choose. Enquiries: 0118 983 5555.
KEEN London @keenlondon.bsky.social We improve the personal, social, and emotional development of children with additional needs and disabilities in London by providing free, accessible, supported sports and activities.
@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.
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 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.
RSBC @rsbc.bsky.social At RSBC, we want every blind child and their family to have the skills and confidence to live their life without limits.
SEDSConnective @sedsconnective.org The first hypermobility neurodivergence charity BrainBody AUTISM ADHD Dyspraxia Dyslexia EDS HSD Dysautonomia Chair @JGjanegreenmbe.bsky.social Patrons: Dr Eccles Dr Spititos Web: www.sedsconnective.org Link: https://linktr.ee/SEDSConnective
SeeAbility @seeability.bsky.social Supporting people to live, love, thrive and belong for 225 years. https://www.seeability.org/ #WeSeeAbility