Caroline Jarrett @cjforms.bsky.social Forms and survey specialist.
Always keen to try to answer your questions about making better forms (and if you must, maybe even those about surveys).
Effortmark.co.uk
Martin Jordan @martinjordan.com Making services work better for all people—Head of Design & User Research at the German govt’s Digital Service, previously Head of #ServiceDesign at the UK’s Government Digital Service, int’l #GovDesign community co-lead, 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 ally
martinjordan.com
Clara Greo @claragt.bsky.social Community, capability & equity in design and UCD. Not white. she/her. Grieving. Resting.✊🏿🏳️⚧️🍉🌏
Ann Kempster @annkempster.com Public sector agitator for good. Co-author @transform.wales
Feminist. Cheese. Dachshunds.
Digital. 🏴
She/her.
SDinGov @sdingov.bsky.social 11 March 2026 | Virtual, online | virtual.sdingov.net
23-25 September 2026 | Edinburgh | sdingov.net
The original international community event for anyone involved in designing and commissioning public services.
@allodarlin.bsky.social @allodarlin.bsky.social 
Ben Holliday @benholliday.com Design and digital transformation | Chief Design Officer at TPXimpact | UK Lake District
William Morland @williammorland.com Software engineer and corgi dad. Into privacy, open source, maps, self-hosting, musical theatre📍London, UK 🏳️🌈🇬🇧(👬🇵🇹)
Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social GP, Digital health. Living in the Mournes in Co. Down with Chris and Bonny the sprocker. Working for a sustainable, equitable society. Always learning. Previously 20 years in lovely Wales :-)
William Lane @williamjtlane.bsky.social Policy, Public Affairs and Electoral Analysis (and occasionally Photography)
'Political Analyst' - Aaron H. Ellis
Views my own
Writes at https://thepartyanimal.substack.com/
Amanda 🏳️🌈🔮 @ayymanduh.bsky.social All things data, digital, design, communities, leadership, justice & open culture.
Vibe: 🏳️🌈🔮💀💃🏼⚽️🌞🥦🪩🍾🧘🏼♀️⚖️☮️
Dafydd Vaughan @daivaughan.uk Geek. Cymru. Digital technology specialist. Consulting Practice CTO at Public Digital. Independent Member for Digital at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. Co-founder of GDS. Views my own.
Wales Governance Centre | Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru @walesgovernance.bsky.social Yn ymchwilio i gyfraith, llywodraeth, gwleidyddiaeth a chyllid cyhoeddus Cymru
Researching the law, government, politics & public finances of Wales
Margaret Haig @margarethaig.bsky.social Civil servant and union rep. Former FDA Union President. Poet. Singer. School governor. Charity trustee. Opinions my own.
Dr Amelia Dowler @ameliadowler.bsky.social National Officer FDA Union; Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow at the Institute of Classical Studies; Researcher in numismatics; Poet
Andrew Janes @cartivist.bsky.social archives | maps | stammering | cake | he/him
Jeremy Benson @jembenson.bsky.social Adviser @aqaeducation.bsky.social, MAT and @RSPH.bsky.social trustee, ex-senior civil servant; classical music, #LCFC 🦊, England⚽️🏏, walks, photos, words; husband, father, generally curious
https://substack.com/@jembenson
📍 Leicestershire, UK
Matthew Kalman Mezey @matthewmezey.bsky.social Community Manager, systems convener, in healthcare and beyond. Personal account (own views).
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
House of Commons @houseofcommons.parliament.uk Where elected MPs represent the public, legislate, and scrutinise the Government. Find out more about their work and how Parliament happens.
House of Lords @houseoflords.parliament.uk News & information from the UK Parliament’s second chamber. Produced by its staff to show how the Lords checks and challenges the UK government.
https://www.parliament.uk/business/lords/
Malarvilie Krishnasamy FCCT MIoL @malcpd.bsky.social Leadership Coach, Consultant & Speaker | Creator of TalkSavvy™ Coach, the AI reflection partner for leaders | 25+ Yrs in Education | Specialist in EQ & Communication | IoL Accredited Programmes
Free trial here: https://www.malcpd.com/talksavvy-coach
Amy Gandon @amygandon.bsky.social Big fan of big ideas about big issues. Mostly public services, civil service and civic governance.
Ex-Cabinet Office, DHSC and RSA. Now freelance.
Annie Heath @annieheath.bsky.social Head of Tech, Data, Experience Reigate & Banstead Borough Council. Public Sector Endurance Medallist. Wife to music writer Harold Heath. Daughter of a loop da loop era.
Debbie Blanchard @debblanch44.bsky.social Dreamer of dreams, lover of theatre, drinker of gin...
Government Product Person and community builder
Volunteer @guidedogs.
Tailender.
School governor, Enterprise Advisor
She/her
Stacey Crump @staceyc.bsky.social LCFC supporter, going very grey, older and sometimes wiser, fighting my natural levels of sarcasm. Working to be the best i can at leading innovative and transformative people and teams. Also fitting in parenting 3 amazing kids.
Nour Sidawi @noursidawi.uk Reflecting on the complexity of systems and making change in government at UK Civil Service. Part of OneTeamGov.
noursidawi.uk
Prateek Buch @prateekbuch.bsky.social Dad, public servant, sports nut. Making better use of data to deliver better outcomes, keen to see how this app works out
Matt Smith @thisismattsmith.com Slowly growing up. Quickly getting old.
Liggy Webb @liggy-webb33.bsky.social Award-winning author and presenter. Passionate about championing lifelong learning, distilling complexity and helping people to be fit for the future. Author of "The bite-sized life skills series" www.liggywebb.com
James Kemp @jamesmkemp.bsky.social Public servant, delivering change mostly. Have worked in many departments. Based in Scotland. #GovPDC Explorer Scout Leader, sometimes gamer & writer
Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social Day job: climate change, heat pumps, energy at Nesta
Other stuff: low-fi economics on growth, cities & economic geography, general UK policy, occasional basic charts
Bristol, he/him, lots of parenting / caring.
Personal account.
George Parker @georgewparker.bsky.social Political Editor Financial Times, former FT bureau chief in Brussels. Presenter R4 Week in Westminster. Crystal Palace and Somerset CCC supporter
Will Allen @willallennz.bsky.social Sustainable development & co-design practitioner. Supports multi-stakeholder processes and constructive change. Sharing insights on systems thinking, adaptive management, evaluation, facilitation. More at https://learningforsustainability.net/
Ravi Gurumurthy @raviguru.bsky.social CEO, Nesta and Behavioural Insights Team. Governor, Health Foundation.
What I do: applied research, venture building, policy. Particularly in net zero, education and health. 
Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Institute for Government and still doing bits for UK in a Changing Europe. Cricket fan and (not very good) tennis player. 
Hannah White @drhannahwhite.bsky.social CEO of the Institute for Government
Nick Pearce @iprnickp.bsky.social Prof Public Policy & Director, Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath. Trustee at Foundations and HEPI. Chair, Living Wage Commission.
Cassia Rowland @cassiarowland.bsky.social Associate director in public services @Instituteforgov. Passionate about crime.
Jo Bibby @jobibby.bsky.social Calder Valley Kite Kollective
Prayer Collector
Dream Broker
📍Bohemia
Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com Data/govt etc freelancer gavinfreeguard.com
Starting @sotf.org.uk
@connectedbydata.org, Data Bites @publicdigital.bsky.social, @instituteforgovernment.org.uk, Think Digital Partners, @kinship.works, @transformgovtalks.bsky.social
Pic @paulclarke.com
James Plunkett @jamestplunkett.bsky.social Interested in more human ways to govern our lives together, and how technology can help. Blog: https://medium.com/@jamestplunkett 🏳️⚧️
Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social Freelance research/policy/advocacy/writing on all things Parliament and government. Associate at IfG and Associate at State of the Future.
PhD in modern US/UK history.
Sport fan. Mum of one. Views my own.
Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social Chief Executive, The British Academy
Chair, Our World in Data
Board, National Audit Office
Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE
Visiting Professor, Kings College London
Fellow, Birkbeck College
Views my own
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social Lover of finding out what people think. Director @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; economist
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
Rumman Amin @rumman.bsky.social Delivery in Gov @ Softwire. Currently working w/ MHCLG & UKEF | Prev. Head of Delivery at Homes England | Ex GDS
rummanamin.co.uk
Policy Sketchbook @policysketch.bsky.social A blog on UK public policy.
https://policysketchbook.wordpress.com/
Patrick King @patrickking.bsky.social Working in AI policy, ex-think tanker. Views my own.
Simon Parker @simonparker.bsky.social Public servant in search of a better future. Communities and service users first. Desires to unbuild walls.
Henry Zeffman @hzeffman.bsky.social BBC Chief Political Correspondent
Instagram: @hzeffmanbbc
Public Service Broadcasting HQ @psbhq.bsky.social https://publicservicebroadcasting.os.fan/
London-based musical entity. Informing, educating & entertaining since 2009.
Management: matthew@eastcitymanagement.com
Public Digital @publicdigital.bsky.social We're a specialist digital transformation consultancy. We help governments, businesses and companies change their ways of working and thrive in the digital era.
https://public.digital/
Heledd Quaeck @helivans.bsky.social Dyfal Donc a Dyr y Garreg.
Persistent tapping will break the stone.
#IStillBelieveInDigitalTransformation
Own views - mostly about:
Cymraeg / Welsh 🏴
User-centred services for public good
Coco @cocochan.bsky.social Product lead in UK gov. Principal percussionist of The Flowers Band (European Champions ‘26). Prolific knitter. She/her
Emily Macaulay @emilyjmacaulay.bsky.social Head of Delivery & Operations for Connected by Data.
#RunningIsFunning, fundraiser for Jane Tomlinson Appeal.
Trustee: Honeyscribe, Reading List Foundation and Open Door Taunton. 🏳️🌈 She/Her.
https://linktr.ee/emilyjmacaulay
Richard Wyn Jones @richardwynjones.bsky.social Athro Gwleidyddiaeth Cymru
James Green @jamesgreen.bsky.social Content Designer in local government.
Interested in digital accessibility.
Like music, books, food, running, cats and shenanigans.
he / him
Aoife @chiefbreenie.bsky.social product manager
disabled and liver transplant recipient
whippet owner/servant
she/her
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/
Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social Accessibility, inclusive design research #A11y #UX
Loves swimming in nature, rocks in rivers, mint tea, gelato, trees. Art, music, play!
Grew up in the West Country, left to explore cognition & behaviour, returned ND 🌈 she
Ivan Palomino @ivanpalomino.bsky.social Behavioral Designer | Host of the Growth Hacking Culture Podcast | Founder of PeopleKult | Author | On a mission of building awesome work cultures
More on https://linktr.ee/ivanpalomino
Stefan Czerniawski @pubstr.at Blogging less than the olden days. Still working to make public services better, now in healthcare regulation.
Tom Brown @tomjonbrown.bsky.social Author: The Mind of the Minister 📕
https://amzn.eu/d/4sXOhpj
Mair Rigby @mairsrambles.bsky.social Tea drinker, nature lover, big reader. Enjoys walking, cooking, music, art. Works in HE in Wales. Vol sector background. Interested in engagement, research, reflective practice & wellbeing. Views my own! 🏴 🏳️🌈 https://linktr.ee/mairerigby
Gary Austin @circleindigo.bsky.social Engagement Lead - Training at Involve.org.uk
Certified Professional Facilitator - Master (CPF-M)
Simone Thorn Heathcock @simoneth.bsky.social Lead Nurse Professional Standards and Development, London, UKHSA
Love dogs, cooking, nature.
Interests: public health/health protection, health inequalities, digital development in healthcare, sustainability.
#NurseSky
Queens Nurse. She/her Views mine! 🏳️🌈
Hilary Gallo @hilarygallo.bsky.social dilettante http://www.hilarygallo.com/
Tal Beery @talbeery.bsky.social Executive Director of Wright-Ingraham Institute: wright-ingraham.org/
interdisciplinary ed and research at the interface of nature+culture
artist / curator / father / experimenter with AI tools
Check me out at talbeery.com
Dr Rhys Archer @drrhysarcher.bsky.social #CitizenScience methods researcher 🌍| #ActuallyAutistic & 🏳️🌈 | Youth #participatoryresearch | #Co-design | #EDI advocate | #Coproduction & #co-creation methods for #sustainability & #environment
Stockholm Environment Institute at the Univeristy of York
Adrian Ashton @adrianashton2.bsky.social supporting people & organisations (social / otherwise) deal with uncertainty; occasional anorak; a tiger striped chaise lounge with a flamingo cushion.
Martha Edwards @maredwards.bsky.social Service Design and user research things 🇨🇦 🇬🇧
Tweets are my own and don't reflect who I might work for or with
Si Manby @cthimon.bsky.social Product person at Justice Digital UK
Charlie Jones @charliepsych.bsky.social Clinical psychologist in an NHS hospital.
Relationships & humanity in healthcare.
What's going on under the surface?
Listening.
Dad.
Bristol.
CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology @techforgoodcast.bsky.social UK charity. Providing free courses, resources and networking opportunities to help charities and social impact organisations harness the full power of digital and AI. Also working with funders to create an environment of support. See www.wearecast.org.uk.
Dave Penman @fdagensec.bsky.social General Secretary FDA union. ACAS Council member. TUC Trustee, General Council and Executive Committee member. Chair Unions21
FDA Union @fdaunion.bsky.social We're the trade union for managers and professionals in public service. Find out more at www.fda.org.uk
Service Design @servicedesign.bsky.social All things Service Design and Service Design adjacent. UK based but globally intrigued
David Buck @davidbuckster.bsky.social He doing organisation development and design. Farming and Countryside Programme, Defra. #OneTeamGov, @ukgovcamp.bsky.social
Government romantic and lover of decaf tea.
David Durant @bowsy.co.uk I've been in the gov tech and transformation communitiy since 2009. I've worked for mySociety, the GLA, HackIT and GDS. I'm on the committees for GovCamp, Policy Camp, TransformGov Talks, the National Strategy Project and the UK Polyamory Association.
Ert Erol @erterol.bsky.social Product lead at @GDS, with One Login. Love everything product, UCD and use of tech for good :) also a Eurovision and Lord of the Rings fanatic here!
Imran Hussain @imhuyorks.bsky.social Love all things collaboration and community. Founder of GovCamp North and Design System Day. Organiser UKGovCamp, Services Week and GovJams.
Currently doing community @gdsteam.
Site: https://www.imranhussain.uk
Richard Pope @richardpope.org I wrote a book on public services:
https://londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/platformland-an-anatomy-of-next-generation-public-services/
It’s time to share the benefits of digital with the public properly.
James Arthur Cattell @jacattell.bsky.social Bring us together,
make things better.
@janethughes.bsky.social's husband (-:
Senior delivery manager at @tpximpact.com
https://www.cattell.com
Jo Carter @jocarter.bsky.social Mostly training government folks in Service Design | ServiceWorks founder | GovCamp Cymru organiser | Drummer | Cyclist https://www.weareserviceworks.com/
UK Gov Camp @ukgovcamp.com Unconferences and support for people interested in making the public sector better. https://www.ukgovcamp.com/
Mark Buttanshaw @buttansma.bsky.social Curious about people, organisations, systems, leadership, culture and why things work or don’t. Seeking to act justly, love mercy and walk humbly.
Organisational Effectiveness in Ministry of Justice | Trustee at Handcrafted | Organiser at UKGovCamp
Work Chronicles @workchronicles.bsky.social Comics about work. Made with love and lots of coffee.
Paul Tran @paultrantrainer.bsky.social Helping people think and do things even better worldwide from the Scottish Highlands.
Learning, Development, Facilitation, Nature, Music, Bouzouki, Ukelele, Everton.
www.ptps.co.uk
Niall Gavin @niallgavinuk.bsky.social Over 30 years in L&D as a learning leader in various capacities and sectors. Now independent Consultant & Professional Mentor. Still learning (currently Ballroom & Latin intermediate level) and volunteer for Dementia & Parkinsons research.
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
Brigid Russell @brigidrussell51.bsky.social All about working relationally, learning, listening, & coaching. Exploring how working collaboratively & leadership can develop in practice. What does it mean and what does it take to be alongside?
#SpacesForListening
Shruti Bhargava @shrutinha.bsky.social Leader, speaker & facilitator.
Former #UKHousing Association Chair.
#RaceEquality champion.
Troubleshooter, change agent, strategy, systems.
Independent citizen, views my own.
Post menopause chronic #fibroids survivor.
Don’t even try to put me in a box…
Dan Lyus @danlyus.bsky.social Purpose-driven consultant, facilitator & Clore Fellow | Supporting leaders, teams & organisations to be their best | Passionate about systems thinking & business strategy & sustainable growth | Devon-based, youth football coach & active dad of 3.
Linda Aspey @lindaaspey.bsky.social Director of Psychology @ National Emergency Briefing. Coach, facilitator, therapist, consultant, speaker. Board member of Climate Psychology Alliance. Supporting those navigating turbulent times, by building insight, agency & resilience.