Hannah Murphy @hannahmurphyb.bsky.social Head of Evaluation at Youth Futures Foundation. Employment & skills, young people, low pay & progression. IOW'er, stuck on the mainland. She/her.
UnLtd @unltd.org.uk We are UnLtd. We find, fund and support social entrepreneurs, empowering them to transform our world for good
Harry QP @harryqp.bsky.social Director of IPPR. Progressive policy and politics. Non-Exec Director at West London NHS Trust.
Jo Miller @jomillernz.bsky.social Rebel daughter of Liverpool & citizen of Aotearoa. CE @huttcitycouncil. President @taituarā. @lfc forever. YNWA
@mikeemmerich.bsky.social @mikeemmerich.bsky.social 
Franky Procter @franky234.bsky.social Feminism. Social justice………..Coffee (she/her) Project Manager @gmapc.bsky.social
Greater Manchester Alternative Provider Collaborative @gmapc.bsky.social A partnership of social businesses delivering NHS and Public Health services in Greater Manchester - https://t.co/dH2BFPqkCZ
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social Exec Director at Inclusion International - working with and for our Council, members and staff team to drive inclusion across the world. Ramblings my own not my org
UBI Lab Network 🌍🌎🌏 @ubilabnetwork.bsky.social UBI Lab is a worldwide network of citizens, researchers and activists exploring the potential of Universal Basic Income
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Jessica Friday @fridayseconomics.bsky.social Wellbeing Economist & Founder @ Connectioning | Telling viral stories of the economy that serves all of us, inspiring hope to action #CommunityWealth
https://linktr.ee/fridayseconomics
Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region @lcrmayor.bsky.social Mayor of the Liverpool City Region. All posts are by members of my team. Follow my personal account: @metromayorsteve.bsky.social
Lucy Antal aka Grab Your Spoon @lucyantal.bsky.social Cook, occasional writer, https://finom.home.blog/ campaigner for fair food access for all https://www.alchemickitchen.org
@networknicola.bsky.social @networknicola.bsky.social 
Naomi Clayton @naomiclayton.bsky.social Chief Executive at Institute for Employment Studies. Formerly Learning and Work Institute, What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth, Centre for Cities and Work Foundation.- A Anthony Rafferty @arafferty.bsky.social Professor and Director of the Work and Equalities Institute, Alliance Manchester Business School, Manchester University.
Laura @lauravsnw.bsky.social 📖Research and Policy Manager at Voluntary Sector North West @vsnw.bsky.social
⛩️ Sporadically studying Japanese in my spare time. ようこそ！
📍 New Brighton, Wirral
Views my own!
The People’s Powerhouse @peoplespowerhouse.bsky.social We bring Northerners together to have a say on what the future of the North should be💥
Get your ticket to our next annual convention, This is The North, here 👇 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-is-the-north-convention-2025-act-now-tickets-1227765101469
Indra @indrawarnes.bsky.social 
Ethan Shone @ethanshone.bsky.social Investigative reporter with @openDemocracy covering political finance, lobbying and influence in UK politics
Substack: thedarkarts.substack.com/
@opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net Free thinking for the world 🌍 We're an independent media organisation. Find us > opendemocracy.net Also at @openDemocracy@newsie.social for those who toot too.
James Battershill @james-battershill.bsky.social Multimedia Producer for openDemocracy and a huge fan of anything creative. Some of the stuff I post on here can be found at JustSandN.redbubble.com
Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social Beyond Trafficking and Slavery seeks to help those trying to understand forced labour, trafficking and slavery. It is a part of
@opendemocracy.net Find us > opendemocracy.net/beyondslavery
Lauren Crosby Medlicott @laurenmedlicott.bsky.social Freelance Journalist 
George Brewster @georgebrewster.bsky.social Public Affairs at Better Society Capital. 🗣️
Social Impact Investment - Charities and Social Enterprises, Housing, Public Services, Tech for Good and a Just Transition to Net Zero 🌏
Emily Darko @emilydarko.bsky.social Director of Research and Policy at Social Enterprise UK
Business for a fairer, greener world
Robyn Vinter @robynvinter.bsky.social North of England correspondent at the Guardian. Mostly here to make bad jokes
Sophie Corcoran @sophcorcoran.bsky.social West Yorkshire Court Reporter at
@yorkshirelive
sophie.corcoran@reachplc.com
Insta: sophiecorcorancourtnews
Rob Parsons @robparsonsna.bsky.social Executive Editor - Local Democracy Reporting Service for Reach Plc
Victoria Finan @victoriafinan.bsky.social Journalist, mum, millennial cross between Hyacinth Bouquet and Mrs Bennet. Very frazzled English woman before it became a vibe.
Josh Halliday @joshhalliday.bsky.social North of England editor, the Guardian. Dad. Paul Foot Award winner 2025.
Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social Host of Today in Focus, the Guardian’s daily news podcast. Former North of England editor. Nominated for best host at the 2025 British Podcast Awards. Contact me in confidence helen.pidd@theguardian.com
Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social Journalist @guardian. Northern Powerhouse, running bore 🏃🏽♀️, MUFC 👹. Send news: hannah.al-othman@theguardian.com. DM for WhatsApp/Signal
Adam Everett @adameverett.bsky.social Crown court reporter @liverpoolecho.co.uk
adam.everett@reachplc.com
Conaill Corner @concorner23.bsky.social Journalist for the St Helens Star and the Leigh Journal
Views are my own
Ben Roberts-Haslam @benhaslm.bsky.social Award winning senior journalist for the Liverpool Echo and occasionally Daily Mirror // Previously PA & EFL
Press Awards 30 Under 30 2025
Email: ben.haslam@reachplc.com
Dan Haygarth @danhaygarth1.bsky.social Senior Reporter at The Independent | Formerly Liverpool ECHO | daniel.haygarth@independent.co.uk
Elliot Jessett @elliotlivecho.bsky.social City Reporter for the Liverpool ECHO - Senior News and Multimedia Journalist
Need to get in touch? Email me at: elliot.jessett@reachplc.com
Author page: liverpoolecho.co.uk/authors/elliot-jessett
Megan Banner @meganjbanner.bsky.social Senior reporter at Liverpool Echo 
Katie Westwood @katiewestwood.bsky.social Journalist | Ex @liverpoolecho.co.uk, @brusselstimes.com
Paddy Edrich @paddyedrich.bsky.social Crime reporter | Liverpool Echo | patrick.edrich@reachplc.com | https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/authors/patrick-edrich/
Ed Barnes @edbarnesjourno.bsky.social Local Democracy Reporter for Oldham and Stockport reporting for the MEN and other LDRS partners | Previously Wirral | News Journalism MA at Cardiff Uni. #CardiffTrained
W. Holmes @wesleyholmes.bsky.social Journalist at the Liverpool Echo | Views own. Need to get in touch? Email me at wesley.holmes@reachplc.com
Olivia Williams @oliviawilliams29.bsky.social Senior Breaking News Reporter at the Liverpool ECHO
Jonny Humphries @jonnybbc.bsky.social Journalist for BBC News North West. Formerly crime reporter at Liverpool Echo. jonny.m.humphries@bbc.co.uk. Views my own
Judith Moritz @judithmoritz.bsky.social BBC Special Correspondent
BBC Panorama
Author: ‘Unmasking Lucy Letby’
https://www.rcwlitagency.com/authors/judith-moritz/
Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Investigations, writing, broadcast, newsreading, BBC Radio Newcastle etc
Editor, The Teesside Lead
🔗 https://theteessidelead.substack.com
Moby-Dick podcast:
🐳 @thewhale1851.bsky.social
Teesworks expert. Oh, and once I saw a blimp.
Dan Hayes @danhayesjourno.bsky.social Reporter @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social — part of @millmedia.bsky.social | Got a story? Email: dan@sheffieldtribune.co.uk 📧
Tom Burgess @tomburgess8.bsky.social Reporter for BBC North East | Formerly The Northern Echo | get in touch: Tom.burgess03@bbc.co.uk | John Schofield Trust Fellow 2025
Harry Harrison @hharrisonjourno.bsky.social Local Democracy Reporter for Doncaster
Occasional reviewer of coffee shops in Sheffield
Views my own/RTs ≠ endorsements | DMs are open
Email: harry.harrison@iconicmediagroup.co.uk
Ashley Pemberton @ashleypemberton.bsky.social Journalist @dailystar
Dave Himelfield @davehimel.bsky.social Freelance writer, journalist and PR guy.
Bylines: Mirror, Express, MEN, YorkshireLive etc
Jew, guitarist, drummer, amateur chef
Opinions my own.
Joshua Nichol @joshuanichol.bsky.social ✍️Reporter at The Northern Echo, The Great Daily of the North | joshua.nichol@newsquest.co.uk | DMs open | Words in Private Eye, Non-League Paper | Views my own | He/Him
Craig Gent @vivaharehills.bsky.social Author of CYBERBOSS. Work at LSE. Part of StreamArtNetwork. Critical algorithm studies, livestreaming, solidarity, labour, hybrid media. Co-host Heart Reacts. Previously Novara Media. http://c-gent.net/
https://shop.novaramedia.com/products/cyberboss
Ruby Kitchen @reporterruby.bsky.social Journalist for The Yorkshire Post and sometimes lecturer @LeedsBeckett. 
Lucy Thornton @lucethornton1.bsky.social Reporter for the Daily Mirror (all views my own).
Kit Roberts @kitrobertsjourno.bsky.social Journalist interested in culture, history, language • they/them • Views own etc
Jasmine Andersson @the-chez.bsky.social Senior news reporter for Yahoo News, covering the U.S. Sheffield dweller, accent enthusiast and unofficial Mr Blobby correspondent.
Jack Fifield @jackfifield.uk he/him, senior reporter @swns.com - but views my own.
bi cyclist. 🏳️🌈
bylines: Guardian, Mirror, Express, Star, New York Post, MEN, Bolton News, Manchester Mill, others.
📍London, UK
🌐 jackfifield.uk/contact
Ethan Davies @ethandavies.bsky.social Local Democracy Reporter of the year 2024 🏆
Journalist covering Manchester council and the Greater Manchester mayor. Own views.
Gareth Davies @garethtbij.bsky.social Investigative journalist @tbij.bsky.social. garethdavies@tbij.com. Supporter of local journalism and Tottenham Hotspur. Runner. PC & board gamer 
Joseph Timan @josephtiman.bsky.social Media at Transport for Greater Manchester 🐝
Luke Beardsworth @lukebeardsworth.bsky.social Blog Preston co-editor / The Lead’s senior editor (North) posting our best from Blackpool, Lancashire, Southport, Teesside and Calderdale / sometimes lecturer / journalist / consumer of pretentious food
Darren Burke @darrenburkedfp.bsky.social Journalist for Doncaster Free Press. Doncaster Rovers fan. Proud dad of two. Send news to darren.burke@nationalworld.com Views my own.
Remy Greasley @remygreasley.bsky.social Business journalist at Insider Media, formerly at the Liverpool Echo.
Liverpool / Manchester
Email: remy.greasley@newsco.com
Angus Young @angusyoung61.bsky.social Freelance Geordie journalist based in Hull. All views are my own.
Email: aqyoung61@gmail.com
Helen F @helenfurn.bsky.social MD of High-Rise Communications. Prev. comms British Red Cross, Ashgate Hospice. Working from Ancoats, Manchester.
The Politics of Equality at Work @politicsofequality.bsky.social A 3 year ESRC-funded project researching how equality at work has developed across different national and institutional contexts, based at the Work and Equalities Institute, University of Manchester.
https://politicsofequalityatwork.manchester.ac.uk/ 
Adam @uprootcreative.com I talk about launching a social impact business & how to be a successful social entrepreneur · People Helping People Podcast · #SocEnt · ♥ Earth 
Andy Daly @andydaly.bsky.social Advocating for a new approach to business at Social Enterprise UK. NED. FRSA. Often thinking/talking/writing about procurement. Mancunian in Walthamstow. Europhile. Hispanohablante. Likes ceviche, coffee, cycling, IPA, Kraftwerk and #MUFC.
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...😜
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
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ʂɬųɛყ @ovilius.bsky.social “Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.” Scouser living in Manchester. Assoc. CIPD. #studentnurse
OldBiker @oldbiker.bsky.social Loves cooking and food, travel, motorbikes, rock music.
There is no joy more sweet and rewarding than doing something for someone and expecting nothing in return.
Aka Rob
Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ Bluesky
Working on @attie.ai
🌱 🪴 🌳
Nazir Afzal @nazirafzal.bsky.social Former Chief Prosecutor, Current Chancellor of Manchester University, member of numerous boards & patron of 9 women led charities protecting the vulnerable
All views my own
Zoë Billingham @zoebillingham.bsky.social Director of IPPR North in Manchester. Economist focused on people’s lived experience. Regional policy. Views my own.
Neil McInroy @neilmcinroy.bsky.social Progressive economics. Working in USA, Scotland and globally.
Global Lead for #communitywealthbuilding at The Democracy Collaborative
Chair Economic Development Association of Scotland (EDAS)
Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social Professor of Energy & Climate Policy at University of Oxford
Energy Programme Leader at ECI, University of Oxford
Senior Research Fellow at Oriel College, Oxford
Senior Associate Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
Paul Callaghan @paulcallaghan.bsky.social Culture, economics, regeneration, business, politics & football. #SunderlandMusicCity #SAFC My own views. Retweets are not an endorsement http://MACTrust.org.uk
MusicCity.uk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulcallaghan/
Alison Moyet @alisonmoyet.bsky.social 
Megan Streb @meganstreb.bsky.social Head of Outreach at @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social Non-Exec Director at @theied.bsky.social Also, fan of good planning, transport, and local gov. American living in Southampton, UK with ADHD. she/her
Sarah Longlands @sarahlonglands.bsky.social Chief Executive of Centre for Local Economic Strategies.@clesthinkdo.bsky.social.
marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social Classicist
Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social Broadcaster & environmental campaigner
chrispackh.am/links
@womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social The original & only WomensArt created/ curated by art historian/author PL Henderson to celebrate/promote women in the arts.
Real art...real artists...No AI
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Peter Hampshire @peterunner.bsky.social Runner, music lover & 🐕 owner. Critical Care & Anaesthetic Consultant @ Royal Liverpool Hospital.
Div Medical Director @ Liverpool Women's Hospital. He/Him
Annie Gouk @anniegouk.bsky.social Data Investigations Editor at Reach, based in Manchester
Follow me for #ddj #datajournalism #dataviz
Cathy Brown @cathyab.bsky.social Economic Justice Woman. SiFi & comics nerd. Tea drinker. Podcast host for Engage Business Media. Social Enterprise expert. Midlander & proud Brummie ex pat. Vintage brooch enthusiast (for now). Retired Morris dancer #AuDHD #Derbyshire
Charles Rapson @the-angry-recycler.bsky.social Helping to grow the Social Economy for WMCA in the West Midlands.
Scottish by birth, attitude and upbringing. More than a little woke but hate tofu.
Like stuff about Social Enterprise and Community wealth. And funny stuff. Odd sense of humour.
Birgit Kehrer @changekitchen.bsky.social Founder and CEO of ChangeKitchen CIC, a #Brum event catering social enterprise. Climate friendly, #GreenCaterer, giving back via FREE meals for people in need & meaningful work placements. www.changekitchen.co.uk
Barnet Post @barnetpost.bsky.social Monthly print newspaper and news website for the London borough of Barnet published by not-for-profit social enterprise Social Spider Community News. Follow for new stories daily barnetpost.co.uk 
Care City @carecityuk.bsky.social A social enterprise working with communities, health and care partners to create innovative change of local benefit and national significance.
Find out more www.carecity.org
Louise | Unmasking Comedy @unmaskingcomedy.bsky.social Script-supervisor-in-training, accidental recipient of a Master’s in Comedy Writing. Doing something funny in neurodivergent social enterprise.
Careful Trouble @carefultrouble.bsky.social We are Careful Trouble. We are a research studio and a social enterprise, helping make technologies work better for more people, more of the time.
🌍 carefultrouble.net
Community Catalysts @commcats.bsky.social A social enterprise that creates opportunities for people to thrive in healthy, caring communities. Visit: https://www.communitycatalysts.co.uk/
Smart Air UK @smartairuk.bsky.social Smart Air is a social enterprise and B-Corp committed to changing the way we breathe clean air! We create incredibly effective air purifiers and share life-hacks and tips on protecting your health from poisonous air
Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com A non-profit social enterprise dedicated to people with Long Covid + ME. Shifting the paradigm one step at a time...
💙📚Home to the #cripademia book club.
https://www.longcovidadvoc.com/
🛍️ https://longcovidadvoc.shop/
Transport Good CIC @transportgood.org Transport Good is the environmental justice social enterprise. transportgood.org
Transport Knowledge Wiki is a record of published evidence about sustainable transport. transportknowledge.net