@transformgovtalks.bsky.social @transformgovtalks.bsky.social 
Gabi Mitchem-Evans @gabime.bsky.social User research and design in government | #UserResearchInWales community lead. I want to make things better for people through design research, inclusive design and co-design 🌈
📍 London / Wales 🏴
https://medium.com/@gabim_e
Nerys Anthony @nerys-a.bsky.social Executive Director at The Children’s Society - all things young people & impact, creating waves of change.
Mum to 3 humans & a dog. Slow runner. Love to laugh … all my own words & pictures here
(she/her)
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.
Mark Dalgarno @markdalgarno.bsky.social Delivery @ http://createchange.io - Digital Transformation, UCD, Agile methods.
He/Him. I don't speak for my clients.
Organiser Agile Manchester, Agile Cambridge, Lean Agile Scotland, Ripples: Bristol, UX Scotland, SDinGov, Lean Agile Exchange
Sophie Dennis @sophiedennis.bsky.social Head of User-Centred Design & Product @MadeTech. ex @ukhsa @nhsdigital @cxpartners @dwpdigital. Devon exile in Yorkshire. #sophiesthatux she/her
Tim Paul @timpaul.co.uk Head of Creative and Design at The Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI), GDS. He/him. Views his own, not his employers.
Alex @blangry.bsky.social Final year DPhil anthropology of civic tech. Principal consultant. Norwich with a cargo bike. Greyhound pictures extra.
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
Alex Torrance @alextorrance.co.uk The Idiot
Dan Barrett @dasbarrett.bsky.social Hello friend it’s sandwiches alright 🥪 Also baking, learning to make guitar effects pedals, shrine to The Incredible Hulk like a normal person, houseplants, and data and AI at Citizens Advice 📊 🤖
He / Him
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
Joe Bramall @joebram.bsky.social Design Manager at the Civic Health Innovation Zone, leading a new HealthTech Design Studio to co-create better solutions with the people of Liverpool.
Portrait and headshot photographer @ joebramall.photography
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.
Stef_W @stefw.bsky.social Senior Partner - Place&Infra @tpximpact.com , formerly FutureGov @CPCatapult & @LDN_gov. Built environment, digital, music and occasionally my own views. #plantech
Sam Tucker (he/him) @sojtucker.bsky.social big nerd but like talking to people
Jen Byrne @jenbyrne.bsky.social Social reform is the why
MD at TPXimpact | prev. futurepublic
Mama | Lego | Arsenal 
Stuart Mackenzie @hellostu.xyz - Lover of public services 👩🏼⚕️
- Parkrun enthusiast 🏃♂️🌳
- Amatuer Photographer 📷
- Occasional Podcaster 🎤
- Senior Partner at TPXimpact ✊❤️
- Remembered for my dance moves 🕺🏼
- Proud resident of Dorset 🌊
https://hellostu.xyz/
Mike Gallagher @mikegallagher.bsky.social I dunno. Also: Lead designer for the NHS App.
Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social UX, Product, Content & Clinical Education. I make comics and silly pictures. Mummy to Ripley, and diagnosed with colon cancer April ‘22.
Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk The UK’s leading independent think tank working to make government more effective.
➡ Find our latest research, analysis, events and opportunities
https://linktr.ee/instituteforgov
Beth Walton @bethgracewalton.bsky.social Lead content designer at TPXimpact. Lurking to read government digital and design stuff.
Matt Wood-Hill @mattwoodhill.bsky.social Public sector digital person. Finding new ways of working to improve the technology market for planning services with Open Digital Planning. Works at MHCLG.
Matt Edgar @mattedgar.social.coop.ap.brid.gy #Digital director in the #NHS, #SocialHousing non-exec, and history botherer in my spare time. I quit newspapers for new media in 1997. "You can always come back," […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://social.coop/@mattedgar, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Dean Vipond @deanvipond.bsky.social Design leadership and human-centred stuff in general. Previously lead designer at NHS Digital and lots of other things. He/Him.
John Sheridan @johnlsheridan.bsky.social I’m a Civil Servant, with a keen interest in many things including computers, data, law, digital preservation and archives. You’ll find me at The National Archives, helping to look after the digital archive, web archive, legislation.gov.uk etc.
TPXimpact | B Corp™ @tpximpact.com Supporting organisations to build a better future for people, places and the planet. 
Jaskiran Kang @jaskang.bsky.social 
Jeffrey Allen @jallen300.bsky.social I evangelise service design at the UK Ministry of Justice and work with policy teams to apply user-centred design to complex challenges. I care about #servicedesign #govdesign #media4good
Kate Taylor @katetaylor5584.bsky.social Senior Partner - Place, Infra & Housing @TPXimpact. Ex housing delivery expert, now all things UCD, data and digital in the built environment 
Kara Kane @karakane-kk.bsky.social Design leadership — writing a book called Strong Design. 
Thomas @thomaskohut.bsky.social Principal Partner for Transforming Government at TPXimpact. Personal views, but mostly about the digital end of policymaking. Might stray into whippets and books too.
Alexandra D-S @designswarm.bsky.social Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and on every occasion.
designswarm.com
Kelly McBride @kellymcbr.bsky.social Democratic innovation / collaborative governance / participation / community action. Often in the mountains
📍Edinburgh
🔗 linkedin.com/in/kmcbride1
🧑💻 Involve UK. Freelance Aiteal Co. Prev TPXimpact, FutureGov, Demsoc, UoEdi, UoSussex
UK Gov Camp @ukgovcamp.com Unconferences and support for people interested in making the public sector better. https://www.ukgovcamp.com/
Jukesie @jukes.ie Bristolian | internet of public service person | comic book collector | street art seeker | Adidas obsessive | 50s | UK
https://jukes.ie
James Reeve @jereeve.bsky.social Husband, dad, chemist, services, gardening and thinking the best of people
Ben Holliday @benholliday.com Design and digital transformation | Chief Design Officer at TPXimpact | UK Lake District
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