Helen
Juggle: books, chocolate, family & friends, sanity
Work: @thebelayfoundation.org.uk
Volunteer: ITAV/AUK
Vegetarian, leftie, trade unionist, feminist.
Aim for wisdom, settle for witchery.
#Belay2025in2025
https://www.justgiving.com/page/belay2025in2025
Starter Packs
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Care Experienced Families
If this calls to you, please ask to join our Starter Pack building links and community between families living with care experience. (We want to include everyone who would like to be - but don’t want to inadvertently include anyone who’d rather not!)
@evieweeviewoo.bsky.social
Wannabe: Ninja, Novelist, Global Adventurer Actual: Home bod usually found reading books, drinking tea and thinking about food.
@satisfactory20.bsky.social
Archives, history, heritage. Women and Parliament. #NecessaryWomen. London. COYS
@jarlathobrien.bsky.social
Teacher, governor. Interested in behaviour, leadership and SEND.
@jaz.bsky.social
Jaz Gender Nomad IRC made me gay Backend (Go) & Infra @ Bsky Does musical things and computer things 27. they/them 🏳️⚧️ BSky Stats- https://bsky.jazco.dev/stats https://github.com/ericvolp12
@asgsfprotest.bsky.social
A volunteer team of adopters & kinship guardians working together against cuts to ASGSF funding for therapeutic support & assessment.
@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!
@sociallyworkingnp.bsky.social
DDP EMDR Theraplay Mindfulness Aware and curious
@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<sid=6315b901-f777-415b-9780-2d97a2f0d4bd
@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
@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
@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.
@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
@vcorenmitchell.bsky.social
Writer, poker player and accidental quiz show host.
@listifications.app
Follow me to receive notifications via DM whenever you're added to a starter pack, block list, feed or when someone blocks your account. Follow @unsub.blocks.listifications.app to opt out of direct block notifications. Created by @dom96.picheta.me
@jayhulmepoet.bsky.social
Poet. Speaker. Educator. Performer. Adult, YA, and Children's poetry. Occasionally picture books. Lots of posts about churches. Unapologetically trans (he/him) jayhulme.com
@bigbeardedbookseller.com
a shambling lump of ennui with a beard, tattoos, and cat 📖 Heir of Storms 📖 How to Survive Camping 📚 94/52 https://ko-fi.com/bigbeardedbookseller
@janetdaby.bsky.social
Labour and Co-op Party MP for Lewisham East. Minister for Children and Families in the Department for Education.
@mark-carney.bsky.social
Prime Minister of Canada and Leader of the Liberal Party | Premier ministre du Canada et chef du Parti libéral markcarney.ca
@thangamdebbonaire.bsky.social
Advisor and consultant to various, esp creative sector. Shadow Sec of State Culture,Media&Sport 23-24. MP 2015-24. art, books, writing, roses, music, languages (I struggle but it’s worth it)
@colintalbot.bsky.social
Humanising government and public services: teacher; researcher; advisor; cooperator; commentator. Humanologist and science curious. Ex-Aikidoka. Born & bred Dover. (That’s my castle)
@guardianheather.bsky.social
Economics editor at the Guardian. Former political editor, former Observer economics editor. Londoner, Mum. heather.stewart@theguardian.com
@jim.londoncentric.media
Journalist. Editor of @londoncentric.media, a modern news outlet covering London in the old-fashioned way: www.londoncentric.media
@rmcunliffe.bsky.social
Associate Political Editor @NewStatesman. Devout classicist, "indulgent editrix", at one point the only Ancient Greek teacher in South Korea
@robfordmancs.bsky.social
Politics Professor, University of Manchester. Author of "Brexitland" and "The British General Election of 2019" My Substack, "The Swingometer", is here: https://swingometer.substack.com/ https://www.robertford.net/
@jdportes.bsky.social
Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. Books: Immigration (Sage), Capitalism (Quercus)
@pmdfoster.bsky.social
Brighton-dwelling World Trade Editor at the Financial Times https://www.ft.com/peter-foster Sometime Brexit nerd & author of 'What Went Wrong with Brexit' https://t.co/VsIipD7JBr
@patsystevenson.bsky.social
Award winning Gender Equality Campaigner. Harper’s Bazaar Woman of the Year 2023. Ambassador for Selfhood and PTES. Contact; p.stevenson.phy@gmail.com
@tobifrenzen.bsky.social
Jack of all trades, master of some ⏐ Disinformation is our greatest threat ⏐ Passionate Progressive ⏐ Brexorcist 🇪🇺 Rejoin Activist ⏐ 🇬🇧 🇩🇪
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social
Economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting Practice, Sheffield University. Former chartered accountant. Political economist. Opinions all my own.
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Raised on Coast Miwok land, longtime resident on Ramaytush Ohlone land, writer, climate person, feminist, wanderer. Just started a newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com.
@goodlawproject.org
Founder and Director, Good Law Project. King's Counsel. Live your values. Fight the power. Keep the receipts. He/him. goodlawproject.org
@russincheshire.bsky.social
Columnist for Byline Times, author of "The Decade In Tory", "Four Chancellors and a Funeral", and "Tories: The End of an Error". Software monkey and slave to an idiot dog. Cheshire, UK https://unbound.com/books?collection=russell-jones
@richardnicholls.net
He/Him, Podcaster, Award Winner, Liberal Lefty Humanist, Husband and Dad, Dancing Animal, 75% caffeine. Best Selling Author etc. richardnicholls.net/links
@tucsouthwest.bsky.social
Raising the voice of working people, and changing work for the better in the South West. #EveryWorkerNeedsAUnion
@kattenbarge.bsky.social
Independent journalist covering internet culture, politics, and media @spitfirenews.com.
@psalisbury.bsky.social
Headteacher in a challenging school. Rugby. Alex and Rudi. Jeff and Elaine. Claire. Sandals. History. Was @llewelyn20 on Twitter
@dramysuch.bsky.social
Educational & Child Psychologist, Key Note Speaker and Author. Director of Learning & Wellbeing Psychology. Key interests: Autism and SEMH. Views my own.
@charitylog.bsky.social
Ethical software developer. Our charity CRM is used by tens of thousands of people at nonprofits all across the UK. No hard sell; we rely on word-of-mouth. In-house support team who are human beings. All posts by Leonie. Visit https://shorturl.at/CiXJC
@becomecharity.org.uk
In care. Leaving care. We care. Free Care Advice Service: 0800 023 2033 WhatsApp: 0786 003 4982
@england.nhs.uk
@manwhohasitall.bsky.social
Satirizing the patriarchy since 2015. New book Flipping Patriarchy out now! https://uk.bookshop.org/a/15275/9781800183674
@dadsrockorg.bsky.social
Children thrive when Dads thrive. Providing Dads and families with the tools they need to give their child the best possible start in life. Founded in Edinburgh, working across the UK. Registered charity: SC043877 🌐 www.dadsrock.org.uk
@edwardwood.bsky.social
Parliamentary research expert. Previously at UK House of Commons Library, now retired. Acting chair Fio theatre co, Cardiff. Husband, father.