Emily Macaulay

@emilyjmacaulay

Head of Delivery & Operations for Connected by Data. #RunningIsFunning, fundraiser for Jane Tomlinson Appeal, Trustee: LGBT+ Consortium & Reading List Foundation. 🏳️‍🌈 She/Her.

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Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· 2d

The colander thing was much trickier than advertised imho. Actually ended up being cloudy here so we settled in the garden to enjoy the changing light and the birds. @tabisw.bsky.social

Photo of Emily holding a colander up to create a shadow.

Photo of Emily, Tabitha and two teenagers in a garden. There is a cat on the table.

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· 4d

Just awaiting a call to join Bananarama as their new backing dancer… (Alternative singing taking place due to some people listening to the silent disco nearby). (2/2)

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· 9d

#FinishedWatching Ride or die. A well paced story, characters we cared about, action, humour (and a touch of violence too). Hoping for a second series. Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer smash it. We binge watched it. www.imdb.com/title/tt3049...

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· 26d

Tough but good running Harlyn “Half” Marathon today. All part of my efforts to raise money for the Jane Tomlinson Appeal. 👉 www.justgiving.com/page/emily-2...

Photo of Emily standing on top of a cliff. Blue sea is behind her. She is wearing her red and white running club top.

Photo of Emily running along the coastal path. Other runners are around her.

Photo of Emily climbing up a rocky area.

Photo of Emily at the top of a rocky patch. The sea is on the background.

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· 27d

📹 Here’s Jane’s husband talking about how incredible she was, and the legacy I want to help continue. All money raised “help children live happier, healthier lives, and to support those with cancer by providing practical support, and funding vital research.” (2/2)

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· 27d

Tomorrow I am running the Harlyn Half Marathon…a rocky coastal path to Padstow & back. No shade, tricky underfoot & “warm”. This is part of my training for this years’ main event to raise ££ for the Jane Tomlinson Appeal. Please show support if you can: www.justgiving.com/page/emily-2... (1/2)

Photo of a high cliff that is rocky. Below is a beautiful sandy beach with clear blue sea.

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· Jul 14

Last week I was lucky enough to be sent to work at the AI For Good Summit in Geneva, Switzerland. It was a long, busy week staffing a booth at the Expo and advocating as loudly as possible for everyone to include the public in decisions about AI policy, regulation, development and deployment.

Photo of Emily on the booth sitting under a TV screen

Selfie of Emily standing in front of an AI for Good Global Summit

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· Jul 10

A lovely evening with work chums yesterday for a little social jaunt out the city (Geneva) to Montreux and up the funicular…which literally has fun in its name! Thank you @timdavies.org.uk, @clmalkin.bsky.social & Emily for the chuckles and facts.

Selfie of Emily with a tub of ice cream. The Lake Geneva is in the background with mountains on the far side.

Photo of Emily walking fully clothed through water jets in the street.

Photo of Lake Geneva with mountains in the background. It is beautiful.

Selfie of four people standing high about Lake Geneva.

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· Jul 6

A good first day in Geneva with the team promoting Public AI Voice and Engagement (PAVE) at the AI For Good Global Summit. Set up the Booth, walked over 22,000 steps in Geneva (mainly to sort printing and buy adaptors) and got myself an early night ahead of the Expo opening tomorrow.

Selfie of Emily standing in front of an expo booth with PAVE branding. Two women are sitting in the background.

Selfie of Emily with an AI for Good banner behind her.

Selfie of Emily and Tim in high vis jackets. Tim is intently looking at his laptop.

Photo of the huge jet of water going into the sky.

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· Jun 18

Excited and proud to be a new co-chair of Honeyscribe alongside the indomitable Deborah Bucella. Together, with the rest of the Board, we’re looking forward to supporting Artistic Director Amy Shelton and the incredible work she does connecting people, places and nature. (1/2)

Selfie of Debbie, Amy and Emily standing in front of a lightbox with lots of different flowers in it. They are middle aged white women.

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· Jun 17

Wonderful to spend the morning with @refugeesupportdev.bsky.social as part of #RefugeeWeek. Listening, learning and considering ways to support - particularly through Honeyscribe (www.honeyscribe.org) who are doing great connection work currently in North Devon and Exmouth. #TogetherWithRefugees

Photo of a banner that reads Refugee Support Devon. Above it are a variety of pride flags.

The UK is home to approximately 1% of the 27.1 million refugees who were forcibly displaced across the world. (Refugee Council 2025)

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· Jun 15

You have no idea how right you are Arc 😆 Having three jobs / bosses I increasingly find myself holding my breath on a Monday morning (particularly when I’ve managed to not work on Friday) wondering what I’m opening up. (The other inboxes were not the same, but every little helps 😉)

Screenshot of an email inbox on the Arc browser where a message is shown saying “No unread emails, you can exhale!”

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· Jun 5

This is a cat check point. Relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone #ProofOfCat

Photo of a small tortiseshell cat licking her back paw

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· Jun 2

A wonderful weekend spent having my first #VanLife experience with my @tabisw.bsky.social, in our rented ‘Bodie’. Cornwall, beach, sunsets, food and quiet.

Photo of a camper van with its roof up in a field with an orange sunset visible.

Photo of Tabitha sitting in the living area of the camper van. Snacks are on the table in front of her.

Photo of Emily making a cup of tea in the camper van.

Selfie of Emily and Tabitha on Gwynver Beach. It is white sand, blue sky and clear sea.

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· May 25

Lucky to have a hot Bank Holiday Monday on a Cornish beach. (Not lucky that it is so hot as a result of a climate crisis caused by us killing the planet).

Emily is in a swimming costume on the beach and doing a strong woman pose. Two teenagers are standing next to her with body boards.

Selfie of Emily on the beach wearing sunglasses. Teenagers are visible in the background.

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· May 24

Hot and hilly #GreatWestRun half marathon today in #Exeter.

Photo of Emily waving. There is a hot blue sky behind her and she is wearing sunglasses, a running club vest and a white cap.

Photo of Emily running in Northernhay Gardens

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· May 23

Tomorrow I’m in #Exeter for the #GreatWestRun. This half marathon is part of a series I’m doing ahead of my main fundraiser - an ultra marathon for the Jane Tomlinson Appeal. It’s going to be hot & I have had a bad cold for over a week. Time to get it done. www.justgiving.com/page/emily-2...

£15
Could pay for one hour of time for a lab technician
£30
Could provide the learning resources and tape for one physio at a Kinesio Taping study day
£50
Could pay for a bereaved brother and sister to attend an activity day
£80
Could pay to train a volunteer coach

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· May 15

I am lucky that usually Fridays are not a working day for me. However based on how empty this train to London (for work) is this morning I may change my pattern 😆 This same train on any other weekday is rammed often with standing from Reading.

Photo of an empty GWR train. Emily is evidently sitting at a table seat on her own with a laptop and a cup of tea.

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· May 5

Weekend in Snowdon with wonderful cycling chums. Saw a waterfall, lots of slate, a castle and a giant’s blade. Strolled a little way up (Miner’s Path) and then summited on the Mountain Railway. Incredible views. Good eats and chatters and chuckles and memories.

Photo of Emily, Tabitha and two chums at the top of Snowdon

Group photo of smiley friends at the dinner table

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· Apr 23

An exciting work morning in #Plymouth hunting down a #LetsTalkAI bus stop. Played a teeny tiny part in the lifespan of this campaign with @connectedbydata.org and it’s great to see it out in the wild. Congrats to @suoman.bsky.social getting it over the line. www.letstalkai.org.uk

Selfie of Emily with a bus stop in the background. The poster in the bus stop says “what’s AI got to do with it?”

Photo of a bus stop with a cartoon image of people talking about real life use of AI

Close up selfie of Emily with the bus stop. You can read the speech bubbles on the poster which include “learning in school”, “visual impairment”.

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· Apr 23

Today is #WorldBookNight. Share a photo of what you’re reading (everything counts - it’s all reading!) and let’s share the love. I’m reading ‘Sisters of sword and shadow’ by Laura Bates.

Photo of the front cover of a book. The title and author named in the post is shown. The cover is blue and there is a blue shadow of a female knight.

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· Apr 4

New(ish) #parkrun in Bridgwater (sneaky NENDY) now done. It has a very “new to parkrun” vibe, lots of walkers and young families. It’s also a PB potential course IMHO. I did a sub 9min/mile first mile 😱 then the wheels fell off and I hung on (walked up the hill on the second of three laps).

Photo of Emily and a teenager (yet taller than Emily) girl standing behind a sign that reads “parkrun St Matthew’s Field”.

Photo of the start. There are hundreds of people and dogs and walkers.

Photo of Emily running in a field. She looks like she is suffering. She is being overtaken by a man with a beagle dog.

Photo of Emily trudging up a hill. She is smiling but looks tired.

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· Mar 28

Back to my home #parkrun today. Warm in the sun, cold when not, drying underfoot and felt like a good turnout.

Photo of Emily amongst a crowd of runners

Photo of Emily running away from the camera. She is wearing a black 100 ParkRuns tshirt and a Tottenham ski hat.

Photo of Emily red in the face and looking like she is suffering

Photo of the willow cathedral at Longrun Meadow

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· Mar 25

I visited the London Mithraeum recently. And in addition to the cool history-ness of it …. my mind was blown by the light / haze / smoke curtain. I can’t describe or explain it but it was cool! 🤯

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· Mar 22

Another wonderful weekend of London adventures with @tabisw.bsky.social including visiting the London Mithraeum; Bridgerton popup at Liberty; and Starlight Express.

Selfie of Emily and Tabitha with the River Thames behind them.

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· Mar 21

A very cold start to #FinsburyPark #parkrun this morning but as the sun broke through it warmed into a lovely run (I’m glossing over the short sharp hill). A trip made all the better for seeing the marvellous @gavinfreeguard.com colliding out of my work world and into my running one.

Photo of a lot of people starting to run

A photo of Emily in her apricot tshirt running in the distance

A photo of a strong finish from Emily. Both her feet are off the ground.

Photo of Emily and Gavin. Emily is giving Gavin a big hug.

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· Mar 8

Lovely way to spend International Women’s Day - talking alongside amazing women on PhonicFM about the Women’s Equality Party and the Exeter branch. (Part of Dreadnought SW “Occupy The Airwaves”)

Group photo of the six members of the Exeter WEP that were about to be interviewed

Selfie of Emily in a radio recording studio in front of a microphone. Alongside her are two women.

Selfie of Emily wearing a Women’s Equality Party tshirt in front of a microphone in a radio recording studio.

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· Feb 22

Very muddy and very hilly Ironwood Challenge today. You know it’s tricky when they have to provide a tethered rope to pull yourself up the side of a quarry! 😬😳 (Including before / after photo) #RunningIsFunning

The rope climb out a quarry. Photo shows a queue of people scrambling up a very steep hill.

Photo of Emily crossing the finishing line - she is grinning.

After photo. You can’t see Emily’s shoes through the mud. The mud is caked all the way up to her knees.

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· Jan 24

#Caturday

Photo of a small tortiseshell cat curled around herself on a blue cushion. Her long haired fluffy tail is over her nose.

Emily Macaulay@emilyjmacaulay· Jan 20

The away supporters being kettled down Tottenham High Road (4/4)