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Tired of Spinning Plates?
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Visit our website here: https://sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.uk/tired-of-spinning-plates/home

Visit our exhibition here: https://carermhspinningpla.wixsite.com/spinplatesexhibition

#Coproduction #MentalHealth #FamilyCarers #LearningDisability

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@sarasiobhan.bsky.social @learningmet.bsky.social
spinplatescare.bsky.social Tired of Spinning Plates? @spinplatescare.bsky.social · Feb 3
Very exited to hear from #InternationalJournalOfCareAndCaring that our article is one of the most read of 2024!

Thanks to all the readers of "Should we even have questions?"
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

#OpenAccess
February 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
spinplatescare.bsky.social
Very exited to hear from #InternationalJournalOfCareAndCaring that our article is one of the most read of 2024!

Thanks to all the readers of "Should we even have questions?"
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

#OpenAccess
February 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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learningmet.bsky.social
To learn more about the mental health experiences of #FamilyCarers of people with #LearningDisabilities, check out the fabulous guide from the 'Tired of Spinning Plates?' project below:
spinplatescare.bsky.social Tired of Spinning Plates? @spinplatescare.bsky.social · Jan 22
You can download our guide "Doing Better in Health Care" here: socialcaretalk.org/wp-content/u...
socialcaretalk.org
January 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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@profkrc.bsky.social @sarasiobhan.bsky.social @learningmet.bsky.social @sibs-uk.bsky.social
spinplatescare.bsky.social Tired of Spinning Plates? @spinplatescare.bsky.social · Jan 22
You can download our guide "Doing Better in Health Care" here: socialcaretalk.org/wp-content/u...
socialcaretalk.org
January 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
spinplatescare.bsky.social
You can download our guide "Doing Better in Health Care" here: socialcaretalk.org/wp-content/u...
socialcaretalk.org
January 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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@profkrc.bsky.social @sarasiobhan.bsky.social @learningmet.bsky.social @sibs-uk.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
spinplatescare.bsky.social
We are delighted to be able to share the films and some resources we made as part of the project.

They are now available as part of #SocialCareTalk

You can access them here: socialcaretalk.org/introduction...

Thank you to @DIPEXofficial for all your support and for hosting.
Tired of Spinning Plates - Family carers of adults with learning disabilities
The Tired of Spinning Plates project is a two year project exploring the mental health experiences of family carers of adults with learning disabilities. The project has been funded by the National…
socialcaretalk.org
January 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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beckyrwhin.bsky.social
In fairness, I've never been particularly good at it
A black and white drawing of a person awake in bed, pulling the covers around them and seeming anxious. Moonlight streams through a window where there is also a shadowy figure reaching towards the person in bed. Handwritten text below reads "She didn't know how to sleep anymore"
January 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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beckyrwhin.bsky.social
TW - grief (not about A though so don't panic!)

It's been a heartbreaking couple of weeks here in the hospital. 2 of A's buddies on the ward didn't make it. It's been so painful and shocking. And I just can't make it make sense.
A colour drawing. The words IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE are written in browns, orange and yellow on a scribbly black and white background
January 9, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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beckyrwhin.bsky.social
Hmmm I can't quite get this to work so I'm going to stop fiddling with it for now. Been fun though
A drawing of a huge octopus holding a smiling sleeping figure in its tentacles. Handwritten text below reads "Kreativity Kraken"
January 9, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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beckyrwhin.bsky.social
One of the things I have seen during this long stint in hospital is nurses quietly file certain emotions away. And I totally understand why
A drawing of a corridor leading to a door. Above it is a sign saying "GRIEF LONG TERM STORAGE UNIT". There are two people outside, both wearing lanyards, one eyes closed, hands on hips, the other close to door, eyes open, eyes splayed
January 15, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Short bit by me: how stories, arts, crafts and making can bring change (not just 'nice things to do'!).

In @communitylivingmagazine.com with @samcarlisle.bsky.social @sibs-uk.bsky.social @spinplatescare.bsky.social and more.

#LearningDisability #autism

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Saba Salman: Creating can shift perceptions in many ways
How making can make a difference
communitylivingmagazine.com
January 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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@learningmet.bsky.social @sarasiobhan.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social
January 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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spinplatescare.bsky.social
So excited to be able to share this piece in @communitylivingmagazine.com
communitylivingmagazine.com/how-are-you-...
How are you? Really?
Survey-weary carers created a multimedia exhibition for a research project on caring and how it affects mental health. Katherine Runswick-Cole and Martina Smith report
communitylivingmagazine.com
January 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
spinplatescare.bsky.social
So excited to be able to share this piece in @communitylivingmagazine.com
communitylivingmagazine.com/how-are-you-...
How are you? Really?
Survey-weary carers created a multimedia exhibition for a research project on caring and how it affects mental health. Katherine Runswick-Cole and Martina Smith report
communitylivingmagazine.com
January 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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...and more including @spinplatescare.bsky.social @maryohara1.bsky.social @profkrc.bsky.social @johnpring.bsky.social @edjmelia.bsky.social @samcarlisle.bsky.social

All here from Friday: communitylivingmagazine.com
Community Living
The campaigning magazine on equality, inclusion and living life: learning disabilities, care, health, welfare, housing, arts and more
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January 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
spinplatescare.bsky.social
We’re off to #DisabilityWeekYork to spin some **actual** plates and share some films 🎥
#FamilyCarers #MentalHealth
#LearningDisability
December 4, 2024 at 8:08 AM
spinplatescare.bsky.social
We're moving to #BlueSky from 'the other place'. The funded project has ended, but the work continues so please follow us here!
December 3, 2024 at 11:00 AM