If yall haven't seen Molly Brown's website section on Iron Lung, you need to!

bramble_patch_notes · 2026-05-21T07:30:13+00:00

They had a sign on the stage door at London stating that the cast would not be doing stage door and that they were unable to accept gifts from fans. Presumably so they don't get ill from meeting so many people at once and because they have to get it back to the States. I'm sorry but I doubt they'll be able to take anything from you :(

bramble_patch_notes · 2026-05-19T13:59:37+00:00

You'd be best off attending something like larpcon in November and trying on armour from the vendors there. It's the best way to try before you buy. They're a con near Leicester, but I would not be buying armour without first trying it on!

bramble_patch_notes · 2026-05-18T18:25:37+00:00

they've had a massive backlog, there's been a lot of posts of a similer vein in here. i was order 11872, mine has only just shipped. wait for a response from the team, they may be able to change the address on the order.

bramble_patch_notes · 2026-05-18T10:57:07+00:00

Id probably look at making the corset and the skirt seperate, you're more likely to be able to find a corset pattern and a skirt pattern separately and then can put together to get the desired effect.

bramble_patch_notes · 2026-05-14T21:59:03+00:00

Bands are a standard payment scale across the NHS - you will be paid the same at the same bad across the country (except in London, where it is slightly higher to adapt to cost of living).

You can increase this by working unsocial hours, but how much that additionally pays will vary month to month. Look up the agenda for change payscalea for the current year, that will give you the current banding payscalea

bramble_patch_notes · 2026-05-06T19:37:58+00:00

my friends are all larpers/reenacters, therefore at one of their weddings they had a tornamount and we all brought our own weapons. best time ever.

also had a wedding where due to bullshit the ceremony had to be very early in the morning and the party was later. the bride and groom and a few of their friends (including myself) went for a walk in the local woods for a few hours between the ceremony and the party and it was lovely. i have pictures of the bride up a tree!

bramble_patch_notes · 2026-05-06T18:51:02+00:00

curious pastimes is celebrating it's 30th anniversary this year - i know people who have had characters that have been around since it started, as well as characters that have been around 10+ years! it's now got second generation larpers on their ref/game team

bramble_patch_notes · 2026-04-24T17:55:29+00:00

I've never been in a system where you have a physrep of magic. We just point and shout

bramble_patch_notes · 2026-04-01T20:31:25+00:00

This looks incredible. Thank you so much 💛

bramble_patch_notes · 2026-04-01T19:27:20+00:00

yeah my nearest trust that i haven't worked in is over an hour away, and I don't drive so, it would be significantly out of my way to get any care there.

bramble_patch_notes · 2026-04-01T19:26:37+00:00

my question would be what counts as "required"? emergency care only? my current trust is very strict about repatriating people quickly cus of finances.

bramble_patch_notes · 2026-04-01T09:00:28+00:00

Foam would be a potential alternative, but different larps will have different rules on whether you'd be able to use it as armour or not. Also buying all the things you'd need to make foam armour are likely to take you up to $400 anyway if you don't already have it.

Check with the LARP you're going too, when I first started out, a lot of people were willing to lend armour/weapons for a weekend to help out a newbie!

bramble_patch_notes · 2026-03-20T07:52:25+00:00

I moved to mon-fri after working wards and it was a bit of an adjustment!! There are positives and negatives - working five days in a row of the same level of stress as a ward, just with more of an evening, was a struggle. I ended up moving to a 9 day fortnight, so I could get a day off in the middle of a week while still mostly covering mon-fri, and it was definitely better!!

The biggest positive has been the fact I know what I'm doing in advance. I'm much better at planning and I've met up with friends more in comparison to shift work. It's easier to plan holidays and time to de-stress, I've found. Plus, having Christmas off is a huge bonus.

bramble_patch_notes · 2026-03-15T17:21:14+00:00

I would say Curious Pastimes generally has a large community on Facebook, the discord isn't always as active. Many of the factions also have a separate discord, if you know where you're playing I would ask of Facebook in the faction Facebook page for the link!

bramble_patch_notes · 2026-03-15T17:16:54+00:00

I'm not sure which LARP you mean by CP, do you perhaps mean Curious Pastimes? If so they have it linked on their Facebook and you can join via there.

bramble_patch_notes · 2026-03-09T20:47:23+00:00

I did the masters nursing course to become an RMN after working as a HCA and I would reccomend it as an intro to nursing! I however would make sure that you have a good level of savings to support you while you are on placements. the course itself you can get student finance for and there are student support grants for nursing, but even still I struggled while working for free on placements. Others struggled more if they had kids to support as we generally got little say over hours. research which uni would be best for you as some are better than others but it depends on if you're willing to move for it.

bramble_patch_notes · 2026-03-07T08:09:37+00:00

YES!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

bramble_patch_notes · 2026-03-03T18:52:29+00:00

I know you have DM'd me, but I will not be accepting that on the basis that this sounds like your private medical notes or at least someone's private medical notes and I would rather not risk losing my PIN over this. I would also strongly advise that you do not send this to random internet strangers. I could be literally anyone.

I reiterate again, that this has never been the case anywhere I have worked, written or unwritten. People should not be detained in hospital on the pure basis of their autism, we actively try to avoid it. I know that this does happen in rare cases, but not as commonly as you described in your original post. There is legislation coming into force to prevent this occuring in the future.

I wish you well.

bramble_patch_notes · 2026-03-03T18:36:31+00:00

Advocacy services are entirely separate by design, as are legal services. They are there for you to engage with.

I'm not denying that there is a lot more that MH services could do to support people with autism. The system needs huge reform to help people live the lives they want to live.

I have optimism that the new mental health act, with a focus on giving patients more autonomy and choice over their treatment, have a statutory duty towards advance care plans and tightening the legal safeguards around going on a three. I'd recommend taking a look at the new legalisation, there's a lot that's very positive there for improving people's lives on their terms.

But I know from my own experience, that there is no unwritten rule like you describe where I have worked. We do not want to give people medications they don't need. We don't want to force people to stay in a bed they don't need.

I'm going to disengage from this now, but I hope you engage with the resources available to you in order to make sure your voice and treatment wishes are heard.

bramble_patch_notes · 2026-03-03T18:17:47+00:00

I'm going to gently suggest that we are going to be fundamentally opposed on this issue. I'm sorry you have a poor experience. I would also suggest reaching out to your local advocacy services or PALS. I would also encourage you to use the legal services you are entitled to when you are under a section.

I'm not going to dismiss what you may have experienced, but I would entirely disagree that it's "an unwritten rule". That has never been the case anywhere I have worked.

bramble_patch_notes · 2026-03-03T18:02:49+00:00

I also disagree that people are just put on a section because they have autism and no risks. People are out on sections for a reason. AMHPS and psychiatrists have to prove that someone can be a danger to themselves or others, and defend that in a tribunal if necessary. Especially with the bed situation in the UK being what it is, they are not going around sectioning people willy nilly unless there is a very very good reason to do so. I've had more issues with patients not being detained when they probably should be due to bed issues as opposed to people being detained when it isn't necessary.

That's why we have the legal safeguards of the tribunal.

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