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Teigan Is Completing Her Food, Health and Hygiene Course

07/01/2025

Teigan is focussing on food hygiene today with Early Enablement Officer, Val. This is a vital part of the overall learning and development of all young people on our various placements and training courses. Taking time to work on the...

Our Journey

A volunteer with brown hair tied up in a bun standing centre-left of the photo. She is surrounded by staff and other volunteers. One of the other volunteers is holding a certificate for her. They are all looking into the camera and smiling.

Kira Has Completed Her Placement

28/10/2024

Kira finished her placement with us a couple of weeks ago. Everyone at The Usual Place was there when she was presented with her certificate. Kira has been a great part of the team, a very hard worker giving her...

Our Journey

Luke is a Lived Experience Trainer and continues to help us out

09/10/2024

Luke is a Lived Experience Trainer who spends most of his time training businesses and organisations in Autism Awareness. He is also part of the team who delivers our Good Connections for Autistic Adults events across the region. Before taking...

Our Journey

Luke is a Lived Experience Trainer and used to be a Trainee

16/09/2024

Luke works for Inspired Community Enterprise Trust (aka The Usual Place) as a Lived Experience Trainer. Most of his time is spent travelling out to businesses and organisations, or in our meeting rooms, where he delivers training in Autism Awareness...

Current News

A volunteer with glasses and a bow stood centre-right in the picture wearing The Usual Place uniform. Stood next to her centre-left in the picture is another volunteer presenting a certificate for food, health and hygiene to her. They are both looking into the camera and smiling.

Georgie Completes Her Food, Health and Hygiene Course

19/07/2024

Georgie completed her food, health and hygiene course on, Friday 12th July, she was super happy about this. Georgie worked very hard on doing her food, health and hygiene course using her listening skills and team work. Georgie now has...

Our Journey

Charlie and Hughie Complete Their Work Experience

30/05/2024

Today, we celebrated Charlie and Hughie’s last day of school work experience placement with us. Charlie joined us in September and Hughie started his at the start of the new year. They’ve both been fantastic members of our team during...

Our Journey

David is Presented With His Certificate of Achievement

23/11/2023

What a wonderful celebration to end our day with. David leaves us today for a new job in the Hospitality Sector and has been presented with his well deserved certificate of achievement. David said ‘working in The Usual Place and...

Our Journey

A volunteer in a wheelchair in the centre of the photo wearing The Usual Place uniform. The entrance to The Usual Place is behind him. He is holding a certificate, looking into the camera and smiling.

Joshua Has Completed His Early Enablement Summer Work Experience Programme

27/07/2023

Congratulations to Joshua, who has completed his Early Enablement Summer Work Experience programme with The Usual Place. The programme, run in partnership with Occupational Therapy for Children & Young People: NHS Dumfries & Galloway, allows young people to build on...

Our Journey

Erin, Joshua, Rhys, David, Lewis, Jack, David Eggo and David Kungu Have All Completed Their Food, Health and Hygiene Course

24/07/2023

Working in a food premises requires everyone who handles food to have the right training for their roles. In the Usual Place when young people join any programme, we enable each individuals learning and success through an early enablement approach....

Our Journey

David Cleans Our Meeting Rooms

24/03/2022

While our main purpose is as a training cafe for young people with additional support needs, we are also an events and meeting space available for hire! David has been learning the importance of customer care, not only in the...