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Young People at The Usual Place Dumfries Will Benefit from National Lottery Community Funding Announced Today

 (WEDNESDAY 27 MARCH 2024) The Usual Place in Dumfries will benefit from a share of over £15 million of National Lottery funding which will help to keep vital local services running, as 384 community projects today share in grants from The National Lottery Community Fund ‘Improving Lives’ Programme. The funding, made possible by National Lottery […]

Lottery Funding for New Employer-Ability Role

The Usual Place Will Create a Groundbreaking New Job Role thanks to National Lottery Funding Announced Today The Usual Place in Dumfries has been awarded funding from The National Lottery Young Start Fund to create a new full-time role of Employer-ability Mentor to support employers across Dumfries & Galloway in welcoming disabled young people into […]

All Human Beings…. An ‘Unusual’ Event

We’ve been thinking deeply about the Usual Place values… As we move into the busy festivities of Christmas we have added an ‘unusual’ and special event to our programme and we want to share the news with everyone who supports and follows The Usual Place. You are all invited to either drop in or to […]

Our Accreditation Anniversary

This week The Usual Place are celebrating our Accreditation Anniversary and our continued commitment to the Living Wage Movement. We choose to pay the real living wage because we believe that a hard day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay. This means that we are committed to paying our staff a fair wage which meets […]

Scots warned of scams related to the cost of living crisis

Trading Standards Scotland has today launched a month-long campaign aimed at raising awareness of scams linked to the ongoing cost of living crisis. As prices and bills continue to rise, many consumers will have financial worries heading into autumn and winter. Scammers may attempt to exploit these anxieties and to target people online and via […]

Harper Promotes The Usual Place at Parliament

South Scotland SNP MSP, Emma Harper, has promoted The Usual Place in Dumfries at the Scottish Parliament, following a ministerial visit last week.   The MSP accompanied Minister for Transition, Employment and Fair Work, Richard Lochhead on Friday (8 July) and following the visit to the social enterprise, and has raised a parliamentary motion to […]

Let’s Enable, Not Disable: An Occupational Therapist’s Perspective

Sarah Geidesz, an Occupational Therapist for Children and Young People, spent some time at The Usual Place while still a student training to become a qualified Occupational Therapist. This placement with us inspired Sarah into writing this very insightful blogpost into enablement, and she has asked us to share it with you all: Let’s Enable […]

OT Society Awards

In the last months of 2020, students Kate and Katie joined The Usual Place team on a placement for their Occupational Therapy degree, spending seven weeks with our staff and young people. Following their very successful placement, the students made the decision to nominate us for two awards offered by the OT Society. They have […]

National Lottery Award

The Usual Place in Dumfries has recently received a £243,939.00 National Lottery Award from the National Lottery Community Fund. The Usual Place Team are very proud to be a recipient of this significant funding, alongside another 245 groups across Scotland. Every young person leaving school has the right to equal opportunities to train, learn and […]