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Our Accreditation Anniversary

29/11/2022
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....
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A poster with a green background, bordered with dark green and white snowflakes. Text reads: (In Red) A time of giving (in white) This Christmas, get into the giving spirit by donating to those in need. For £5 or £10, you can donate a gift voucher from The Usual Place to a young carer— this can be used for a hot meal, a cake and coffee, or in our retail store. This is vital respitality for the mental health and wellbeing of young carers. This is offered in partnership with Dumfries & Galloway Carer’s Centre

A Time of Giving – Donate to a Local Carer

24/11/2022
Last year The Usual Place, in partnership with Dumfries and Galloway Carer’s Centre delivered a successful Respitality programme, in which our kind customers donated Christmas Lunches to local unpaid carers to provide vital respite from their daily challenges.   Last...
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Sarah’s Win at DG Life Awards November 2022

15/11/2022
Friday 11th November saw members of The Usual Place attend the 2022 DG Life Awards to support Sarah Cronie, who had been nominated as Young Community Champion. Sandra McGrath, Laura Wells and Abbey Thomson joined Sarah, alongside her friends and...
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David’s Graduation Speech Oct 2022

25/10/2022
Because David now has a job, a mortgage and is ‘at the mercy of a retail rota’, he was unable to make it to his Graduation Ceremony at The Usual Place in October 2022.  So instead he recorded this wonderful...
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David’s Graduation Speech Oct 2022

02/10/2022
Just like at the Oscars, David was unable to make it to his SVQ Graduation Ceremony in October 2022, so instead he recorded a speech which was played at the event. His speech is very enlightening and it’s wonderful to...
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The Leaders Council article about Sarah Sept 2022

02/09/2022
We were delighted to read The Leaders Council article sharing Sarah’s incredibly inspiring story. Sarah is a graduate of the Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities and Inspiring Scotland‘s Our Future Leaders course and we could not be more...
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Harper Promotes The Usual Place at Parliament

20/07/2022
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)...
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