Category: Our Journey

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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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