Our Journey – Page 5 – The Usual Place

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...

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Young woman stands next to international rugby star Jonny Wilkinson with logos behind for Leaders of Great Britain

Sarah invited to special event by Leaders of Great Britain March 2024

15/03/2024

Sarah meets Jonny Wilkinson at The Mansion House, The City Of London for Leaders of Great Britain. What an incredible experience to hear Jonny speaking about Mindset – everything he advocates resonates so strongly with the powerful transformative experiences we...

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Young people to the left of the image are watching a large screen with members of House of Lords screened on video call

Young People Speak to Power – House of Lords Public Services Committee Enquiry 2024

06/03/2024

*****Young People Speak to Power***** Yesterday Sarah, Luke, Abbi, Jamie and Ross spoke to UK House of Lords as part of an important Select Committee inquiry. Last week our Chief Executive, Heather Hall, also gave evidence to the Public Services...

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Young woman (Skye) stands in the middle, between Cairndale Hotel owner (Matthew Wallace) and ITV Broadcaster Fiona Armstrong.

Skye makes TV Debut at The Cairndale Hotel Feb 2024

02/02/2024

Border Life are to make a film about young people from The Usual Place and the whole team are so excited about this film. They will also follow the success story of Skye in showcasing the potential of young people...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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Photo of Sarah Cronie and Lewis Shaw speaking at lecturn with microphones addressing the Youth Matters conference

Youth Matters Report Launch May 2023

16/05/2023

Youth Matters is for disabled young people aged 12-25 who live in Dumfries & Galloway Youth Matters has been created for disabled young people aged 12-25 who live in Dumfries & Galloway Youth Matters is planned, led and co-delivered by...

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Young woman at awards dinner table holding up winners certificate

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...