Category: Our Journey

Dine and Empower! We often share celebratory moments here on Facebook when young people create their fantastic cakes and bakes. So you will be used to seeing photos of Jack and Shania working in the kitchen at The Usual Place...

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...

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...

*****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...

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...

What a fabulous achievement! Sarah received her SVQ Certificate today. After completing her SQA studies in Hospitality, she has not only received formal certification to add to all her experience of training and working in a real hospitality setting, she...

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...