Success Stories – Page 7 – The Usual Place

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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“An opportunity to succeed”: Inspiring Scotland Leadership Programme graduate hails its impact Sept 2022

14/09/2022

Originally published by Scott Challinor for www.leaderscouncil.co.uk on 14th September 2022. Sarah Cronie is a young manager who today works in the café facility at Inspired Community Enterprise Trust Ltd, a charity based in Dumfries, Scotland which trades as...

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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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Young woman walks through lounge area of hotel smiling and carrying cups

Skye lands a job at The Cairndale Hotel & Leisure Club, Dumfries July 2022

02/07/2022

Skye is hard at work in the Cairndale Hotel using all the hospitality skills she gained in The Usual Place. Enabled by Tina, Mentor from The Usual Place, Skye has quickly found her feet. Skye worked in Alpha Solway, blazing...

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David Cleans Our Meeting Rooms

24/03/2022

While our main purpose is as a training cafe for young people with additional support needs, we are also an events and meeting space available for hire! David has been learning the importance of customer care, not only in the...