News & What’s On – The Usual Place

A young person volunteer with glasses standing in the centre of the photo. There is 1 volunteer alongside 1 kitchen mentor on his right, and 3 front of house mentors and 1 volunteer on his left, as well as 1 volunteer in a wheelchair in front of him. All of them are wearing The Usual Place uniform. The kitchen mentor on the left is holding a certificate to give to the one with glasses behind the one in the wheelchair. Everyone is looking into the camera and smiling.

Ryan Completes his Food Health & Hygiene Course!

19/01/2026

Huge congratulations to Ryan who completed his Food Health and Hygiene course at The Usual Place. He has been working on this with Mentors Kat, Thomas and Fiona and it was great to see him presented with his certificate as...

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Scam Awareness Drop-In Event Tue 6th January 2026

30/12/2025

Scam Awareness Drop-In Event Tue 6th January 2026 from 10am – 12pm The Usual Place, Dumfries DG1 1BZ with experts from Santander Bank and D&G Community Police This special event is for anyone and everyone who may have been affected...

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Christmas 2025 Message from our Chief Executive

17/12/2025

As 2025, our tenth year, draws to a close, it is a pleasure to wish you a Merry Christmas from everyone here at The Usual Place. At the beginning of this year I was genuinely unsure whether we would reach...

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2 young volunteers centre of the photo wearing The Usual Place uniform. Behind them are 4 mentors and 1 volunteer, wearing The Usual Place uniform. The volunteers centre of the photo are holding a certificate each. All of them are smiling into the camera.

Meishan and Eden Complete Their Work Experience

10/12/2025

Congratulations to Meishan and Eden for completing our S3 Work Experience Programme today. This is open to all schools. They were each presented with a certificate by Alana and Liam, and were congratulated by Mentors and other team members as...

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Leah at the Welcome Station

09/12/2025

Leah has two different roles with us here at The Usual Place. Today she is training in our cafe and learning the different aspects of customer service with Mentor Tina. Leah also works one day a week as an Information...

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Usual Place Founder is Presented with British Empire Medal November 2025

01/12/2025

Heather Hall, the woman who fought to set up The Usual Place and set up the charity behind the cafe: Inspired Community Enterprise Trust Ltd in 2011 was presented with a British Empire Medal by Lord Lieutenant Fiona Armstrong on...

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Early Closing Thursday 27th December 2025

26/11/2025

***CUSTOMER ANNOUNCEMENT***We will be closing our cafe early on Thursday 27th November 2025 at 2pm (last orders 1.30pm) for a very special occasion as our Founder, Heather Hall receives a British Empire Medal on behalf of The King. Entry by...

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Monday 8th December 2025 Craft Stalls at the Usual Place

17/11/2025

Customer Craft Stalls in aid of The Usual Place. Monday 8th December 2025 11:00am – 2:00pm The Usual Place, Academy Street, Dumfries DG1 1BZ Feel free to come along! The cafe will also be open as ‘usual’ from 9:30am –...

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Internship for Harry

17/11/2025

Meet Harry, one of two new Information Interns at The Usual Place. You may recognise Harry as he completed his training here in our cafe and has been a very engaged member of our team over the past year or...

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Young woman smiles up at the camera over her shoulder. She is sitting at a desk and using a paper-cutter to finish off some menus she has created at her desk

Leah joins the team on an internship

13/11/2025

Introducing our new intern – Leah! Leah is one of two new Information Interns here at The Usual Place. She and Harry will be with us one day a week for the next 12 months to develop their information and...

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