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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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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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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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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Extraordinary opportunities for young people raise almost £10K for The Usual Place
11/11/2025
Together, we raised almost £10,000 for The Usual Place – a wonderful result from an event on Sunday 26th October 2025 that will have a lasting impact. What made the day so special was the sense of shared purpose and connection that...
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The Usual Place creates a Circle of Friendship to support young people through its work
05/11/2025
The Usual Place is creating a circle of friendship to help support its work into the future. When you become a Friend we will send you Friends Newsletters and an invitation to our annual Friends Canape Evening. You can also...
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14th December 2025 The Balliol Singers return with This Christmas Night
05/11/2025
The Balliol Singers, with Director Katharine Durran present This Christmas Night, Seasonal greetings from home The concert is on Sunday 14th December 2025 at 3pm at The Usual Place Admission £12 (children free) This event is in aid of The...