Heidi Has Made a Salad for our customers
20/04/2026
Heidi has just prepared a side salad for a customer order. She has used the correct coloured board (green) and laid out the salad to our “organisational requirements”, so that we have good and consistent presentation. Customers know what to...
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S3 Student Madeleine’s baking and decorating achievements
20/04/2026
Madeleine is in the S3 group from Dumfries High School – Official doing the 6 week work experience programme. She worked with mentor Sarah to bake and decorate a scrumptious batch of chocolate muffins – she enhanced a number of...
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Assistance Dogs at The Usual Place
30/03/2026
Assistance Dogs Policy: We only allow assistance dogs in the cafe. As a specialist training cafe we have young people with additional support needs who may not be able to navigate animals on the floor space for a number of...
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29th April 2026 The Usual Place Hosts The Scottish Election Regional Workshop
30/03/2026
For this year’s election, The Assembly will be hosting a Regional Workshop at The Usual Place on Wednesday 29th April 2026 6pm – 8pm, for people with learning disabilities and/or autism. Drinks and refreshments will be provided within this time....
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Dumfries Lions Club Coffee Morning at The Usual Place
23/03/2026
On April 11th 2026, The Usual Place will be hosting a Coffee morning for the Dumfries Lions Club! The entry fee is £4 and this includes hot drinks and cake. At the event, planters, bird boxes and squirrel feeders will...
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Young people meet The First Minister for Scotland
18/03/2026
John Swinney MSP, First Minister for Scotland called in early this morning to see us here at The Usual Place before the cafe opened as he was in the region and had heard about the photography exhibition organised by @U3A...
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First Minister Calls in to see Exhibition at The Usual Place
18/03/2026
John Swinney MSP, First Minister for Scotland called in early this morning to see us here at The Usual Place before the cafe opened as he was in the region and had heard about the photography exhibition organised by @U3A...
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Farries Kirk & McVean donates £706.98 to The Usual Place
13/03/2026
Wow! The amazing team at Farries Kirk & McVean raised a whopping £706.98 for charity at their recent Christmas Jumper Day and they have decided to donate this money to The Usual Place. We are beyond delighted, not only because...
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Gates Dumfries donates £330 to The Usual Place
11/03/2026
Liam and Sharon were delighted to visit Gates UK recently to receive a donation of £330 from Gates team members who chose The Usual Place as a recipient of their charitable fundraising. We are very grateful for this wonderful support...
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Kiera starts her journey here as an Intern with Project SEARCH
09/03/2026
Kiera is a young person who is here on a placement with Project SEARCH. She has made a great start here in her first week, working mostly in the Front of House learning and enhancing her customer service skills. However,...
