Charlie and Hughie Complete Their Work Experience
30/05/2024
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...
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Young People at The Usual Place Dumfries Will Benefit from National Lottery Community Funding Announced Today
27/03/2024
(WEDNESDAY 27 MARCH 2024) The Usual Place in Dumfries will benefit from a share of over £15 million of National Lottery funding which will help to keep vital local services running, as 384 community projects today share in grants from...
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Lottery Funding for New Employer-Ability Role
18/03/2024
The Usual Place Will Create a Groundbreaking New Job Role thanks to National Lottery Funding Announced Today The Usual Place in Dumfries has been awarded funding from The National Lottery Young Start Fund to create a new full-time role of...
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Sarah invited to special event by Leaders of Great Britain March 2024
15/03/2024
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...
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Young People Speak to Power – House of Lords Public Services Committee Enquiry 2024
06/03/2024
*****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...
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Our CEO Live from the House of Lords
28/02/2024
Live from the House of Lords! Since 3pm we’ve been streaming the meeting from Westminster Palace where our CEO Heather is providing evidence for the inquiry into the transition from education to employment for young disabled people. Our staff and...
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Skye makes TV Debut at The Cairndale Hotel Feb 2024
02/02/2024
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...
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What a fabulous achievement
28/11/2023
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...
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All Human Beings…. An ‘Unusual’ Event
28/11/2023
We’ve been thinking deeply about the Usual Place values… As we move into the busy festivities of Christmas we have added an ‘unusual’ and special event to our programme and we want to share the news with everyone who supports...
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David is Presented With His Certificate of Achievement
23/11/2023
What a wonderful celebration to end our day with. David leaves us today for a new job in the Hospitality Sector and has been presented with his well deserved certificate of achievement. David said ‘working in The Usual Place and...