Scots warned of scams related to the cost of living crisis
05/09/2022
Trading Standards Scotland has today launched a month-long campaign aimed at raising awareness of scams linked to the ongoing cost of living crisis. As prices and bills continue to rise, many consumers will have financial worries heading into autumn and...
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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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Harper Promotes The Usual Place at Parliament
20/07/2022
South Scotland SNP MSP, Emma Harper, has promoted The Usual Place in Dumfries at the Scottish Parliament, following a ministerial visit last week. The MSP accompanied Minister for Transition, Employment and Fair Work, Richard Lochhead on Friday (8 July)...
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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...
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Let’s Enable, Not Disable: An Occupational Therapist’s Perspective
18/10/2021
Sarah Geidesz, an Occupational Therapist for Children and Young People, spent some time at The Usual Place while still a student training to become a qualified Occupational Therapist. This placement with us inspired Sarah into writing this very insightful blogpost...
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OT Society Awards
11/06/2021
In the last months of 2020, students Kate and Katie joined The Usual Place team on a placement for their Occupational Therapy degree, spending seven weeks with our staff and young people. Following their very successful placement, the students made...
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National Lottery Award
26/05/2021
The Usual Place in Dumfries has recently received a £243,939.00 National Lottery Award from the National Lottery Community Fund. The Usual Place Team are very proud to be a recipient of this significant funding, alongside another 245 groups across Scotland....
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