A volunteer is looking down at a clipboard. He is holding a pen and is ticking off items on the clipboard. A mentor stands in front of him. She is watching as the volunteer signs the checklist.

Ross has had a busy day in the Front of House!

26/01/2026
Ross, who is on our Young People’s Hospitality Training Programme, has been working with Mentor, Tina, on the busy Drinks and Cakes station in the café. Here, they are checking the drinks orders, as well as preparing and delivering them...
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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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A volunteer with glasses standing centre-right of the picture wearing The Usual Place uniform. She is stood behind the welcome station using the register.

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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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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Young man looks at the camera and smiles. He is sitting at a laptop in the cafe at a table. There are drafts for posters beside him - he is making these using his laptop

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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