Sarah’s Win at DG Life Awards November 2022
15/11/2022
Friday 11th November saw members of The Usual Place attend the 2022 DG Life Awards to support Sarah Cronie, who had been nominated as Young Community Champion. Sandra McGrath, Laura Wells and Abbey Thomson joined Sarah, alongside her friends and...
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CALL OUT TO DISABLED YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY 2022
26/10/2022
Disabled young people from across Dumfries and Galloway are being invited to get together for a special event on Wednesday 2nd November from 10am -3pm at The Bridge, Dumfries. The Youth Matters Conference is created by disabled young people, for...
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David’s Graduation Speech Oct 2022
25/10/2022
Because David now has a job, a mortgage and is ‘at the mercy of a retail rota’, he was unable to make it to his Graduation Ceremony at The Usual Place in October 2022. So instead he recorded this wonderful...
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David’s Graduation Speech Oct 2022
02/10/2022
Just like at the Oscars, David was unable to make it to his SVQ Graduation Ceremony in October 2022, so instead he recorded a speech which was played at the event. His speech is very enlightening and it’s wonderful to...
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“An opportunity to succeed”: Inspiring Scotland Leadership Programme graduate hails its impact Sept 2022
14/09/2022
Originally published by Scott Challinor for www.leaderscouncil.co.uk on 14th September 2022. Sarah Cronie is a young manager who today works in the café facility at Inspired Community Enterprise Trust Ltd, a charity based in Dumfries, Scotland which trades as...
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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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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...