Luke is a Lived Experience Trainer and continues to help us out
09/10/2024
Luke is a Lived Experience Trainer who spends most of his time training businesses and organisations in Autism Awareness. He is also part of the team who delivers our Good Connections for Autistic Adults events across the region. Before taking...
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Lewis lands his first job Sept 2024
24/09/2024
We’re celebrating!!! Everyone is delighted that SVQ Trainee, Lewis Pryde has successfully got his first job!!! He will be working part time at The Cairndale Hotel & Spa. Lewis is a fabulous trainee here at The Usual Place where he...
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Luke is a Lived Experience Trainer and used to be a Trainee
16/09/2024
Luke works for Inspired Community Enterprise Trust (aka The Usual Place) as a Lived Experience Trainer. Most of his time is spent travelling out to businesses and organisations, or in our meeting rooms, where he delivers training in Autism Awareness...
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David, Katie and Ryan prepare for Fine Dining Afternoon July 2024
23/07/2024
***Fine Dining Afternoon Update*** David, Katie and Ryan are all very familiar with polishing cutlery and providing accurate table service in our cafe, and they are bringing all their concentration and attention to detail to learning how to set tables...
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Georgie Completes Her Food, Health and Hygiene Course
19/07/2024
Georgie completed her food, health and hygiene course on, Friday 12th July, she was super happy about this. Georgie worked very hard on doing her food, health and hygiene course using her listening skills and team work. Georgie now has...
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Young People Meet Election Candidates June 2024
03/07/2024
Young people invite general election candidates to answer questions at The Usual Place. June 2024
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Jack, Lewis and Shania gain Fine Dining Experience in Top Scottish Kitchen July 2024
02/07/2024
Dine and Empower! We often share celebratory moments here on Facebook when young people create their fantastic cakes and bakes. So you will be used to seeing photos of Jack and Shania working in the kitchen at The Usual Place...
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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...