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Craig McEwen CEO
Chief ExecutiveCraig McEwen – Chief Executive, Inspired Community Enterprise Trust (The Usual Place)
Craig took over role of Chief Executive of Inspired Community Enterprise Trust (The Usual Place) in August 2024 having previously been a key player in the organization since its establishment in 2015.
Prior to his current role, Craig was Chief Operating Officer and has led the Business for Social Good model including development of the systems, processes and procedures required to ensure high standards are maintained throughout the whole organisation’s operations alongside facilitating the flexibility and agility to enable development and responsiveness to its strengths-based needs.
Craig is a values-led leader with a strong financial and business background having started his working a career in the Royal Bank of Scotland where he took several regional leadership roles including Branch Manager and Controls Champion. Before moving to The Usual Place, he also worked in a variety of socially deprived communities developing outreach services.
Craig has taken over the leadership of The Usual Place at a significant time. This thriving organization is not only providing a skills-based academy and environment which enables the training, education and employability skills of young people with additional support needs, empowering young people to flourish, it is also growing and making a significant contribution to the wellbeing of the whole local community through a variety of activities, events, modelling possibilities and providing an excellent venue for people of all ages and backgrounds to gather socially and meet professionally.
Craig is now setting a course to strengthen links and alignment with the region’s food, drink and hospitality businesses to create supported pathways into employment for young trainees at The Usual Place. Through Autism Awareness Training, Employer-Ability and as a Disability Confident Leader, under Craig’s direction there is a key intention also for The Usual Place to provide support to employers in creating and enabling successful, working environments for the benefit of all.
Jayne Welsh
Business Support Manager Catherine Colwell
Relationships and Events Manager Debbie Reidie
Head Cook Therese Moncur
Cafe Supervisor Val Higham
Early Enablement Officer Fiona Horsburgh
Early Enablement Officer Sharon McBurnie
Employer-Ability Mentor Alison Ball
Autism Awareness Officer Joanna Young
Coordinator: Good Connections for Autistic Adults Luke Smith
Lived Experience Trainer (Autism Awareness)
Abbi Williams
Lived Experience Trainer (Autism Awareness)