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Recruiting: Kitchen Mentor Role at The Usual Place
Do you enjoy cooking and customer service? Do you have a passion for helping young people who may need additional support? Then why not apply to become one of our
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We Are Hiring! – Employer-Ability Mentor
An exciting and pivotal role in the journeys of young people training at The Usual Place as they move towards further citizenship and employment. More information on our Vacancies Page
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The Usual Place: Behind the Scenes of Our Community Impact
Friends of The Usual Place Gather for Annual Canape Evening We were delighted to welcome so many supportive guests to our first ever Friends Canape Evening in May 2026, which
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RIP Judi
We are saddened to report the passing of Judi Shaw, one of our well respected volunteers who supported our work over the last 9 years. Judi contributed immensely to The
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Sing with Sing-Ergy Community Choir
We’re kicking off again next Tuesday 21st April 2026 7-9pm! The following week, we’ll be diving into the beautiful “Rhiannon” by Fleetwood Mac. The Usual Place Whether you’ve sung with
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Balliol Singers Raise £400 for The Usual Place
The wonderful Balliol Singers have raised £400 for The Usual Work from proceeds of ticket sales at their recent Spring Concerts. We are extremely grateful to Katharine Durran and the
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The Assembly will be hosting a Scottish Election Regional Workshop at The Usual Place
For people with a learning disability and/or autism, between the hours of 6pm – 8pm on Wednesday 29th April 2026 . For this year’s election, The Assembly will be hosting a Scottish
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Coffee Morning Sat 11th April at The Usual Place
A date for your diary. Saturday April 11th 2026 from 10am – 12.30pm. Join us for a Coffee and Cake, £4 entry, all proceeds to The Usual Place and Dumfries
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Photography Exhibition Hosted By The Usual Place!
We are the venue for a new photography exhibition which starts next week in our cafe. The exhibition is organised by Dumfries Lions Club and U3A Dumfries Camera Club. There
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Scam Awareness Drop-In Event Tue 6th Jan 2026
at The Usual Place, Dumfries DG1 1BZ with experts from Santander Bank and D&G Community Police This special event is for anyone and everyone who may have been affected by
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Usual Place Founder is Presented with British Empire Medal November 2025
Heather Hall, the woman who fought to set up The Usual Place and set up the charity behind the cafe: Inspired Community Enterprise Trust Ltd in 2011 was presented with
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Christmas 2025 Message from our Chief Executive
As 2025, our tenth year, draws to a close, it is a pleasure to wish you a Merry Christmas from everyone here at The Usual Place. At the beginning of this year I was genuinely unsure whether we would reach this point at all.
The past twelve months have been among the most challenging in our history. Without decisive action, closure would have been inevitable. The support has been overwhelming.
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Early Closing Thursday 27th December 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
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Monday 8th December 2025 Craft Stalls at the Usual Place
Customer Craft Stalls in aid of The Usual Place. Monday 8th December 2025 11:00am – 2:00pm The Usual Place, Academy Street, Dumfries DG1 1BZ Feel free to come along! The
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The Usual Place creates a Circle of Friendship to support young people through its work
The Usual Place is creating a circle of friendship to help support its work into the future. When you become a Friend we will send you Friends Newsletters and an
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14th December 2025 The Balliol Singers return with This Christmas Night
The Balliol Singers, with Director Katharine Durran present This Christmas Night, Seasonal greetings from home The concert is on Sunday 14th December 2025 at 3pm at The Usual Place Admission
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Book Now for 2025 Festive Afternoon Teas with Fizz at The Usual Place
We are now taking bookings for our special Festive Afternoon Teas with Fizz which will be served from 1st to 24th December 2025 from 11.30am to 4pm. Please call
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Queen of the South Achieves Disability Confident Leadership
October 2025 We are delighted to announce that Queen of the South is now amongst only a handful of Disability Confident Leaders in Dumfries & Galloway. This important achievement
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Marie Curie Coffee Morning at The Usual Place 25th Oct 2025
*****Saturday 25th October 2025 10am-12pm at The Usual Place*** Almost set up and ready to open the doors for this morning’s @Marie Curie coffee morning with some fabulous stalls! Come
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Libby Retires from Our Kitchen
Our Mentors are such incredible people, they not only work as a team to ensure the cafe runs smoothly and safely for our customers, but their primary focus is on
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Lewis revisits The Usual Place for a chicken pie!
The things Lewis will do for a Usual Place Chicken Pie! Back to Dumfries, catching up with the team, ordering his pie. It’s been two years since Lewis left The
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26th Oct 2025 Fine Dining Afternoon Fundraiser 2025
Great news! The Usual Place is hosting our Fine Dining Afternoon Fundraiser with chefs from 1610 at The Globe Inn again. We hope you can join us again on Sunday
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Lions Club raises £2,000 for The Usual Place
Dumfries Lions Club Virtual Kilometre of Coins Presentations to TUP Following their successful Virtual Kilometre of Coins fundraiser, Dumfries Lions recently presented £2000 to The Usual Place community café (TUP).
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Dumfries & Galloway Council achieves highest level of Disability Confident Accreditation. 30th June 2025
We are delighted that Dumfries and Galloway Council has achieved the highest level of Disability Confident Accreditation by becoming a Disability Confident Leader. The Usual Place was the first Disability
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Statement from our CEO 27th June 2025
Statement from Craig McEwen, CEO at The Usual Place in response to question from Craig Hoy MSP to First Minister, John Swinney MSP in Scottish Parliament on 26th June 2025.
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Dumfries Hockey Club raises over £500 for The Usual Place 31st May 2025
What an amazing day and such huge support for the work of The Usual Place. A huge thank you to Mikey Redman and everyone who took part in Dumfries Hockey
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Dumfries Lions Club Raising Funds for Us May-August 2025
We are so grateful to Dumfries Lions Club for choosing The Usual Place as one of the organisations they are supporting through their Kilometre of Coins Campaign. They are also
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Royal Garden Party for Mentors Gail and Libby 14th May 2025
Lots of excitement this week as Mentors, Gail and Libby have received invitations to attend a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace! Watch out for photos in all their finery
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Lewis’s Journey to Employment in 2024
Lewis tells the story of his journey through The Usual Place and into to successful employment. Lewis is an SVQ trainee at The Usual Place in Dumfries where he has
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First Minister Visits The Usual Place 16th April 2025
A peek behind the scenes to see John Swinney MSP, First Minister of Scotland visiting The Usual Place yesterday. He was given a tour by Katie, Harry and Lewis where
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Loch Arthur walks 500 miles to raise funds for The Usual Place March 2025
Loch Arthur Camphill Community has raised over £1,500 (including GiftAid) for The Usual Place!!! We are so grateful to everyone who has taken part in this massive effort to ‘walk
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Fundraise for The Usual Place March 2025
Espresso Yourself! Keep the coffees flowing and the futures growing at The Usual Place Our unique cafe & skills academy provides vital training, education and employability skills for young people
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Exhibition: Bob Seagull and Friends from 17th March 2025
Introducing a new exhibition that’s as colourful and engaging as our cafe! An ‘unusual’ and talented artist has flown in to Dumfries and brought with him a series of portraits
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30th March 2025 Balliol Singers at The Usual Place
The Balliol Singers and Director Katharine Durran present On the wild side: a musical glimpse of the natural world Sunday 30th March 2025 at 3pm The Usual Place, Academy Street
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Statement from The Trustees of Inspired Community Enterprise Trust (The Usual Place) Feb 2025
Statement on Our Future Sustainability and Continued Commitment to Young People with Additional Support Needs 7th February 2025 The Usual Place will celebrate its 10th Anniversary in June 2025 and
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Volunteer Recruitment Day Thu 27.02.2025 at The Usual Place
Volunteer Recruitment Day Thur 27 Feb 2025 from 10am – 2pm at The Usual Place
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