On the 16th April 2012 I started work as a Development worker with Dunfermline Advocacy. six years later and I am moving on to new challenges but I will take with me a lot of experience, lessons and happy memories. In order to ensure I don’t get to coast through the final few weeks of my employment I have been […]

Advocacy & Human Rights – 14th March 2018     Introduction to Autism – 27th March 2018 Please contact us by the date stipulated on each flyer tricia@dunfermlineadvocacy.org or by telephoning 01383 624382

It all started with a telephone call approximately 12 years ago. Hello, my name is Barbara McKenzie, I am a Development Worker with Dunfermline Advocacy (DA) and during our recent networking someone suggested you might be able to help with the recruitment of a Citizen Advocate for a patient in Lynebank Hospital. Following my decision to volunteer as a Citizen […]

We are very excited to publish below our Annual Report for 2016-2017 along with the fabulous 25th Anniversary photo montage supplement. A huge thank you to our CEO, Rachel Annand, for producing both of these fabulous documents.  Hard copies are available in the office or by emailing tricia@dunfermlineadvocacy.org  

In August this year Dunfermline Advocacy celebrates 25 years of supporting vulnerable people of West Fife. To mark this important birthday we are hosting a commemorative event in the wonderful new Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries and we would love it if you could just us to celebrate. The formal part of the event starts at 4 pm but please […]

The evolution of our 16 year Citizen Advocacy Partnership… Barbara and Nan!     Looking back over time, what started out as some voluntary work in my spare time as a busy Mum has become something i am passionate about, event resulting in my working at Dunfermline Advocacy. The value of a long term partnership to someone vulnerable is invaluable: […]

Do any of our Citizen Advocacy Partnerships have any new photographs, news, plans or updates about your advocacy partnership that you wish to share with us in time for International Friendship Day which in turn, will help us make the day more personal to this organisation? Contact your Development Worker with details or message us via this page. Thank you!

Dunfermline Advocacy are delighted to announce that we have received a Young Start award of £45, 939 from the Big Lottery Fund to support our Citizen Advocacy and Young People project. Announcing the funding, Maureen McGinn, Big Lottery Fund Scotland Chair, said, “Young Start helps Scotland’s next generation unlock their talents through a wide range of activities. These are designed to engage and inspire young people, and ensure […]

  Thank you for attending our Summer BBQ Partnership event yesterday, 21st June 2017.  Over 50 people were in attendance including some special guests.  One of which was our Patron, Councillor Jim Leishman – Provost of Fife as well as Councillor Gerry Haldane, Councillor Mino Manekshaw and Councillor Fay Sinclair who were all in attendance to witness first-hand the valuable […]

We have done it! Hi Folks, Coast to Coast now complete!  Pebbles all the way from St Bees (Irish Sea) and thrown into the North Sea at Robin Hoods Bay. Pictured here is us having a Tequila to help us walk that final mile!     There is still time to donate ! A huge thank you to everyone who […]