Rachel joined Dunfermline Advocacy as a Development Worker in 1999 and became the lead officer in March 2001. Before this Rachel’s passion for human rights and inclusion had been ignited from working in rehabilitation with people with acquired brain injury and also in supporting university students with physical disabilities. Her first encounter with formal Advocacy Services as a student […]

Tricia joined Dunfermline Advocacy in March 2016 as our Office Administrator with responsibility for Finance. Tricia has worked within the voluntary sector, namely drug and alcohol services, for twenty years and has a sound knowledge of the voluntary sector services in Central Fife.  Tricia’s experience is within administration management roles and she has both the skills and experience relating to […]

Hannah joined Dunfermline Advocacy in 2008 after completing her degree in Psychology and Sociology. Hannah first became involved with DA as an Advocate in the Younger People’s Project where she was matched with a young woman. They were matched for 3 years before her partner moved to England but in 2017 her partner returned to Fife and they have now continued […]

Margaret joined the Team for a second time in 2015 during Hannah’s maternity leave to cover the Short Term Citizen Advocacy project, having previously worked with Dunfermline Advocacy as a Development Worker and a Member on the Board of Trustees. In 2016 Margaret began working with Barbara supporting Long Term Citizen Advocacy in the community. This year Margaret started working on the […]

Paul joined Dunfermline Advocacy in July 2019 working in our Friendship Changing Lives project. He has worked as an advocate for adults with learning disabilities, learning difficulties and autism spectrum disorder since 2004.  He also volunteered as an advocate and an Appropriate Adult in Forth Valley. He has special interests in the Children’s Hearing and Criminal Justice systems in Scotland […]

An academic researcher in philosophy, science, and law, I was co-opted onto the Board of Trustees at Dunfermline Advocacy in 2021 due to my interest in Citizen Advocacy and my prior experience in charity governance: having previously sat on a board in the Scottish higher education sector and currently serving as Vice Chair of the board at a Grampian-based health, wellbeing, and antidiscrimination […]

Anne is a qualified accountant with over 20 years’ experience in the profession. Anne’s background is predominantly audit focused, working mainly with the charitable and SME sectors. Previously an audit manager with Scott-Moncrieff, one of Scotland’s leading charity advisors, Anne is familiar with the regulatory, financial and practical issues faced by the charitable sector and was responsible for the delivery […]

Stella has worked in higher education throughout her career, mainly in the areas of lifelong learning and widening participation. She has a strong commitment to providing ‘second chance’ educational opportunities for non-traditional learners, and those who have been excluded from education for a variety of reasons. She is now semi-retired, and while she continues to work part-time as a university […]

Amy is currently working as a maths tutor in the local area having previously trained in Healthcare Science (Medical Physics) with NHS Lothian. Amy became a short-term Citizen Advocate with Dunfermline Advocacy in 2015, after realising an advocate was the one person whose support, she, herself, would have benefitted most from. Interactions with advocacy partners and professionals (incl. Health, Social […]