Dunfermline Advocacy offers the opportunity to volunteer in your local community, change the lives of vulnerable people and learn and develop new skills along the way. By giving what time you can and by sharing your interests with others you can make a huge difference in someone else’s life. If you become a Citizen Advocate you will receive training and […]

According to a study of the 2010 General Election, the rate of voter registration and turnout among the country’s 1.5 million adults who have learning disabilities was extremely low. Likewise, voter turnout among mental health inpatients was only 14%, less than a quarter of the proportion of the general population who voted (65%).  The 2010 election study found that only 43% […]

Huge thanks to all who took part in the Zip Wire on Saturday 21st May, raising funds for Dunfermline Advocacy and The Pars Foundation.  Everyone said they loved the experience, from Sammy the Tammy – who bravely went first – to Martin Reid, who travelled all the way from Newcastle for the challenge! Dunfermline Advocacy’s own John, Ewan, Lesley and […]

What a week for the Pars! Dunfermline Athletic Football Club face Peterhead in the final league match of the season at East End Park.  At the game the club will be presented with the Ladbrokes League One trophy.  And to add to the excitement it was announced today that Sammy The Tammy is to do the Zip Wire on Saturday […]

The staff at Dunfermline Advocacy are not shirking their Zip Wire responsibilities! Ewan, Lesley, Jo and Trish’s husband Ricky will all be hurtling towards the DAFC football turf on Saturday 21st May. Lesley is terrified of heights and Ewan will be wearing an East Fife football strip so we think that both participants deserve extra bonus points for bravery! Are […]

We are delighted to announce that Cllr Jim Leishman MBE, the Provost of Fife, has agreed to be our Patron. John Swift, Chairman of Dunfermline Advocacy said “we are thrilled and delighted that Jim Leishman has agreed to become our Patron. We look forward to working with him to raise awareness of how Dunfermline Advocacy can improve the lifestyles of vulnerable […]

We would like to give a big welcome to Trisha Smith, who joined Dunfermline Advocacy on 1st March 2016 as our Office Administrator with responsibility for Finance. Tricia has worked within the voluntary sector, namely drugs and alcohol, for twenty years and has a sound knowledge of the voluntary sector services in Fife. She has a great deal of experience within administration management […]

We hope that this will be the headline in the local press soon! Thanks to Sign Plus Fife and our handy Citizen Advocate Alex Hill, we now have a brand new sign in our front garden at 2 Halbeath Road, advertising the Zip Wire event on Saturday 21st May.   If you haven’t signed up already, we would urge you […]

Staff at Dunfermline Advocacy donned their swimming hats and goggles for the Rotary Global Swimathon at Bannatyne’s Health Club on Sunday 21st February. Our team of six – The Dunfermline Anchovies – swam 182 lengths (4.3km) in 25 minutes and raised a total of £390.  This will be divided equally between the 2016 End Polio Now Campaign and our chosen charity – Dunfermline Advocacy. […]

Fancy taking part in the first ever Charity Zip Wire at Dunfermline Athletic Football Club on Saturday 21st May 2016?   Imagine standing 163 metres up at the top of the Norrie McCathie stand in East End Park then hurtling over 100 metres down the zip wire over the football pitch! You don’t have to be a Pars fan, or indeed a […]