Day 5 (Wed, 7th) of John’s sponsored Coast to Coast Walk! Hi Folks We have completed Day 5 from Ingelby Cross to the Wainstones.  Fabulous sunshine today and everyone is fit and well.  I hope you enjoy the photographs below 🙂 A quick stop for a jelly baby sugar rush prior to the ascent to the Wainstones. The ascent to […]

Hi Folks With Day 4 completed in style (wet) everyone is in good spirits despite the rain, averaging three miles per hour in these horrendous wet conditions. Fit and well nonetheless and preparing to start Day 5 today.   There is still time to donate as our walk will not be complete until the 10th of June. Remember we are […]

David:  Former Short-term Citizen Advocate Volunteering at Dunfermline Advocacy has been a great experience for me. I was given the opportunity to make a positive contribution in our local community and the Advocacy provided interesting, varied challenges over the last few years.  As a short term advocate the work has been manageable and provided the opportunity to meet some exceptional […]

My name is Elaine and I am a #CitizenAdvocate for Dunfermline Advocacy I had always been interested in volunteering but never had enough time. After a change in career last year I decided to find out more about charities in the local area and felt inspired by the work and ethos of Dunfermline Advocacy. After meeting Ewan, the development worker […]

Hi Folks Well Day 1 went rather well as previously posted and ended with us having a well earned refreshment back at the B&B (pictured below is Lindsay Carmichael “Mine Host”). Day 2 (Sunday) commenced with some stretching to ease the aches and pains!  A good day walking nonetheless! Day 3 (Monday) walk to Richmond is now complete with most […]

I had just retired and I knew that I wanted to fill that gap in my life.. Advocacy caught my eye Enid has been matched with her Citizen Advocacy Partner Jan for almost three years.  Listen to what Enid feels about being an Citizen Advocate with Dunfermline Advocacy and how it benefits both herself and her partner Jan.  

“We get along very well together and I make a point of seeing him at least once a week.”   I first met John on 17th September 2015 and have been assisting him wherever I could since then. We get along very well together and I make a point of seeing him at least once a week. Like John I […]

My Volunteering Experience with Dunfermline Advocacy I’ve been volunteering with Dunfermline Advocacy for two years.  Following my initial training I was matched  with a young man who is a long term patient in a local hospital unit.  He comes from the same part of the north of Scotland as myself, so we have some common ground to chat about.  As […]

And we are off!  Day 1 of our sponsored Coast to Coast walk began this morning. Hi Folks We started our walk from Kirkby Stephen today.We started the walk from Bollam Cottage at Kirby Stephen (pictured below). We then hiked to the Nine Standards (pictured below). Everyone is fit and well with 14 miles completed.   It wasn’t all hard […]

My Volunteering Experience with Dunfermline Advocacy I have been an Advocate for Citizen Advocacy Partner for over six years and he has become a part of my life. He gives me so much joy and I hope I give him some too. With the help and support of Dunfermline Advocacy and in particular Barbara I have been able to make John’s […]