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Barnardo’s Child and Family Support Service (Fife)
Barnardo’s Child and Family Support Service (Fife)
Barnardo’s Child and Family Support Service (Fife). Barnardo’s Children’s Rights Service, Fife, provides a Children’s Rights and Advocacy Service for children and young people (up to 18)  who are  looked after at home, in foster care, purchased residential placements, secure…
Circles Network
Circles Network
Advocacy for unpaid carers and those experiencing substance misuse issues. New Volunteer House, 16 East Fergus Place, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1XT Phone: 01592 645360 Email: carolann.haddow@circlesnetwork.org.uk
Dunfermline Advocacy
Dunfermline Advocacy
Dunfermline Advocacy provides support for Citizen Advocacy partnerships across West Fife. Citizen Advocacy matches local people with vulnerable adults in the community to provide invaluable support and friendship, giving each individual a chance to have their voice heard and represented.…
Fife Forum
Fife Forum
We provide advocacy support for those that are 65 years and older, living in Fife, who either live in care homes or find themselves in community hospitals. Within this client group there will be those that feel vulnerable. This client…
Include Me
Include Me
Include Me is a Citizen Advocacy project. Citizen Advocacy is when responsible citizens leading full lives in our communities get to know a vulnerable adult who experiences exclusion from their community or unfair treatment and who needs help to make…
Kindred in Fife
Kindred in Fife
Kindred supports families of children and young people with additional needs. To find out more about the service in Fife please download the Kindred In Fife, How Can We Help? leaflet with general information about our Fife office . You can contact the Fife…
People First (Fife)
People First (Fife)
People First (Scotland), Fife Community Groups, the independent collective self-advocacy organisation, run by and for adults with learning difficulties aged 16 and over.  The organisation is based on clear values of independence, involvement and peer support. Self-advocacy can change lives and…
Equal Voice
Equal Voice
Equal Voice is a Citizen Advocacy project. We are a registered charity and we support citizen advocacy partnerships between vulnerable adults and ordinary members of the central Fife communities. Who do we work with? Working within the new eligibility criteria…

Important Information from Include Me

Following the latest developments in the spread of the Corona Virus and taking into account the guidelines and directions from the Scottish Government and Westminster, Include Me will move to working practices which minimise the risk of spreading infection within…

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Important Information from People First (Scotland)

People First (Scotland) have taken a decision to close our offices and cancel all groups and meetings including those with external stakeholders until the end of April. This is a difficult decision but we know that many members have underlying…

adminMarch 16, 2020March 16, 2020 Latest News
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Email Issues

As a temporary measure if you require to contact us via email please use tricia@dunfermlineadvocacy.org as we are currently experiencing some changes to our email system.

adminOctober 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Latest News
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People First Newsletter

People First (Fife) Scotland’s Spring/Summer 2019 Newsletter is now available. If you would like a copy of the newsletter please contact kate@peoplefirstscotland.org

adminMay 30, 2019May 30, 2019 Latest News
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Easy Read Booklet now available online

Our new Easy Read booklet is now online and can be downloaded by clicking on the link below.

adminMay 14, 2019May 14, 2019 Latest News
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IncludeMe’s Parents in Partnership Group

Please contact IncludeMe direct for more information http://www.includeme.org.uk/

adminFebruary 20, 2019 Latest News
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Surviving Christmas and New Year

  As the preparations for the festive period are getting into full swing, for many people who live in Fife, this time of year can be very difficult. Watching others buying gifts, decorating trees and deciding what to have for…

adminDecember 19, 2018December 19, 2018 Latest News
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Welcome to Wilson

Wilson Macduff has joined Fife Carers as their advocacy development worker, supporting adult and young carers across Fife. Wilson came along to our Forum meeting last week and will be out and about meeting colleagues over the coming weeks.  We…

Annie BuchananNovember 26, 2018 Latest News
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Month 2 of my job

Month 2 into my new role and thanks to expert tuition from the very talented Tricia, I’m slowly getting to grips with the technology.  Still meeting forum members, attended my first SIG meeting and to inform my work plan, I’ve…

Annie BuchananNovember 7, 2018 Latest News
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Getting to know you

Week 4 and I’m getting out and about to meet forum members.  I’ve met with Robyn from WhoCares?, Andrea and Kate from People First and Camilla from Include Me.  More appointments in the diary and I’m rediscovering the back roads…

Annie BuchananOctober 22, 2018 Latest News
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Fife Advocacy Forum

The Fife Advocacy Forum supports the development of advocacy across Fife and represents the views of local advocacy providers.

To help meet the needs of different people at different times in their life there are several different types of advocacy. We are really pleased that such a range of types of advocacy are supported by Fife Council and NHS Fife and are available to people in Fife.

Our website explains the range of advocacy available to people in Fife and provides details about the organisations that provide these services and how to contact them.

Who is Eligible to access Advocacy in Fife?

Adults (16+) and older people in Fife can access advocacy if they are affected by:

Disability
Chronic illness
Mental illness
Dementia
Learning disability
Personality disorder

and need help to safeguard their
well-being
rights
care
or other interests

Children in Fife under the age of 18 can access advocacy if:

They are looked after by Fife Council (at home, in Foster Care, Kinship Care or Residential Care)
There are Child Protection procedures in place (aged 5-18)
They have a mental health issue and/or a learning disability

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