Rachel Fayne

Rachel Fayne has been working with vulnerable communities for the past 20 Years. She has a strong passion for social justice and most of her career has focused on frontline harm reduction services for individuals experiencing homelessness and substance use issues. In 2019 she joined the team in the SAOL project, a female specific community addiction service. As part of her work in SAOL she was instrumental in the development of the DAVINA project; SAOL’s response to women struggling with the dual issues of substance use and DSGBV. She currently works as the team leader of the DAVINA project, which provides frontline support to women experiencing or recovering from DSGBV and specialist training and resources to professionals. She is also a board member of Walkinstown Greenhills Family Resource Centre. Rachel joiuned ther Board of SiSi in 2025.