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Published by Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

TFN is published by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6BB. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Registration number SC003558.

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Susan Smith

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Campaigns Manager, SCVO

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Susan Smith is campaigns manager for the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations. She has worked as a journalist for twenty years across a range of publications including Which, The Scotsman and the Edinburgh Evening News.
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Exploring the economic potential of the voluntary sector
Important new series of articles launched
NEWS 29 November 2021
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Environment & International
Culture & Leisure
Health & Social Care
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
#SCVOeconomy
 
Breaking the system that makes us sad
Susan Smith: We need to ensure the Christie Commission vision becomes a reality
OPINION 13 July 2021
Families & Young People
Social Justice & Poverty
Health & Social Care
#NeverMoreNeeded
 
What's climate change got to do with it?
Susan Smith on why voluntary organisations need to start preparing for the next big threat - climate change
OPINION 10 May 2021
Management
Environment & International
Funding & Finance
Regeneration & Housing
Climate Change
Net Zero
 
We’re not good, we’re essential
It’s time to relax a little, celebrate and reflect on a job well done
OPINION 16 April 2021
Management
Funding & Finance
 
Sector can lead the way in taking action on climate change
Susan Smith explains why SCVO is launching a new climate change project to help support voluntary organisations make the transition to a greener future
FEATURE 15 April 2021
Environment & International
 
Gizza job - upto 100,000 young job seekers need you
Susan Smith says the voluntary sector is Never More Needed in the Young Person's Guarantee drive to ensure jobs for 18 to 24 year olds after Covid
OPINION 16 March 2021
Families & Young People
Management
Social Justice & Poverty
Funding & Finance
#NeverMoreNeeded
Young Person's Guarantee
Community Jobs Scotland
Kickstart
 
Why the M-word (merger) can't be dirty anymore
Susan Smith argues that exploring the possibility of merging with another cause has never been more important than now
OPINION 23 February 2021
Management
Funding & Finance
#NeverMoreNeeded
charity merger
Teenage Cancer Trust
Simon Community
Senscot
 
We're in it together
Susan Smith says the lessons learnt from working together through Covid will help ensure the community and voluntary sector is at the heart of the new normal
OPINION 15 February 2021
Management
1 comment
 
Living with societal long Covid
Susan Smith says the voluntary sector’s is Never More Needed to help people manage life in Scotland's second lockdown
OPINION 18 January 2021
Management
Health & Social Care
#NeverMoreNeeded
volunteering
Giving
 
Mental health recovery is possible – even in lockdown
Face-to-face support has been stripped away, but mental health charity Penumbra is still looking after its community through the Covid pandemic
OPINION 6 January 2021
Health & Social Care
#NeverMoreNeeded
mental health
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