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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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What comes first: salaries or service users?
Susan Smith says the charity sector must avoid the false dichotomy between a decent wage and their charitable purpose
OPINION 8 November 2017
Management
 
Grassmarket Community Project wins Social Enterprise of the Year
The Scottish Social Enterprise of the Year awards saw local and national organisations recognised
NEWS 8 November 2017
Management
 
Charity workers less likely to get living wage than everyone else
More than a quarter of people working for UK charities are not paid the living wage, compared to just a fifth of the rest of the population
NEWS 7 November 2017
Management
 
Parks and green spaces in decline across Scotland
Half of people living in more deprived areas of Scotland say their local parks and green spaces are more run down than five years ago
NEWS 6 November 2017
Health & Social Care
 
Gorgie City Farm: a phoenix from the ashes
In spring 2016, Gorgie City Farm was on the brink of collapse but against the odds raised £100,000 in just six weeks and transformed into a thriving social firm
FEATURE 30 October 2017
Management
 
Glasgow to end sleepovers in response to living wage announcement
Glasgow City Council is planning a "wholesale" redesign of overnight social provision in order to reduce costs
NEWS 24 October 2017
Management
 
Show us the money! Social care charities rage at Scottish Government
Charities hit out after Scottish Government announces a major social care pay rise but doesn't say who will pay for it
NEWS 19 October 2017
Health & Social Care
 
Quarriers to boost mental health of new mums
Social care charity Quarriers is to increase its services to new and expectant mums struggling with mental health issues
NEWS 18 October 2017
Health & Social Care
 
Village receives windfall from Nazi soldier
70 years after its citizens showed kindness to a young Nazi prisoner of war, the village of Cultybraggan is working out how to spend a generous legacy
NEWS 17 October 2017
Regeneration & Housing
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Braw bairns blether – what’s your favourite #Scotword?
Edinburgh's Hogmanay is teaming up with the Year of Young People 2018 to uncover the one word that makes young Scots most proud
NEWS 12 October 2017
Families & Young People
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