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TFN is published by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EG. 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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Scots veterans spark medal hopes for Rio Games
Two Scottish veterans are set to compete in the Rio Paralympic Games thanks to support from Help for Heroes
NEWS 6 September 2016
Health & Social Care
 
Homelessness is far from fixed – and Scots want action
Shelter Scotland says local and national governments have taken their eye off the ball on homelessness
NEWS 5 September 2016
Regeneration & Housing
 
More support for people experiencing domestic abuse
Scottish Women's Aid has launched a new 24 hour support service and helpline for people experiencing domestic abuse or forced marriage
NEWS 5 September 2016
Families & Young People
 
Radical Girlguides creating a generation of activists
Susan Smith is impressed with Girlguiding Scotland's plan to unleash a new generation of well-informed, radical young women to change the world
OPINION 17 August 2016
Families & Young People
 
Pay charity trustees to improve governance says think tank
Charities should be able to pay trustees to improve standards of governance says a new report from New Philanthropy Capital
NEWS 16 August 2016
Management
2 comments
 
People with MS missing out on vital drugs
The MS Society Scotland said people who have a long-standing MS diagnosis are missing out on drugs that could slow down the progress of their illness
NEWS 16 August 2016
Health & Social Care
 
Does CAS catalogue of errors sound familiar?
Susan Smith argues the CAS review highlights extreme examples of some common governance issues facing many charities
OPINION 10 August 2016
Management
 
One in three charity workers gives nothing to good causes
They may know first hand the importance of good causes, but a third of people who work for them don't give any cash to charity
NEWS 4 August 2016
Management
2 comments
 
Are people who work for charities more charitable?
POLL 4 August 2016
Management
1 comment
 
Celebration as damaging Right To Buy policy ends in Scotland
Housing associations, charities and councils have united in celebration of the end of a policy that saw Scotland's lose half a million council houses
NEWS 29 July 2016
Health & Social Care
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