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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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Call for a ban on booze adverts in sport
Young people exposed to alcohol marketing are more likely to start drinking, more likely to drink heavily and more likely to develop a problem
NEWS 22 February 2019
Health & Social Care
 
There has to be a better way to run a charity
Susan Smith says charities struggling to stay afloat are in an abusive relationship with funders and stakeholders
OPINION 20 February 2019
Management
 
Nicola Sturgeon on improving the role of the third sector in Scottish society
There is still a way to go in ensuring the third sector is perceived as an equal player in Scottish society but the first minister is optimistic
NEWS 20 February 2019
Management
 
Capaldi supports CHAS at Capital Sci-Fi Con
Former Dr Who Peter Capaldi was the star attraction at one of Edinburgh's most impressive fundraising events
NEWS 18 February 2019
Families & Young People
 
£1.4m National Lottery boost gives older Scots a new lease of life
National Lottery Community Fund gives out 16 grants to older people's groups across Scotland
NEWS 12 February 2019
Health & Social Care
 
Call for social media watchdog to protect children
Most adults back a children charity's call to create a regulator to enforce social media firms to protect children from dangerous content
NEWS 12 February 2019
Health & Social Care
 
Can a basic income revolutionise social security?
A new report explores ways Scotland can learn from international pilot programmes exploring how to provide a basic income for all citizens
NEWS 31 January 2019
Regeneration & Housing
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Charities to mould government’s loneliness strategy
Key Scottish charities are to be involved in implementing the Scottish Government's first loneliness strategy
NEWS 30 January 2019
Health & Social Care
 
A room of their own – Nightstop helps young people avoid homelessness
An Edinburgh youth charity is offering safe and comfortable short-term accommodation to young people in crisis
NEWS 29 January 2019
Families & Young People
 
Social entrepreneurs sought to share their skills
NEWS 21 January 2019
Management
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