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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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Child maintenance system is failing says charities
A group of Scottish charities is carrying out research to discover how much families are being let down by the service that chases child maintence
NEWS 27 January 2016
Families & Young People
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Is there a value to youth work?
Susan Smith questions whether Scotland's youth work sector is really worth half a billion pounds
OPINION 27 January 2016
Families & Young People
 
Indiana Jones of surgery wins humanitarian award
London doctor who has stared down the barrel of a gun wins the Robert Burns Humanitarian Award 2016
NEWS 22 January 2016
Social Justice & Poverty
 
A third of people can’t name a local charity
Only one in 10 people support local charities through fundraising new research finds
NEWS 21 January 2016
Management
 
Scotland is fairer for some just not women, poor or disabled
An investigation into equality and human rights in Scotland has found some improvements but discrimination still exists in key areas
NEWS 21 January 2016
Health & Social Care
 
A 15 point plan to ending poverty in Scotland
The Scottish Government's independent adviser on poverty has created a 15 point plan which she believes will create a fairer Scotland
NEWS 20 January 2016
Social Justice & Poverty
1 comment
 
Alan Rickman’s last job for charity goes viral
A fundraising video featuring Alan Rickman's voice and a tortoise has been viewed millions of times following the death of the popular actor
NEWS 19 January 2016
Funding & Finance
 
A fresh start for fundraising as scandal is put to rest
Susan Smith says the FRSB's final report into the circumstances of Olive Cooke's death is as uninspiring as the regulator has been
OPINION 19 January 2016
Funding & Finance
1 comment
 
Breathing new life into one of Scotland’s oldest social enterprises
St Andrews First Aid has been selling training services to the private sector for half a century, but thanks to Michelle Ferguson it's now in profit!
FEATURE 18 January 2016
Management
 
Cancer survivor Heather calls on you to join her in a polar adventure
She was fit, health and in her 20s when she was diagnosed with cancer, now Heather Duff is calling on Scots to run with her to beat the disease
NEWS 5 January 2016
Health & Social Care
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