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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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There’s a poor outlook for McCloud’s new poverty blog
A campaign to tackle the stigma of poverty has launched a new phase with a spoof blog that highlights the difficulties of life in poverty
NEWS 11 August 2015
Social Justice & Poverty
 
Cross-border ugliness will lead to independence
Susan Smith examines the impact of tensions between the London and Edinburgh office of UK charities after the Scottish independence referendum
OPINION 29 July 2015
Management
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MSPs should behave responsibly
Politicians should be open about who they are meeting with rather than forcing lobbyists to join a register
NEWS 27 July 2015
Management
 
Volunteer Centre’s new home in Edinburgh
Volunteer Centre Edinburgh has moved to new premises on Leith Walk thanks to a 100% loan finance deal
NEWS 27 July 2015
Management
 
New mums face discrimination at work
Around 54,000 women face discrimination in the workplace as a result of pregnancy or motherhood
NEWS 27 July 2015
Families & Young People
 
English charities face £4.6bn shortfall
New research from the National Council for Voluntary Organisations says charities have not recovered from the economic crash
NEWS 22 July 2015
Management
 
Redefining the war on welfare
Susan Smith argues the third sector needs to take a new approach to helping society's most marginalised prove their critics wrong
OPINION 22 July 2015
Social Justice & Poverty
 
Beaver kit captured on film in Scotland
The Scottish Beaver Trial has released a video of one of its newest babies
NEWS 17 July 2015
Culture & Leisure
 
Naughty but nice social businesses
Och, they're not really naughty at all - here's our list of slightly sinful social enterprises that are actually good for the soul
LIST 13 July 2015
Culture & Leisure
1 comment
 
Review launched into fundraising in Scotland
The Scottish Government has asked the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations with investigating how to tackle bad fundraising practice
NEWS 13 July 2015
Management
1 comment
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