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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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Child cruelty and neglect has doubled in just five years
The NSPCC is calling for donations to its Christmas appeal to ensure it can be there for children in need over the holiday period
NEWS 4 December 2018
Health & Social Care
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Cafés with a conscience: capital service in city centre gem
This month’s review of a social enterprise eatery sees Susan Smith visit the Grassmarket Café, a popular stop off for locals and tourists in Edinburgh’s old tow
FEATURE 3 December 2018
Regeneration & Housing
 
Dementia Centre gets a 10 from Strictly judge
The Eric Liddell Centre featured in a documentary hosted by Darcey Bussell about the benefits of dance for mental health and wellbeing
NEWS 3 December 2018
Health & Social Care
 
Disabled teens offered grants to #TrySomethingNew
Young people with physical or mental disabilities can get upto £7,500 from the Independent Living Fund Scotland's Transition Fund
NEWS 3 December 2018
Funding & Finance
 
No more Christmas chocolate begs children’s charity
Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity has already received enough chocolate for all the kids who will spend Christmas in hospital
NEWS 3 December 2018
Funding & Finance
 
Scots couple makes surgery safe for Ecuadorian kids
Nicola and Gareth Wood's charity KidsOR is to fund new kids surgery facilities that will treat 5,000 children in two hospitals in Ecuador
NEWS 30 November 2018
Health & Social Care
 
MSP witnesses pack of hounds chasing a fox in Scottish Borders
Alison Johnstone says hunts continue to flout existing laws and allow dogs to savagely pursue foxes in the Scottish countryside
NEWS 30 November 2018
Culture & Leisure
3 comments
 
David Tennant thinks you should donate to Edinburgh charity Circle
NEWS 29 November 2018
Families & Young People
 
Girls in Scotland still believe life is harder for them
Research from Girlguiding Scotland has revealed how much inequality girls and young women still face at home, in relationships and in school or work
NEWS 29 November 2018
Families & Young People
 
Scotland must take action on Universal Credit
Poverty campaigners say the Scottish Government and other bodies must take action to protect people from increased poverty due to Universal Credit
NEWS 21 November 2018
Regeneration & Housing
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