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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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Volunteers Week 2015 on Twitter
We're celebrating Scotland#s 1.9 million volunteers this week, so here's what Scottish charities have to say about their fantastic volunteers
LIST 2 June 2015
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Charity launches probe into support for young carers
The Carer's Trust is examining how councils across the UK are helping young people who are caring for sick or disabled family members
NEWS 1 June 2015
Health & Social Care
 
The magnificent seven: up and coming social enterprises
Seven of Scotland's up and coming social enterprises have won funding and support from Firstport's LaunchMe programme
NEWS 28 May 2015
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Poll: is opposition to private school charity status class envy?
POLL 28 May 2015
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FRSB releases details of Olive Cooke probe
The UK's fundraising regulator will investigate over 300 complaints made in relation to the death of 92-year-old poppy seller Olive Cooke
NEWS 27 May 2015
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Private schools should not be charities, says SCVO
Scottish charity law should be reviewed in light of the private school problem, membership body SCVO tells the charity regulator
NEWS 27 May 2015
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NHS missing mental health targets
Charities are calling for speedy improvements to the treatement of vulnerable children and young people struggling with mental health problems
NEWS 26 May 2015
Health & Social Care
 
Thousands of Forth puffins at risk of death
The Scottish Seabird Centre has said plans to place off shore windfarms on the Firth of Forth could kill 2,500 puffins and gannets a year
NEWS 26 May 2015
Environment & International
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#TheBigTweet seeks missing children
Celebrities are amongst the thousands of people using Twitter and the #TheBigTweet to raise awareness of missing children for International Missing Children day
NEWS 25 May 2015
Families & Young People
 
How to grab a grant
TFN’s guide to finding funders and persuading them to give you a grant
OPINION 22 May 2015
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