Women For Independence is a non-party and all-party grassroots organisation which is part of the wide-ranging and fast-growing organic movement for Scottish Independence.
We were founded in 2012 in response to the lack of women's voices helping to shape the debate about our democratic future. We want to ensure that women are not excluded from this debate - whether in our communities or in the media.
For the past year we have been conducting listening exercises in communities and homes across Scotland to ask what women want to hear from this debate. We will be publishing this and our response very soon. We hope will help to inform the last six months of the campaign.
There is a lot of work to do with a big gender gap in attitudes to independence.
We are moving from a very reflective period to a campaigning period in the next 6 months with local groups happening all over Scotland.
As a grassroots funded organisation we rely on donations for all the work we do.
We are asking you to help us by donating.
We want to:
- Hire 2 campaign organisers who can coordinate our activities in the four months before the referendum.
- Produce 2 new leaflets and supply to Yes groups and organisations across Scotland.
- Fund our three campaign videos (the first of which is due out to coincide with International Women's Day) each of which costs around £1800.
- To pay for advertising
- To fund venues for meetings and other activities. For example hiring the Pearce Institute in Glasgow for filming or meeting costs £100 per day.
- To provide media training for more women to widen the number of women representing the organisation.
Our ambition is limited only by our access to funding. We have the opportunity to be part of an amazing and transformative period in our future, we want to ensure other women do too.
If you can help with a donation, please do. We know that times are tough for so many people and we appreciate each and every amount you can help us with, no matter how large or small.
Women For Independence