Who are Believe in Scotland
Believe in Scotland is the national umbrella organisation for grassroots campaigns for Scottish independence. We exist to reach out to undecided voters and to help coordinate, fund and support the needs of the grassroots independence movement on a local and national level.
Believe in Scotland is effectively a coalition of 142 affiliated grassroots local and national Independence Groups (IGs) spanning the whole of Scotland. Fully democratic and inclusive, it is managed by a National Campaign Steering Group (NCSG), consisting of elected representatives from 15 regions across Scotland and representatives from national campaigning groups. The second round of elections to the NCSG took place in August/September 2023. Representatives are elected by the local Yes Groups in each of our regions.
Representatives from national organisations have been chosen internally by each national organisation. Believe in Scotland hosts the Scottish Independence Congress every year for all IGs to attend and a Mini Congress four times a year.
This ensures that Believe in Scotland has democratic participation at the core of the organisation. Believe in Scotland, first and foremost, is an organisation whose members wish to find a way to build a better Scotland. Our core belief is that the best way to govern Scotland, and to improve the wellbeing of our nation, is for decisions that affect Scotland to be made in Scotland, by a government elected by the people that live in Scotland. Scotland’s wellbeing is therefore intrinsically and inescapably linked to Scotland becoming an independent state.
Believe in Scotland, first and foremost, is an organisation whose members wish to find a way to build a better Scotland.
Believe in Scotland, first and foremost, is an organisation whose members wish to find a way to build a better Scotland. Our core belief is that the best way to govern Scotland, and to improve the wellbeing of our nation, is for decisions that affect Scotland to be made in Scotland, by a government elected by the people that live in Scotland. Scotland’s wellbeing is therefore intrinsically and inescapably linked to Scotland becoming an independent state.
We champion the cause of rejecting neoliberalism and its addiction to economic growth at all costs. We campaign for Scotland to adopt a Wellbeing Economic Approach, one that understands that quality of life, equality, fairness, happiness and health are all economic outcomes that should be given equal weight to economic growth. Those are the values Believe in Scotland, first and foremost, is an organisation whose members wish to find a way to build a better Scotland.
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