NEW DATE (1st March 2025) FOR NATIONAL CONVENTION ON SCOTLAND’S FUTURE
The IFS National Convention on Scotland’s Future, scheduled for 30 November, will now have its first meeting on SATURDAY 1 MARCH 2025. The Memorial Service will be an opportunity for people throughout Scotland, whether or not they are present at St Giles’s Cathedral, to reflect on Alex Salmond’s life and achievements, and to say a […]
St ANDREW’S DAY CONVENTION POSTPONED
The Management Committee, on the recommendation of the National Convention Project Planning Team and after some thought, has decided to postpone the Convention meeting planned for St Andrew’s Day. The decision was taken in view of the potential for Alex Salmond’s Memorial event also to be taking place on that date. Although we are in […]
TRIBUTE TO ALEX SALMOND
Normally at this point we’d be giving an update on the various activities going on within IFS, but we’ll cover those in next week’s newsletter. Over the past few days, there’s been a far bigger story to discuss. Many people, across the political spectrum and on both sides of the constitutional divide, will have reacted […]
Convener Ian Grant Interviewed at Currency Group Conference
Our Convener, Ian Grant, attended the Scottish Currency Group Conference on 21/22 September, raising awareness about what we do and publicising our upcoming Convention on Scotland’s Future. He was filmed by pro-independence video channel SPVR, and you can see the short video, where Ian explains what IFS is, what our aims are and our plans […]
Individual Regional Applications are Now Open
Planning has moved on apace and this flyer HERE gives the current details. We are now able to invite individual applications. To be eligible to participate, nominees must be aged 16 or over, be a permanent resident in Scotland and have lived in Scotland for more than five years. We envisage that the Convention on […]
A PROSPECTUS FOR INDEPENDENCE IS ESSENTIAL FOR A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE FOR OUR COUNTRY
The Independence Forum Scotland (IFS) was set up to provide an opportunity to inform, motivate and encourage cooperation across the Scottish Independence movement, with a membership base of 21 regional and national member organisations. The origins of IFS date back to 2021, holding regular meetings, before it was formally constituted in June 2023. Its founding […]
CONVENER’S ANNUAL REPORT to AGM, 29 July 2024
The Independence Forum Scotland (IFS) was formally inaugurated in June 2023, as a democratically constituted network of 21 regional and national member organisations having existed as a loose gathering of pro-independence groups since August 2021. The intention was to unite the movement which appeared to be fracturing into multiple groupings. That remains a key aim […]
GENERAL ELECTION 2024: THE AFTERMATH IN SCOTLAND
COMMENT in The National by IFS Convener Ian Grant It wasn’t a surprise that the SNP suffered their first major electoral setback in almost 20 years. However the catastrophic level of defeat is stunning. A turnout of only 59% shows pro-independence supporters stayed at home in droves. The reason? The SNP has failed in its […]
CONVENTION ON SELF DETERMINATION IN SCOTLAND ANNOUNCED FOR ST. ANDREW’S DAY
The Independence Forum Scotland (IFS) is organising a National Convention for Scotland’s Future on St. Andrew’s Day, 30 November 2024. IFS announced it would be organising the convention for November 30, 2024. Key topics up for discussion include sovereignty and the constitution, industrial strategy, land reform and health and wellbeing. An advisory committee is being […]
YES ACTIVISTS EXPLORE CONVENTION ON SELF DETERMINATION FOR SCOTLAND
ACTIVISTS have taken the first steps to develop a prospectus for a “convention on self-determination and the future of Scotland”, according to a group of campaigners. The Independence Forum (IFS), a non-party political network of groups across Scotland, took the first steps in establishing a convention prospectus at a meeting in Stirling earlier this month. […]
