Who are we, and what do we do?
Starting a new year , and lots of things have changed. There are now lots of women in Ne Fife who want Independence. and a number of much more local groups have been set up. It's exciting to report that therefore there's no longer any need for Women for Independence NE Fife.
We were a small group of women who organised activities to specifically target women. We developed projects, with networks of women working together, not just in NE Fife but across the country, to support the Yes Campaign. The main emphasis was on positivity, the purpose – always openly stated – was to advance the cause of independence. There were two main strands to our activities - listening groups, and arts and crafts projects. Our biggest project was the organisation of the Art Exhibition, which was held in June at the Corn Exchange, Cupar. .All our projects were inclusive: designed to build bridges and draw in women from across the political divide.
This website documents our path in 2014, which we'll always look back on as a great year- despite losing the referendum. Now, although we don't exist as a group, as individuals we'll continue to be involved in campaigning within the new groups which have been set up locally. And those of us involved with Knitting a Nation, for which we still need an online presence, will keep the website active.
Looking back through it this morning I was struck by the amount of work which our volunteer put into setting it up and managing it. What a great job she made of it! Thank you DJW. And thank you too for your commitment and competence and for the basic skills you were able to pass on to me. I hope these will be enough to keep the information ticking over, until we find a permanent home for the map.
I have managed to retrieve the page about Knitting a Nation from the archive and know how to blog... though not so sure baout the photopgraphs yet. What I can't do is anything fancy - if anyone wants to contact me about viewing or exhibiting the map, please contact me via my personal email address: [email protected]
The image of knitting overlaid on a map of Scotland, shown throughout this website, is used with the generous permission of Robb Mcrae.
We were a small group of women who organised activities to specifically target women. We developed projects, with networks of women working together, not just in NE Fife but across the country, to support the Yes Campaign. The main emphasis was on positivity, the purpose – always openly stated – was to advance the cause of independence. There were two main strands to our activities - listening groups, and arts and crafts projects. Our biggest project was the organisation of the Art Exhibition, which was held in June at the Corn Exchange, Cupar. .All our projects were inclusive: designed to build bridges and draw in women from across the political divide.
This website documents our path in 2014, which we'll always look back on as a great year- despite losing the referendum. Now, although we don't exist as a group, as individuals we'll continue to be involved in campaigning within the new groups which have been set up locally. And those of us involved with Knitting a Nation, for which we still need an online presence, will keep the website active.
Looking back through it this morning I was struck by the amount of work which our volunteer put into setting it up and managing it. What a great job she made of it! Thank you DJW. And thank you too for your commitment and competence and for the basic skills you were able to pass on to me. I hope these will be enough to keep the information ticking over, until we find a permanent home for the map.
I have managed to retrieve the page about Knitting a Nation from the archive and know how to blog... though not so sure baout the photopgraphs yet. What I can't do is anything fancy - if anyone wants to contact me about viewing or exhibiting the map, please contact me via my personal email address: [email protected]
The image of knitting overlaid on a map of Scotland, shown throughout this website, is used with the generous permission of Robb Mcrae.