Representative Groups

The Scottish Green Party has a number of groups to empower and encourage participation within the party and politics of under-represented and marginalised people. These groups have representation on the party’s national decision-making bodies.

Disabled Greens: Campaigning for an accessible inclusive Scotland for all

Disabled Greens

The Disabled Greens network is a representative group within the Scottish Green Party.

We aim to promote disabled representation in politics and contribute towards policies which address the issues that affect disabled people.

Who can join?

The group is welcomes all party members identifying as disabled.

We include all members who feel our space is beneficial to them. This includes (but is not limited to) our neurodivergent friends, those with an ‘invisible’ disability or chronic illness, and the D/deaf or Hard of Hearing community.

To join Disabled Greens:

  1. Login to the party’s members hub with your member ID and password.
  2. Go to the Disabled Greens page and you’ll find a join form.

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Greens of Colour

Greens of Colour is a representative group within the Scottish Green Party.

We exist to strengthen the voice, representation and influence of members, helping to shape party culture, priorities and decision-making so that lived experience is reflected at every level.

Who can join?

We welcome all Party members from the Global Majority (of African, Carribean, Asian, Latin American, Indigenous backgrounds), alongside those racialised through skin colour, ethnicity, heritage and lived experience, in recognition of the legacies of colonialism, imperialism and ongoing global structural inequalities. The group also welcomes refugees, asylum seekers, traveller communities and others who continue to face exclusion or underrepresentation, even within wider spaces of diversity.

To join Greens of Colour:

  1. Login to the party’s members hub with your member ID and password.
  2. Go to the Greens of Colour page and you’ll find a join form.

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Rainbow Greens

Rainbow Greens is a representative group within the Scottish Green Party.

We aim to represent and empower our LGBTQI+ members.

Who can join?

We welcome all Scottish Green Party members who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, non-binary, queer or intersex.

To join the Rainbow Greens:

  1. Login to the party’s members hub with your member ID and password
  2. Go to the Rainbow Greens page and you’ll find a join form.

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Scottish Young Greens

Scottish Young Greens is the independent youth wing of the Scottish Green Party.

We maintain strong links to organisations fighting for social and environmental justice locally, nationally and internationally. Not all our members are members of the Scottish Green Party.

(See also Edinburgh University Greens)

Who can join?

We welcome anyone up to the age of 30, as well as university students of any age.

To join the Young Greens:

  1. Login to the party’s members hub with your member ID and password.
  2. Go to the Young Greens page and you’ll find a join form.

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Women’s Network

Women’s Network is a representative group within the Scottish Green Party.

We aim collectively to create a supportive environment to develop policy, provide training and collective support for prospective and existing women and non-binary candidates, as well as our elected representatives.

Who can join?

We are open to all women and non-binary party members who would like to join – you will be most welcome.

To join the Women’s Network:

  1. Login to the party’s members hub with your member ID and password.
  2. Go to the Women’s Network page and you’ll find a join form.

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Other groups

Scottish Greens also have Special Interest Groups that focus on key areas of policy, campaigning, and developing links with wider movements outwith the party.

Get in touch with them through Scottish Greens Slack workspace, or via their email address below.

Green Yes

Strategy and campaigning for Scottish Independence and #indyref2.

greenyes@scottishgreens.org.uk

Palestine Solidarity Group

Welcomes all party members who support the struggle for a free Palestine.

palestine.group@scottishgreens.org.uk

Trade Union Group

Furthering the trade union movement and bringing green policies into trade unions.

tug@scottishgreens.org.uk