YES2030: A Route to a Better Nation
Plans for a National Yes Campaign Organisation
Plans for a National Yes Campaign Organisation
Introduction
Independence Forum Scotland (IFS) in 2023 and Yes United (YU) in 2025 were formed to re-activate a stalled independence movement. Both have similar aims: to unite the movement, produce a manifesto for independence, and hold regular meetings / conventions to energise debate on key issues related to independence.
IFS and Yes United collaborated on a successful event at Òran Mòr in Glasgow in March 2026. A range of individuals and representatives from pro-independence groups acted as facilitators and speakers for a day-time conference followed by a fantastic line up of musicians and poets resulting in a memorable social evening.
The event showcased how much genuine talent and intellect we have in the movement, and prompted the decision for IFS and Yes United to work together to create a national network organisation for autonomous Independence Organisations, Yes Groups and individual supporters to join/support if they wish, as outlined in this document. IFS and Yes United will also continue with their own programmes of work.
Proposal
Our goal is a confident successful Scotland in which the nation’s children can look forward to a life of achievement and fulfilment in their own country.
We aim to deliver, by democratic means, independence for Scotland at the earliest possible opportunity.
At present, there is party political stalemate. There is no serious strategy to achieve independence, a leadership vacuum and a pitifully underfunded and fractured movement.
Support for independence has decoupled from support for the SNP and sits around 50%. The SNP alone cannot deliver 50% support, far less 55-60%. There is latent energy in the movement, but this needs leadership, competence, vision and strategy. Funding, co-ordination and wider collaboration are also required.
YES 2030 aims to re-mobilise the Yes movement by providing:
Vision: what a better nation looks like in all key areas
Structure: a national network organisation
Coordination: to promote political and organisational coherence
Co-operation: to foster unity and collaboration in the movement
Assistance: to develop economic, social & political programmes
Finance: to run an effective movement and campaigns
Professionalism: to raise the profile of campaigns
Objectives
Strengthen support for independence up to and beyond 55%
Educate and empower activists
Connect across the movement via a National Yes Hub
Trustees will be key to success. Our guarantee is decent and honest governance, characterised by wisdom, experience and humility, not personal career advancement or prestige.
Structure
Board of Trustees
Executive team, supported by Fundraising and Media teams
Specialist Independence Groups: Discussion and connectivity (IFS), Manifesto for Indy (YU), Campaigning, Marches and Events (AUOB), Scottish Currency Group, Energy Scotland, Artists for Independence etc.
Local Yes Groups and Regional Networks who wish to join us
Individual supporters
Staff
Yes2030 will raise funding for several staff members across the country to help with the smooth running of the organisation.
Media team
We will be recruiting a team with expertise in Media, Marketing and Communications.
Plan for statehood
Yes United is currently building a Manifesto for Statehood with consultation and collaboration across the movement. This work will continue in parallel to discussions on how to restore Scottish Independence in the fastest time possible.
Campaign/ data collection
We will be setting up systems to collect the information we need to become a successful campaigning force.
Work with all to achieve strategy for independence by early 2030s
The movement is currently fractured and we hope Yes2030 will bring together like-minded people to work together in a positive and constructive way to restore Scotland to her natural state of Sovereignty. Watch this space…
Encouraging to see the focus shift from waiting on one party to building durable civic capacity across the movement. The crucial test will be governance: transparent finance, accountable leadership, genuine autonomy for member groups and room for disagreement. If YES2030 embeds those principles from the start, it could begin building the civic infrastructure that statehood would require.
"A plebiscitary election might establish a political mandate, but it would not itself transfer authority or secure recognition."
An electoral event could, as you agree, establish the political legitimacy.
We assert that the people of Scotland are sovereign.
That is non negotiable.
That is our ancient right bequeathed to us and preserved 'for all time' in our Scots constitution.
We have the authority and choose what instruction to legitimately give to our parliament.
And to the final securing recognition part- that begs the question: recognition from who?
If you mean the international community then you know that is being handled by representations from Liberation to the UN.
If you mean from the Scottish people, well we have recognised what we intend to do by voting for it in an electoral event.
If you mean the rump of the UK state, then I say to you that they have no say.
They can accept it, or huff and puff!
We are Sovereign, they are foreign and have no legitimate input.
I expect you will have been following the cases at the UN C24 like e.g. French Polynesia and New Caledonia.
The UN is absolutely clear that the colonising state has no legitimate influence in the pre separation deliberations.
It is for us to arrange and for the UK to accept the result that we decide.