Scottish Young Greens
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The Scottish Young Greens is the youth wing of the Scottish Green Party. It formally, and amicably, split from the Young Greens (England and Wales) in 2003, more than ten years after their parent organisations had similarly split. The two still work closely together. Both are members of the Federation of Young European Greens.
Scottish Young Greens have had a certain amount of success in student politics, with both contemporary and recent former Presidents/Vice Presidents of Edinburgh University Students' Association and Glasgow University Students' Representative Council. The 2004-2005 Depute President of NUS Scotland, Phyl Meyer, is also a Young Green.
Young Greens also ran the successful and widely covered campaign to elect Lothian Green MSP Mark Ballard as Rector of Edinburgh University.
Young Greens have campaigned on a number of issues, helping to build the profile of the Scottish Green Party among younger voters, and representing younger members to the Party as a whole.
Executive Officers:
- Convener: Ruth Cameron
- Secretary: Sophie Ramsay
- Treasurer: Douglas Maximum Cain
- International Co-ordinator: Gary Dunion
