How donors feel about the SNP's 'ring-fenced' £600k independence fund being spent

Badges worn by a delegate during the first day of the SNP annual conference at the Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA) in 2025 (Image: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

ON March 13 2017, Nicola Sturgeon announced that she would ask for permission to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence – and launched a fundraiser for the campaign.

The then-SNP leader launched the #ScotRef fundraising appeal for the campaign, telling independence supporters "the steps I have set out today, I am ensuring that Scotland's future will be decided not just by me, the Scottish Government or the SNP – it will be decided by the people of Scotland".