Thank you for attending our winter socials

Attendees at the Glasgow winter social

It was wonderful to see everyone who made it along to our winter socials in Glasgow and Inverness.
Thanks to our host venues Table Twenty Eight, Glasgow and Rebel Row, Inverness.
At our Glasgow event, we also raised funds for our organisation with a raffle. Thanks to all who entered the draw and all who donated prizes. This money will help us fund future events and campaigns.

Attendees at the Inverness winter social

On the same night WiJ Scotland gathered in Glasgow for a glitteringly gallus winter social, further north, in Inverness, a group of women met at the appropriately named Rebel Row, to network and set the world to rights. Rebel Row (a play on Savile Row) is the retail outlet of the Highland’s only tartan weaving mill, Prickly Thistle. 
The backdrop of cool couture, made using tartan woven at Prickly Thistle’s mill near Evanton on the Black Isle, was perfect. Around 20 Highland women in the media attended and enjoyed an evening of networking and discussions about the issues faced by our industry to meet each other and talk about issues faced by our industry.
The event was organised by former WiJ Scotland co-chair, Jan Patience, now living in the Highlands. The Inverness Winter Social followed on from an event in the summer for women in journalism in the Inverness area at which a desire for more of the same was expressed by all who attended.
Jan has set up a WhatsApp group for women in journalism in the Highlands. Get in touch with wijscotland@gmail.com if you’d like to be added to it. We are open to suggestions for more events so let us know if you have any ideas.