Votes for Women
Competition for
Edinburgh schools
The competition is organised by the Equality Committee, Edinburgh Local Association, Educational Institute of Scotland www.edinburgheis.co.uk to commemorate the centenary of the October 1909 Women’s Suffrage Rally in Edinburgh.
The aim of the competition is to encourage pupils to learn more about the campaign for women’s suffrage and think about its contribution to widening democracy and its impact on women’s lives then and now. Entries will show creative and imaginative ways to represent that learning.
Entries may use any medium e.g writing in any form; art work of any sort; IT – web page, film, power point; music.
There will be 3 age categories and individual and group sections in all three. (P6/7 S1-3 S4-6)
The winning individual entrant in each age category will be awarded £100 for the entrant and £100 for the school.
The winning group entry in each category will be awarded £200 for their school.
There is no limit to the number of entries a school may send in, and no upper limit to the size of a group making an entry. Please note, that although care will be taken, Edinburgh EIS cannot accept responsibility for valuable objects or artworks constituting or forming part of entries.Winners will be invited to an awards ceremony to receive their prizes and there will be an exhibition of all entries.
