We promote peaceful action, ethical investment, and accountability for a future free from arms, oppression, and exploitation.
Time to Divest Forth Valley has been writing and campaigning to demand the divestment of funds of the Falkirk Pension Fund* from companies that invest in genocide. Asset listings from March 2025 can be found here.
Known as the Falkirk Pension Fund, Scheme Members include people who work for:
You can help and support our campaign by adding your name to a petition for the Fund to divest public money via this online form.
The Falkirk Pension Fund continues to come under fire from local divestment activists.
The board and committee of the Falkirk pension fund originally faced criticism about the fund’s investments in major arms companies. The companies, outlined by divestment campaign Time to Divest Forth Valley, include: BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics. Time to Divest Forth Valley is part of the wider national Time to Divest campaign. Campaigns are active in other areas around Scotland, including Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders.
All of the aforementioned companies have been found to manufacture for and provide arms to Israel.
The Pension Fund, administered by Falkirk Council, holds investment funds worth £3.6 billion for more than thirty public bodies across Scotland.