Welcome to
Street, Rail and School Pastors in Scotland
Street Pastors Scotland is made up of individuals from local churches engaged in responding to social problems in their community.
Street Pastors Scotland are a network of 18 Scottish initiatives whose mission is to deliver compassionate, practical help to vulnerable individuals in distress
OUR MISSION
Caring, Listening, Helping
Street Pastors engage with people on the streets to care for them, listen to them and help them. They work together with other partners in the night-time economy to make communities safer.
Street Pastors Scotland is the working name of Ascension Trust Scotland. Street Pastors Scotland is made up of individuals from local churches engaged in responding to social problems in their community.
Street Pastors, School Pastors, Rail Pastors and Response Pastors work with professionalism, kindness and robust training.
Street Pastors Scotland want every community to know that they are valued by the church. Street Pastors operate with the approval and in communication with Police Scotland, and the local council.
We are passionately engaged in equipping local churches to work together to listen, care and help.
School Pastors and Rail Pastors in Scotland.
School Pastors also operate in Scotland in a small but growing number of schools offering a range of activities and coming alongside students, following initial discussions with the school and with agreement from them. This can include chats with individual students, the creation and managing of ‘safe spaces’ in schools, help with transport issues and being involved in breakfast clubs, school assemblies and other school activities.
Rail Pastors operate in Scotland in partnership with Network Rail, Scotrail, British transport Police and the Samaritans. The are fully trained, using much of the training received as a Street Pastor for their Rail Pastor role, with added emphasis to look out for potential suicides.
Street Pastors by numbers…
Scottish locations
Scottish volunteers
Hours of training undertaken by Scottish volunteers
Street Pastors Scotland is the working name of Ascension Trust Scotland.