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One of our street pastors, Mike Rodda, is taking part in the Tour de Ben Nevis MTB event on Saturday 22nd September to raise money for Elgin Street Pastors.  The event web page describes the event as ‘a 72km circumnavigation of Ben Nevis from Fort William, the Outdoor Capital of the UK. This is one of […]

On Thursday 31st May 2018 the National School Pastor Gathering was held in London.  Our School Pastor Coordinator Rosemary Young attended to represent Elgin and took every opportunity to network and gather ideas.  Here she is with Les Isaacs and Bejoy Pal.

In April 2018 our school pastor coordinator Rosemary Young walked the entire length of the Great Glen Way to raise money for the Elgin Street Pastor charity.  She raised over £1,000.  Well done Rosemary!

On 27th February 2018 at Logie Steading, Jude from Hellygog was delighted to hand over a cheque for £203 to Elgin Street Pastors, the second of the charities benefiting from the money raised from Logie Steading’s Christmas hamper raffles.

Elgin Street Pastors held its first fundraising family ceilidh on Friday 16 February. The evening was a fantastic success. Thank you to all those who came along and enjoyed dancing to the fabulous Mhairi’s Ceilidh Band and to Ponderosa for serving up their amazing Stovies. A fun time was had by all.  We raised over […]

Many thanks to the NHS for allowing us to use the Moray Information Bus for our Safezone on the weekend before Christmas.  We were out on patrol on Friday from 7.00pm till 12.00am and on Saturday from 10.00pm till 4.00am.  We provided cups of tea, coffee and everyone’s favourite……mmm…. hot chocolate!  The Safezone proved very […]

On 1st November 2017 Elgin School Pastors had their first day at the newly built Elgin High School. What a fantastic building!  Rosemary and Pat checked out the canteen before the lunchtime rush.

On Saturday 21st October, 2017 Elgin Street Pastors and friends did the Three Hill Challenge, climbing Cullen Bin, Ben Aigen and Ben Rinnes in one day to raise funds for the street pastor initiative in Elgin.  A great time was had by all concerned!  Well done guys!  

Rita Cooper and Gordon Methven receiving a cheque for £1000 donated to Elgin Street Pastors from the Historic Wheels Club at Moray Motor Museum in September 2017. Many thanks to them for such a kind donation.

On Tuesday 22 August, 2017 Elgin Street Pastors gathered together at the Harvest Centre, Elgin to celebrate Sarah Johnson handing over the role of Street Pastor Coordinator to her successor Gordon Methven.  Sarah has been the coordinator of Elgin Street Pastors since its commissioning in 2013 and was instrumental in their becoming a familiar sight […]