Glasgow West End

Hello from Street Pastors in Glasgow’s West End

As of January 2021, all of Glasgow’s Street Pastors are organised as part of the same charity, and you can find out more at https://www.gsp.scot/ Glasgow Street pastors are trained volunteers from churches right across Glasgow, who care about our community.

We are all part of the Street Pastors movement, pioneered in London in 2003. We started patrolling Glasgow’s West End in February 2015 with 75 people from all parts of the community sending us off, and now patrol every weekend.

In the West End we are usually on patrol from 10pm to 2am on Friday or Saturday nights, from Kelvin Bridge to Partick train station, although we have a particular focus on Byres Road and Ashton Lane. We provide a listening ear, protect vulnerable people from harm, provide first aid and flipflops, calm down situations and offer support where we can.

To contact us in the West End during patrol, call us on: 07948012928.

If you would like to become a Street Pastor or a Prayer Pastor, our Glasgow Street Pastor Co-ordinator, Stuart Crawford, would love to hear from you! Candidates need to be active in their local Christian church, available to serve one Friday or Saturday evening per month and able to complete five days of training, which takes place throughout the year. Email Stuart for more information at coordinator@gsp.scot or call Stuart on 07530 542 631.

Street Pastors are supported by local churches, and work in partnership with the local police, Glasgow City Council and other like-minded organisations.