Street Pastors Scotland, 10th Anniversary
- Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 November 2017
- Motion reference: S5M-08404
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 19 December 2017
That the Parliament recognises the 10th anniversary of Street Pastors Scotland; notes that the initiative was pioneered in London in 2003 by Les Isaac and that, since then, over 14,000 street pastors have been trained, with over 20,000 volunteers now associated with the organisation; understands that, in 2010, the Ascension Trust (Scotland) was launched in the Parliament to take responsibility for the street pastor teams across Scotland; notes that there are around 600 street pastors in 23 Scottish communities, major cities and large and small towns in the Mid Scotland and Fife parliamentary region, as well as in Orkney and Lewis; believes that Street Pastors Scotland put its Christian faith to good use in order to improve community relations and the safety of the night-time economy, and wishes the movement and the street pastors all the best.
Supported by:
Jackie Baillie, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Bill Bowman, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Donald Cameron, Jackson Carlaw, Jamie Halcro Johnston, Rachael Hamilton, Alison Harris, Liam Kerr, Bill Kidd, Gordon Lindhurst, Richard Lochhead, Dean Lockhart, Richard Lyle, John Mason, Stuart McMillan, Margaret Mitchell, Edward Mountain, John Scott, Liz Smith, Stewart Stevenson, Alexander Stewart, Sandra White, Brian Whittle