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Volunteers sign up as street pastors
Street pastors could soon be helping to tackle antisocial behaviour in Perth after eight volunteers signed up to join the pioneering project.Retired businessman Michael Archibald is hoping to launch Scotland's first street pastor scheme to cut alcohol-fuelled incidents in the Fair City.
Volunteers will be trained to take to the streets in pairs each weekend between 11pm and 4am, with the aim of helping people in difficulties and defusing trouble before it starts.
The initiative, first used in Jamaica to tackle gang culture, has been employed in London, Manchester and Birmingham and could be rolled out in Scottish cities if a Perth pilot scheme is a success.
Full story at the Aberdeen Press & Journal.
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