Last year I became a Trustee of The Salvesen Mindroom Centre (‘SMC’), a charity which supports children and young people living with learning difficulties.

As you can imagine, the pandemic has created significant challenges for them and their families, and consequently even more demand for the charity’s resources. SMC turned 21 in April this year, so I decided to do a personal 21 mile run to raise funds to help support our families at this challenging time. Fortunately, the day I chose – 16 April 2021 – was warm and sunny with a gentle breeze, and I was able to see sunbathers enjoying the sunshine on Portobello beach and Leith Links.

The Church is gradually opening up along with life in general.

​Since Easter, we have been putting flowers in MUC each Sunday, and they certainly do brighten things up. When we are happy to do so, the flowers will be distributed to members afterwards.