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St John Scotland, formed in 1947, is a Scottish charity dedicated to helping others through medical and rescue activities. Its head office, the Chancery, is in Edinburgh. Unlike St John in England, it does not provide ambulance services.

Instead St John Scotland supports mountain rescue by providing rescue bases and vehicles for Scottish mountain rescue teams, promotes mountain safety, has provided a state of the art neonatal ambulance, and provides defibrillators at golf clubs and in public places such as Waverley Station. St John Scotland is divided into twelve areas, each with their own projects, such as the First Responder Service in Angus and Dundee and Palliative Care in Dumfries and Galloway.

What St John Scotland does abroad

St John Scotland is a long-time supporter of the St John Eye Hospital in Jerusalem and its outreach clinic and hospital work in Anabta, Gaza and Hebron.

In recent years St John Scotland has sponsored medical director Dr Jeanne Garth (left) each year, helped fund the library, contributed to the Patient Relief and Gaza Appeal funds, and funded the overseas specialist glaucoma training of one of the staff's Palestinian doctors.

St John Scotland also supports health projects in Malawi and southern Africa, and contributes to the international St John Emergency Relief Fund.