ORGANISATIONS

COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Your Community Council is the most local tier of Statutory Representation.

Your Community Council meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7pm at the Eildon Centre, Coldstream. Members of the public are invited to attend.
For any queries and/or concerns contact the Chair.

Contact: JOY THOMPSON chair.coldstreamcc@gmail.com
Secretary: secretary.coldstreamcc@gmail.com

COMMUNITY TRUST

Owns, maintains and runs activities in the Community Centre. When active, we run the Hudson Hirsel Fund for Hudson Hirsel LLP. Grants are awarded twice yearly to local voluntary bodies, in May and November.

The Board of Trustees meet on the third Wednesday of each month at the Coldstream Community Centre

Contact
Tel: 01890 883332

Email: admin@coldstreamcommunity.com

web: facebook.com

COMMUNITY NEWS

A valuable and informative quarterly community newsletter with specific organisation news and dates for the diary produced by the Coldstream Gateway Association, and edited by CHRIS FALCON.
The newsletters are generally hand-delivered to letterboxes by a group of volunteers but the Gateway Association is hoping to expand its electronic versions. News can be submitted to him at any time, via e-mail
DOWNLOAD THE SUMMER 2024 EDITION

GATEWAY ASSOCIATION

The Gateway Association is very important in keeping the town in an attractive fashion, whether it is the impressive Christmas Lights on the High Street, installing beautiful flowers in the town during the summer and attracting regional floral awards. The Association also produces the quarterly Coldstream Community News.

Secretary: COLIN MILNE Email:  jcmilne@btinternet.com

PRESENTING COLDSTREAM

The ‘Presenting Coldstream’ is vital in organising Coldstream’s Civic Week which is the last-in-the-year Borders’ festival.
Contact: CHLOE MACGREGOR

Email: presentingcoldstream@btinternet.com

PIPE BAND

Coldstream Pipe Band has existed since the 1950s and encourages youth to join its ranks for initial training and then official duties. The band practices most Monday nights at 7pm in the Primary School Hall. Currently the band has an excellent blend of experience and youth. The band leads the horse cavalcade on the Thursday of civic week and carries out several official duties, not only in Coldstream, during the year.
Contact:
PIPE MAJOR KEITH GUTHRIE
Tel: 07584 201788 Email: keithgu3@live.com

Chair: GORDON THOMPSON
Tel: 01890 882455

Secretary:  ELSPETH BELL
Tel: 01890 882211
web: facebook.com

RIDERS’ ASSOCIATION

The Riders’ Association is a group of very well organised horse people who organise the horse cavalcades during Coldstream Civic Week and the enjoyable equestrian events in that week.

Chair: GARY LEES
Contact: WENDY YOUNGER
tel: 07704 587914
web: facebook.com

Email: Coldstream Riders

EX COLDSTREAMER ASSOCIATION

The Ex-Coldstreamers Association is a group of men who in previous years have been the ‘Coldstreamer’, the main young man in Coldstream Civic Week and representing Coldstream at other Border Festivals. The Association recommends to ‘Presenting Coldstream’ who the next ‘Coldstreamer’ should be. The association carries out a lot of community work and hosts an annual dinner in March each year.
Contact: ANDREW GUTHRIE

Email: andrewguthrie3@hotmail.com

TWINNING ASSOCIATION

Coldstream Twinning Association has existed for over 20 years and is twinned with Bennecourt in the Yvelines District of Il de France, 50 miles west of Paris and on the banks of the River Seine. It’s a beautiful and welcoming area. Exchanges generally take place every 18 months, whether the French are hosted here, or the French host.
If you would like to become involved in hosting or visiting, contact:

Secretary

FRANCES MATHER
tel: 01890 883188
web: facebook.com

GUARDS ASSOCIATION

Coldstream was the founding place of the Coldstream Guards, and is part of an association or branch. The Guards were given the Freedom of Coldstream Burgh and 2018 is the 50th anniversary of the Freedom of the Burgh.
The main contact is ex-guardsman JOCK LAW (BEM)
Tel: 01890 882333

COLDSTREAM CHARITY FUNDRAISERS

Coldstream Charity Fundraisers has a Coldstream Committee and it works very hard to raise funds for local charities.
Contacts are Chair: SUSAN VASSALLO
tel: 01890 882696 or email

OVER 60s

The group meets every Thursday between 2pm-4pm in the Coldstream Bowling Club March-October and every other Thursday October-March. The club has around 45 members but would welcome more. Sessions include: music, speakers, demos, a mystery trip, spring outing, Christmas party, weekly get-together.
Contact:

Chair: COLLEEN HOWARD
TEL: 07874 203779

EMAIL:  colleenhoward

PARISH CHURCH

Coldstream Parish Church has existed from 1718 although the present building has existed only from the turn of the 20th Century. The church is located on the High Street, beside the pelican crossing, and services are held every Sunday morning from 11:15am.
Contact: MIKE ROWE
Email: michaelrowe.coldstream@gmail.com

ST MARY AND ALL SOULS CHURCH

St. Mary and All Souls Scottish Episcopal Church is a welcoming church in Berwickshire in the Scottish borders dating from the late nineteenth century.
Contact: The Rector is the Revd. Chris Jones
tel: 01361 884326 or 07745 410487
web: stmaryscoldstream.org.uk

Email: rector_bt@hotmail.com

COLDSTREAM HEART RHYTHM 

Coldstream’s Heart Rhythm is responsible for acquisition, siting and maintenance of the town’s defibrillators.

These are sited at 1. Golf Club 2.Bowling Club 3.Men’s Shed 4.Gowanlea 5.Royal British Legion 6.Library/Marriage Room 7. Laughing Ducks 8. Leet Haugh

Contact: MARTIN HADSHAR

Email: coldstreamheartrhythm@yahoo.com

Facebook page: Heart Rhythm

COLDSTREAM MEN’S SHED

The Men’s Shed, a charity, offers an opportunity for gents to enjoy company, camaraderie and new skills. 

Opening Hours 

SHOP  Tuesday/Thursday 10am-3pm, Saturday 10am-noon

RODGER HALL. Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday 10am-1pm
Chair: DENNIS ARMSTRONG
Tel: 07500 834861 or d-armstrong6@sky.com

ROYAL BRITISH LEGION

The Legion’s clubrooms are behind the Parish Church and were modernised a year ago. The most regular event hosted in the clubrooms are Saturday morning coffee mornings. The premises can be booked for other events.
Contact: JAMES BELL
tel: 01890 883633

Email: RBLS COLDSTREAM

COMMUNITY CENTRE CINEMA

The Coldstream Community Trust runs the cinema using modern equipment in the Coldstream Community Centre. Notices of future shows are displayed on the external and internal notice boards of the centre and in various other prominent spots in the town.

Contact: ANN TAIT
Tel: 01890 882625

Once a month an older archive film is screened – usually a classic film, foreign film or documentary . To be added to the mailing list please email chair@coldstreamcommunity.com

Contact: chair@coldstreamcommunity.com

BURNS CLUB

Coldstream Burns Club has existed since 1888 and welcomes new members. It hosts two Burns Suppers each year: a gents supper on a Saturday evening near the Bard’s birthday of 25th January, then a Mixed Evening usually on the second Saturday of February. The quality of speakers and entertainers is very high. The Club also has a Burns Bridge Ceremony, normally on the second Sunday of May.
Contact: JOHN ELLIOT
Tel: 01890 882176 or email