This is a ministry of The Northern Light Trust, whose mission is one of 'Encouraging Christian Leadership'. We seek to encourage an understanding of the true nature of authentic pastoral ministry in Christ's church, of whatever denomination.

Your hosts at Burnside Lodge are Oliver and Valerie Vellacott, now retired from full-time pastoral ministry but continuing this 'retreat ministry' which they started in 1994 at Olrig House in Caithness. They have more than thirty years' experience in local church-based ministry, extending from the South of England to the North of Scotland.