A former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has become just the third person to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award in the Scottish Public Service Awards.
Dr Alison Elliot was presented with the award at the Scottish Parliament in December. She said: “I think the award will be one of the things I am most proud of because it is for public service. That is really the heart of what I’ve been trying to do for the last 30 years and I feel hugely privileged to have found myself in positions where I can exercise that.”