St Colm's College

St Colm's College was established in Edinburgh in 1894 as a missionary training college for women, with Annie Hunter Small as its first principal.

In 1908 the training college moved to the site at 23 Inverleith Terrace Edinburgh, opening in 1909 and then in 1910 the College hosted most of the global leaders attending the World Missionary Conference held in Edinburgh, most notably V.S.Azariah.

In 1998, when the College was about to be sold by the Church of Scotland, it was rescued through a last minute plan developed by Scottish Churches World Exchange. The plan, developed by Robert Anderson and Lynn Whitehead who led World Exchange, was to turn the building on its head, and swop from sending missionaries to receiving students from the global south who were studying in Edinburgh and creating a supportive international environment for them. It was renamed St Colm's International House and this project ran from 1998 through to 2010. During this time the House also ran English language and Negotiating Skills courses for emerging women leaders from the global south.

In August 2010, the College's property would eventually be sold off after the Church of Scotland determined it could no longer afford to maintain it.