The Spring/Summer edition of the Isle of Wight Street Pastors newsletter is now available. You can view/download an electronic version or look out for the printed version in local churches and elsewhere. If you have an outlet for distributing newsletters and would like to receive a batch please contact us. You can also download past newsletters on our downloads page.
Some of the delights that await within this edition’s pages are:
Pastors Praised by Community Safety Partnership
The Isle of Wight Community Safety Partnership is a group drawn from the three main emergency services and aims to find better ways of keeping Islanders safe. They are clear that Street Pastors have a positive impact on crime and anti-social behaviour issues: “One agency that has had a profound effect upon (our) strategic objectives…is the ‘Street Pastor’ scheme.” >>>read more
What Street Pastors do
Happy New Year
A phrase that’s heard over and over again at the start of each year, but New Year often starts in less than happy circumstances, with many people ending up spending the start of a fresh year in the gutter or a police cell. Street Pastors were out in record numbers for this year’s New Year celebration to try and make sure everyone had a happy and safe start to the New Year. >>>read more
Help Street Pastors
While all the Street Pastors are volunteers and give their time freely, we still have a range of other costs, and rely on voluntary donations to keep going. We are particularly grateful to our regular donors who give £10 a month and ensure we can keep helping people on the streets each week. >>>read more
