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It’s nearly time for our AGM!  Anyone with an interest in what we do is welcome to attend, though only members of the charity are able to vote.

By order of The Trustees, notice is hereby given that the 6th Annual General Meeting of Isle of Wight Street Pastors will be held on Thursday May 26th 2016 at 7.00PM at Newport Methodist Church, Quay Street, Newport, PO30 5BA. The trustees’ report and accounts for the period 1st January 2015 to 31st December 2015 will be received & 2 appointments of trustees and directors of the company will be made.

Back by popular demand an evening Soiree with Steve French & Co at St Andrews, Ventnor, 7pm, Fri 5th Feb.

We’re delighted to announce Andrew Gardner will be joining us in February as the new coordinator for the Street Pastor’s project. Until recently Andrew managed the St Rhadagunds Christian holiday centre and is looking forward to the challenge of his new role.

Andrew will work alongside Dan who continues to coordinate School Pastors on the Island, and Karen our administrator and will be based in our office in Newport.

We are now recruiting! We are very interested to hear from anyone who would like to volunteer as a STREET, PRAYER ​or​ SCHOOL​ PASTOR. There are​ also​ other opportunities to get involved​.

Street Pastors was launched on the Isle of Wight early in 2009 in Ryde and has since expanded to cover Newport and Ventnor​ & on occasion Cowes​. In addition the School Pastors initiative was launched in Feb 2012 and currently operates in Medina College. It is hoped we will expand to cover other schools on the island in 2016. The organisation has grown to what it is today in no small part thanks to the hard work and determination of our 50 volunteers. We are so very pleased that the quality of our work has been recognised by us receiving the Queen’s Award for Voluntary service in 2013, in recognition of the quality and impact of our Street and School Pastor Projects. This prestigious award is the equivalent of an MBE.​

For more information on the care, support & practical help we give to people on the streets at night and the work we do around schools to provide safety and reassurance to students, parents and local residents take a look around our site and to download an application pack visit our downloads section.

​​​These are Christian volunteer posts. ​All ​School​ & Street Pastors will ​benefit from a full ​8 session ​training programme​ over the course of 3 weekends from 15 April to 15 May 2016​. ​We hope that school pastors can ​commit to one ​lunchtime ​duty per week​ & street pastors can commit to one 6 hour shift one evening per month. ​Prayer pastors are invited to join either team. We hope that volunteers are able to continue for 2 to 3 years​. We do welcome those ​w​ho want to continue beyond that time, and understand that some are not able to commit to the full 2 years. We are required to complete ​a Disclosure and Barring Service​ Check (DBS) and collect a reference from your church​.

Come and be part of our friendly, committed team and make a difference.

Closing date for applications to be received for the current round of recruitment is 8th March 2016.

St Thomas of Canterbury Church in Cowes will be carol singing in Cowes on Saturday 12th December 2015 from 11- 12 in aid of Isle of Wight Street Pastors. We’re really grateful for their support, if you’re in the area please do go and have a listen.

Denise Evans, our Street Pastors coordinator has decided the time has come for her to move on from her role with the charity and so she will be stepping down early in 2016. Denise’s enthusiasm for the role will be missed, but she’ll still be involved with the charity so we don’t have to say goodbye completely!  We’d like to wish Denise every blessing for this next phase in her life.

As a result of this we have an exciting new opportunity for someone to join the team as our new Street Pastors’ Coordinator. The role is part-time (16 hours/week) and you will work with the rest of our staff team, (Dan, School Pastors’ Coordinator; Karen, Administrator and Martin, Development Manager) Trustees and our dedicated volunteer Street Pastors to move the Street pastors initiative forwards on the Isle of Wight.

If you’d like to make a difference in our community, love people and want to show God’s love in a practical way then you could be the person we’re looking for. Full details can be found on our jobs page, including an application pack. The closing date for applications is the 18th December.