We celebrated former pastor Marian Blackburn’s life on Saturday at St John’s Church, Sandown, with extremely touching tributes given by various members of the congregation in an open forum as they remembered Marian. Also a wonderful more formal tribute given by David Ouston our former Street Pastor Co ordinator. Please do remember Marians family at this time . Her daughter Jenny was at the service and said to me that she had so treasured the messages of love and support sent to her .
We were very sad to learn of the passing on Tuesday November 11th of our dear friend Marian Blackburn who was one of the very first street pastors on the Island. She then went on to become one of our first school pastors. She gave many, many hours to care, listen and help others. The funeral is in Bournemouth on Thursday November 20th. We hope that we will be able to honour this lovely lady at a memorial service on the Island at a later date.
We are now recruiting for new Street Pastors, School Pastors and Prayer Pastors to join us at the beginning of 2015. Applications need to be in by the end of January. Successful applicants will then receive full training in the spring before joining our existing volunteers helping our local community. If you would like to find our more please contact one of the coordinators – contact Denise on 07545 242782 (Street Pastors or Rebecca on 07428 399866 (School Pastors) or use the contact form here. If you want to apply you can download an application pack below.
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– Download School Pastors Application Pack –
– Download Prayer Pastors Application Pack –
We wish our wonderful school pastor co-ordinator Rebecca Kelly every blessing on her marriage to Steve Savage on October 31st.
Isle of Wight Street Pastors need your help. We need to raise an extra £20,000 this year to help make our streets safer and ensure school students get the help and support they need.
We’ve been serving the community for 5 years now and have grown significantly to meet the need for our help. We have a dedicated band of volunteers and many regular supporters who help finance our work, but we need more people to give. Lots of our work in the early years was supported by seed-funding grants and government funding which is no longer available. To sustain the work of our volunteer Street and School Pastors we need to rely on the generosity of Island people, churches and businesses.
We’d love it if you could help reach our target for this year through making a one off donation, holding a fundraising event or becoming a new regular giver. We’ll be posting more about each of those over the coming weeks and months, but if you would like to give now we can put your money straight to work making lives better in our streets and in our schools.
Just click here to donate by credit or debit card.
Thanks for your support.
We are looking for new Street Pastors, School Pastors and Prayer Pastors to help us continue our work to transform our local communities into safer, happier places.
Download a recruitment pack for full details:
— Download Street Pastor Application Pack —
— Download School Pastor Application Pack —
— Download Prayer Pastor Application Pack —
Street and School Pastors are Christian volunteers who provide care, support and practical help to people out on the streets of our towns and in our schools.
Street Pastor teams patrol the town centres and provide help and assistance to people who are suffering the effects of over consumption of alcohol, are at risk of violence or feel unsafe, lonely, hurt or abused.
School Pastors work in and around schools to provide safety and reassurance to students, parents and local residents. School Pastors patrol in uniform and their role is to provide support to students and a positive adult presence, deter anti-social behaviour and help all students feel part of the community.
Prayer Pastors support the volunteers out on the streets by praying for them and the situations they face.
If you want to find out more about volunteering as a Street Pastor, School Pastor or Prayer Pastor then this website is a great place to start. Have a read through some of the information about what we do and our past news stories and then download an application pack for full details of each of the volunteer roles.
Our coordinators (Rebecca for School Pastors and Denise for Street Pastors) would be delighted to chat with you about the different opportunities. We encourage people who are interested to join us on patrol as an observer to see us in action, and we can put you in touch with existing volunteers who can talk about their experience of the challenges and rewards of volunteering with us.
There’s no pressure to sign up once you’ve made enquiries, so if you’re not sure if it’s for you please get in touch. We’d much rather you knew what was involved before you make a decision.
If a volunteering role is not for you just now then you can still be part of the transformation of our communities through Street and School Pastors. We value the prayer and support of many people, knowing you are behind us makes a real difference. You can also become a regular donor, supporting our work financially. Without people committing to give a regular amount each month the project would not survive. Whether you can afford to give lots or only a little a monthly contribution will make a real difference. You can download a regular giving form here.
