isle of wight

November 17, 2010 by David

Street Pastors are recruiting again

Street Pastors are recruiting the next wave of volunteer Street Pastors. We are expanding our nights on patrol in both Ryde and Newport to include Saturday nights, plus are looking to set up a scheme in Ventnor to patrol on Friday nights. If you would like to be considered as a future Street Pastor please complete the application form and return it to me by the end of January 2011.

Interviews will be held at the end of February and training will start on March 26^th 2011 and will be 8 Saturdays (10-4) in 2 blocks of 4. Training will be completes by early June 2011.

For more information on the Street Pastors scheme and what the role of a Street Pastor involves, please take a look around the website. If you have any other questions please get in contact with me.

June 30, 2010 by site admin

Community Action Awards

We are pleased to announce that Isle of Wight Street Pastors were the overall winners of this years Isle of Wight Community Action Awards. We are grateful to the judges for their recognition of the valuable work of our volunteer Street Pastors and its impact on our community. The £1,750 prize will help us continue and extend our work on the Island’s streets.

June 16, 2010 by David

Festival Friday

So on Friday night we ventured out into the unknown, the start of our first weekend on the streets around the Isle of Wight Festival. It was like a ghost town in Newport so we headed up Fairlee Road towards the festival site. Immediately a young lad about 14 came staggering towards us, he was falling into the road as he walked and cars were nervously, very slowly overtaking him. We crossed over the road and offered him some water, which he downed in one and taking one arm each walked slowly with him to a side road where he was meeting his mum.

Another guy that evening was escorted out of the entrance by 2 massive security guards. He was so drunk he couldn’t walk, so collapsed in a heap on the grass. We immediately took over giving him water and sitting with him. He then said he wanted to meet his friends in town, so off he went. Once again all over the place, once again one person either side of him. We walked him all the way into town, he kept telling us he wasn’t a bad person. When he got into town , he still really was a danger to himself so we called an ambulance, which he agreed to. When the ambulance came he didn’t want to get in, so ran off!!

People were coming out and just collapsing on the grass, some were sick and we helped clean then up and give water, others we gave foil blankets as they lay there on the grass.

Another lady had a diabetic seizure , luckily we were around so could call an ambulance.

One young lady came up to us and spent 45 minutes talking, crying and chain smoking , pleading with us to let her know that God had forgiven her for what she had done earlier in her life. We talked, cried and prayed with her, very humbling.

Two other ladies were so drunk they could barely walk, so we walked one home , the other we walked to the bus station.

One guy had been ejected from the campsite, and was causing a lot of grief between himself, his girlfriend and the security staff. We were on hand to give smiles and chocolates.

So many people couldn’t believe we were giving away water and chocolates and we must have been told that we “are the nicest people ever” about 100 times. And that was just Friday!!!!!!!

June 9, 2010 by site admin

Street Pastors hit the Isle of Wight Festival

This year Street Pastors will be on the streets of Newport during the Isle of Wight Festival for the first time. Three teams will be out on Friday and Saturday nights and one team on Sunday night, from around 8pm to 1am. We’re not quite sure what to expect, but are really looking forward to meeting and talking to 50,000 people. Well, maybe we won’t manage to talk to all of them but….