Isle of Wight Street Pastors

recruitment

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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 26th 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.

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First recruitment event

Street Pastors recruitmentOn Tuesday 3rd February 2009 Isle of Wight Street Pastors held its first Recruitment evening in Newport and, despite the snow and cold, over 90 people attended. There was representation from the Police, County Council, Environment & Neighbourhoods Officers, Community Safety Services and Christians from a wide range of denominations. It was a very successful evening with strong statements of endorsement from Chief Superintendent Thomas, Councillor Alan Wells and Archdeacon Caroline Baston.

Many people volunteered to be Street Pastors or Prayer Pastors and others expressed support for the scheme in different ways. David Ouston the SP Co-ordinator, who led the evening said that he was delighted with the response and everything is now in place to continue with, interviews, training and a launch onto the streets by May of this year.