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 . . . → Read More: Street Pastors are recruiting again

Newsletter online

Edition two of the Isle of Wight Street Pastors newsletter is now available to download, packed with news from the first half of 2010 including

Community Action Awards 2010
New Volunteers Commissioned
Quotes from the new team
Growth in prayer team
High . . . → Read More: Newsletter online

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 . . . → Read More: Community Action Awards

Street Pastor Song

Inspired by an encounter on the streets, Isle of Wight Street Pastors Co-ordinator David Ouston wrote a song, which has been performed in various places and is now available to download.  There is no charge for the download, but if you are touched by the song please do consider making a donation to Isle of Wight Street Pastors, or becoming a regular . . . → Read More: Street Pastor Song

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 . . . → Read More: Festival Friday

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 . . . → Read More: Street Pastors hit the Isle of Wight Festival

Street Pastors take to the streets of Newport

Last Friday saw the commissioning of the second wave of Street Pastors on the Isle of Wight in Newport Minster, followed by the first night on the streets of Newport.  In front of a large congregation in the Minster new Street Pastors were prayed for and commissioned with Street Pastors each handed their cap, ready to . . . → Read More: Street Pastors take to the streets of Newport

First Newsletter out now

Our first Isle of Wight Street Pastors newsletter is now available.

You can download a version for on screen reading  from here, or obtain a printed copy or high resolution version to print at home by contacting David, SP co-ordinator.

The newsletter is the first in a series of biannual publications which will help keep you up to date with . . . → Read More: First Newsletter out now

Less Crime in Ryde

Since May 22nd 2009 until 31st December 2009 we have done 38 nights out on the streets of Ryde, Cowes and Newport. This equates to 970 man/ woman hours . We have had 134 meaningful conversations and been involved in 33 tense or challenging situations. We have given away hundreds of pairs of flip flops and . . . → Read More: Less Crime in Ryde

Downloadable Poster & Flyer

We have had requests for a poster and leaflet for churches and other organisations that want to show their support of Street Pastors.  So here they are!

You can now download an A5 leaflet (set up two to an A4 page for easy printing) or a poster (suitable for A4 or A3 printing) to display or hand out.

They are . . . → Read More: Downloadable Poster & Flyer