Street Pastors News and Events

Cardiff Street Pastors have won a Special Recognition Award from the South Wales Police Authority, the award is titled ‘Community Safety Volunteer Team 2011’. We are very proud and thankful for all the Street Pastors who are out selflessly serving the community every Friday and Saturday night, and we give God the glory for this award. Well done to the Cardiff Street Pastors!...

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Cardiff Street Pastors are partnering with the BGEA to provide a training day in Cardiff on Saturday 2nd April 2011, 9am-5pm. The aims of the 'Sharing Hope in Crisis' seminar are to: Train and develop church members and those who have a ministry calling to support others i.e. Street Pastors, Chaplains Develop the skills and abilities of those attending in identifying and communicating with people in need in times of crisis and excessive stress Inform those interested in startin...

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Cardiff Street Pastors are still recruiting for Street Pastors and Night Base members.  Should you wish to find out more about how you can get involved in the scheme please come along to our recruitment night on Tuesday 5th April 2011, 7.30pm @ Glenwood Church, Circle Way West, Llanedeyrn, Cardiff.  We are continuing with the planned "Recruitment Event" for Street Pastors Cardiff as an act of faith. You may have seen the press reports about our lack of funding from the en...

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The Street Pastors project is always drawing attention from the media, and never more so than over Christmas and the New Year when more and more people go out to celebrate.  See the following articles on Your Cardiff and in the Guardian newspaper... Your Cardiff: Cardiff’s night-time economy under scrutiny (20/10/2010) Your Cardiff: Services geared up for a busy night (31/12/2010) Your Cardiff: Snow puts a damper on Cardiff Black Friday Spirit (18/12/2010) The Gu...

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Hi Guys I just wanted you to hear about Street Pastors and what’s been happening during/after our National Week of Prayer.  There are also some prayer points at the end, can we encourage you to continue praying for us please? Thank you for your prayers this morning for the meeting – for those of you who hadn’t heard the meeting was delayed by approx an hour so when the Chief Inspector arrived with the Director things were a bit rushed as they had to be at another appoint...

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The Street Pastors initiative projects are growing rapidly, there are now over 200 schemes up and running throughout the UK and overseas.  Each week we are blessed to hear many ways in which the volunteers of the scheme are helping people have an enjoyable and safe night out in Cardiff City Centre.  Each week varies whether it’s getting someone reunited with their friends, assisting the Police and Paramedics so that they can deal with the emergency situations, cleaning up someo...

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In 2004, The South Wales Police Authority started a set of awards to acknowledge and thank the countless number of people who help out in the community and keep it safe. The Authority is an independent body that monitors performance of the Police who work with numerous communities in South Wales to ensure that they get a first class policing service.  There were 45 nominations  last year and there are 3 categories: Community Safety Volunteer  (1 per Local Authority) ...

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The BBC broadcasted “Week In Week Out” last night which related to binge drinking in Cardiff.  They wanted to have Street Pastors involved and did a bit of filming a couple of weeks ago.  Please see below the attached link which will enable you to watch the show if you haven’t seen it already. http://bbc.co.uk/i/t69c9/ Best Wishes Ruth...

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