Monthly Report – December 2024 & January 2025

Street Pastor patrols in December and January have been mostly peaceful, perhaps cold wet weather was encouraging people to head home rather than linger in town. Our New Year’s Eve patrol was peaceful, and apart from encouraging a young man who had climbed on King...

Monthly Report – October & November 2024

October was a busy month at Wantage & Grove Street Pastors. At the beginning of the month, we celebrated our 15th Anniversary and marked the occasion by giving out hot pasties in the Market Square in the morning and again at midnight. We have often been called...

Monthly Report – August & September 2024

Street Pastor patrols seemed to come across lots of stray shopping trolleys during August and September; returning them to their rightful owners. Our teams also cleared up a lot of litter, beer glasses and bottles around Wantage and different areas of Grove. Several...

Monthly Report – June & July 2024

Street Pastor patrols throughout June and July were mostly peaceful and quiet. Even when it is quiet, Street Pastors are on hand to clear up litter and broken glass and return glasses we find to nearby pubs. We also chatted to several groups of young people and gave...

Monthly Report – April & May 2024

It won’t surprise you to know that April’s patrols were cold and wet. However, May’s patrols were mostly dry and mild – that may come as a surprise! In April, Street Pastors met an older man who found himself homeless in Wantage. Being a really cold night, we provided...