Welcome to Maidstone Street Pastor’s web site. Please feel free to look around our pages.
I hope you find the information here useful, please do get in touch with any questions that you may have.
Regards and blessings from all at Maidstone Street Pastors
Our very grateful thanks go to the Vanquis Banking Group Social Impact Fund (Kent and Medway) for their generous donation to our work. Through Kent Community Foundation they put us in touch with Vanquis who then made a donation to us. It is only through donations and grant’s like this that we are able to continue our vital, and needed ministry. For more information on either of these please visit:
www.vanquisbankinggroup.com and www.kentcf.org.uk
At a recent presentation at New Way Church in Bearsted, I met with Sandra Knatchbull (Chairman of Trustees) from Cobtree Charity Trust. We’d like to say a massive thank you to Cobtree Charity Trust for their very generous donation.
What a fascinating history!
The founder of The Cobtree Charity Trust Limited, Sir Garrard Tyrwhitt-Drake had one wish in 1951 that “The grounds and lands of Cobtree Manor, some 300 acres, be used for the benefit of the inhabitants of Maidstone and surrounding neighbourhood in the County of Kent.” Hugh Garrard Tyrwhitt-Drake was born in Maidstone in 1881. Sent to Argentina at 18, he spent a year on a cattle ranch and returned with his first wild animal, a puma. On his return, he joined his father’s firm, Style and Winch, eventually becoming the wine and spirits buyer. He spent his spare time building up his collection of animals and working with travelling circuses. He opened Maidstone Zoo at Cobtree between 1934 and 1954 where the public were invited to see his wild and rare animals and travel round the Park on a light gauge railway. If you would like to find out more about this amazing charity, please visit: https://www.cobtreecharitytrust.org/
Our grateful thanks go to Kent Police Crime Commissioners office, for high lighting the work we do. Their support in so many ways is invaluable. Please click on the video below.
In early August 2024, we started a ‘once a month’ day time patrol. We were delighted when BBC Radio Kent picked up on this, and reporter Jo Burn joined us on our patrol. Thank you BBC Radio Kent.
Watch and listen to our version of Isle of Wight Street Pastors beautiful song. Please click below.
At our recent AGM we were delighted to announce that Revd Nigel Riley (below left) has accepted the position as our new Chairman. This is great news and we look forward to working with him. Nigel has already had some observer nights and we know he will be a real asset to us. He has accepted this position as our previous Chairman Arthur Houston (below right) has retired as Vicar of St. Faith’s Church and as our Chairman. Thanks to Arthur who gave us many years of loyal leadership.
We had a lovely ‘Leaving Social’ evening for Arthur and Claire.
Our sincere thanks are given to Kent County Council and Safer Kent for their valued donations to our work. Without these we wouldn’t be able to continue.