Below is part of an interesting debate that took part in the House of Commons on Monday 25th March 2019 concerning Knife Crime. The MP Vernon Coaker (Labour, Gedling) made the following statement – “… when I was the Policing Minister, the most effective people on the street, alongside police officers, were street pastors, and […]

Seems an age ago but on the 12th May 2019 we celebrated our 10 years anniversary at the Grand Harbour Hotel. Well over 200 in attendance including the founder of Street Pastors the Rev. Les Isaac. We also used the occasion to commission 24 new Street Pastors and 6 new Prayer Pastors. We are blessed.

One of the weekend teams were speaking to a guy who was sleeping rough and new to the streets. He had a number of issues and appeared quite vulnerable. The team did what they could for the man and decided they would check on him later on. About 3.50 am the team returned and again […]

What’s that you say Lassie, Timmy fell down a well and needs our help?”                    

Our wonderful Community Patrols in Millbrook regularly call into the pubs on a Saturday evening to talk to the locals and are well received. One local resident had previously shared with the Street Pastors a desperate and ongoing “issue”. A while later the individual’s problems had escalated. The person knew they needed prayer so waited […]

Following email received from a grateful father – Hello I just want to say a huge thank you to the people who looked after my son on Saturday outside of PopWorld when he was a lot worse for wear. The contacted my wife so that we could go and pick him up safely and stayed with […]

Southampton Street Pastors sent out their first patrol in April 2009. Our ministry is therefore nine and a half years old and we look forward to next year when we celebrate our first ten years. We have just reached another milestone today of being able to rejoice in the fact that we have since given […]

One of our wonderful volunteers has just become the first ever member of Southampton Street Pastors to reach 1000 volunteering hours. She was presented with a cake by our trustees shortly before her latest patrol. She is hugely modest about her achievement and just loves opportunities to demonstrate our Lord’s love in a practical and […]

We are fortunate to enjoy a wonderfully close working partnership with the Police and are very aware of just how stretched they are, especially at this time with having to deal with so many major incidents. We acknowledge and indeed witness the difficult and challenging work they have to do. Please remember them in your […]