Southport Bid and Street Pastors

How awesome is this…Southport Town Centre has been awarded the Purple Flag. The Purple Flag “allows members of the public to quickly identify town and city centres that offer an entertaining, diverse, safe and enjoyable night out.” Look out for the...

Weekly Update: Saturday 3rd March

The team was out with Betty and Carole and despite the freezing temperatures (-2 degrees), it was surprisingly busy. We had lots of great conversations but mainly worked with the homeless community. We were able to give out plenty of coffee and butties. Unfortunately,...

Weekly Update: 24th February

While it was a quiet night, we had to pray fervently as an angry young man ran down Lord Street straight towards a car. Miraculously the car slowed down and avoided him. We were able to hand our 2 pairs of flip flops which were very well received. We also had the...

Update: Saturday 10th February

Saturday was a very quiet night, probably due to it being very cold with strong winds. In fact, one of the first things we did was to make ‘safe’ a sign that had become ‘unsafe’ down Lord Street, and was swinging in the wind, only attached at...

Update: Saturday 3rd February

Last Saturday was a quiet night with a significant police presence throughout the night. This meant we had some great conversations with a number of people. Thank you for all your prayers and support as we continue to be out on the streets on a Saturday. Please let...

Update: Saturday 27th January

A big thank you to Banks Methodist church who provided us with some savoury rolls that were given to and appreciated by our local “homeless”. We were also able to provide coffee and chocolate biscuits which went down well. We had some excellent...
Update: Saturday 13th January

Update: Saturday 13th January

It was a very, very cold night. The bars and clubs weren’t too busy – probably to be expected from the 2nd week of January. However there were enough people out to have a chat with and we still managed to give out many pairs of flip flops, cups of coffee...