Wantage & Grove Street Pastors
Welcome to Wantage & Grove Street Pastors.
We are part of a national team first pioneered in 2003, and Street Pastors continues to grow throughout the UK and across the world.
Street pastors are trained volunteers from local churches who care about our community.
We patrol on Friday and Saturday nights in Wantage & Grove to care for, listen to and help people who are out on the streets.
We have been patrolling since 2009 and have made a significant contribution to making our streets safer at night and helping to reduce certain types of crime.
We are supported by local churches and community groups in partnership with the police, local council and other statutory agencies. We are also a partner in the Wantage & Grove Community Alcohol Partnership, which aims to reduce under-age consumption of alcohol and associated anti-social behaviour.
If you are interested in finding out more about our work, or are interested in becoming a Street Pastor, please contact us using the details on this page.
Wantage & Grove Street Pastors is a registered charity in England & Wales. Number 1134429
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From Our Blog
Monthly Report – October & November 2023
We patrolled eight times during October and November 2023. Street Pastors met a very angry man who was carrying his friend’s phone and threatening to smash the phone. We helped to calm the man down a little and persuaded him to give us the phone. We handed it in to a...
Quarterly News – October 2023
Download our Quarterly News for October 2023 for all our latest news and information. WGSP Quarterly News October 2023 (2 MB PDF)
Monthly Report – August & September 2023
We patrolled eight times during August and September 2023. In Grove, Street Pastors cleared up broken glass in an alleyway and picked up lots of litter in Millbrook Square. Another team took a disorientated middle-aged man back to his lodgings, who was visiting...