Exeter Street Pastors

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Making a Difference in the Lives of People

• Working with the Third Sector
• Pastor Aran Richardson
• Riverside Church - Exeter

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Presentation Outline

• Intro How Third Sector Agencies can make a
  difference
• A Brief History of Street Pastors
• Identifying a Need for a Street Pastors Project
• What is a Local Street Pastors Project (LSPP)
• What Impact does a LSPP Project have on the
  Community
• Why partnering with Statutory Agencies is
  essential for progress
• The benefits of Community Partnerships

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Making a Difference in the Lives of People

• A Brief History of Street Pastors
• 2003 - 2009

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What is a Street Pastors Initiative?
Street Pastors is an inter-denominational Church
response to urban problems, engaging with people
on the streets to care, listen and dialogue.
Pioneered in London in January 2003 by Rev Les
Isaac, Director of the Ascension Trust, and has
seen some remarkable results, including drops in
crime in areas where teams have been working.
There are many young people who feel excluded by
society. Street Pastors takes practical hope to
the pavement for these individuals. Joel
Edwards Director, Micah Challenge International
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The Growth of Street Pastors

• Started in London in 2003
• Now in over 150 UK Locations
• 40 New Projects are being coming on line
• Over 4000 Individual Street Pastors deployed
• South West deploy over 400 Street Pastors

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London
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Norwich
Cambridge
Colchester
Luton
Bishops Stortford
Braintree
Broxbourne
Chelmsford
Southend
East of England
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Retford Worksop
Lincoln
Nottingham
Loughborough
Melton Mowbray
Peterborough
Westcotes
Leicester
Wolverhampton
Hinckley
Birmingham
Nuneaton
Rushden
Stourbridge
Northampton
The Midlands
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Newcastle
Carlisle
Stockton-On-Tees
Lancaster
Pendle
Preston
Blackpool
Leeds
Southport
Blackburn and Darwen
Scunthorpe
Manchester
Chester
North of England
Derby
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Inverness
Aberdeen
Perth
Dunoon
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Inverclyde
Scotland
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Wrexham
Established
Newtown
Locations in preparation
Haverfordwest
Merthyr Tydfil
Swansea
Blackwood
Newport
Cardiff
Bridgend
Wales
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18 months ago there were no Street Pastor
locations in Devon Cornwall Next Year there
could be 25 projects up and running.
Thame
Wantage and Grove
Swindon
Epson Ewell
Medway
Bath
Gravesend
Dartford
Maidstone
Basingstoke
Taunton
Trowbridge
Crawley
Heathfield
Yeovil
Fairoak and Horton Heath
Southampton
Hastings
Gosport
Portsmouth
Weymouth
Isle of Wight
South of England
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Devon and Cornwall

• Locations Up and Running
• Torbay, Plymouth, Ilfracombe, Camborne,
  Bideford, Exeter, Totnes and Barnstaple
• Locations who have Started Training
• Newquay, Falmouth, Tiverton, Tavistock and St
  Austell
• Locations with Partnership Agreements
• Newton Abbot, Truro, Bodmin, Bude
• Early Consultation
• Dartmouth, Kingsbridge, Crediton, Cullompton,
  Seaton and Sidmouth, Honiton, Looe

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Making a Difference in the Lives of People

• Identifying a Need for Street Pastors
• Working in Partnership

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Identifying a Need for Street Pastors

• Care
• Consultation
• Research
• Partnership
• Sponsorship
• Training

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Working in Partnership

• Devon and Cornwall Constabulary
• Exeter City Council CDRP
• CCTV
• Licensing Licensees
• Doormans Association
• PCT
• Voluntary Sector
• Community Wardens

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Needs on the Street

• There is a need for the youngsters to talk we
  are there to listen, care and help, not to
  preach, just like the Good Samaritan...
• Young women who become very vulnerable when they
  are so drunk
• Flip Flops!
• Ringing home for 15 year olds
• The Teams are using their First Aid skills and
  equipment

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Making a Difference in the Lives of People

• What is a Local Street Pastors Project?
• Walking the Streets

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Saturday Night Patrol
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A Street Pastor Team

• Teams of 4 Christians in Uniform Equipment Bag
• Carrying a wireless radio handset connected to
  CCTV
• Connected to a Prayer Pastor Team Base HQ by
  Mobile
• Served by a Team Co-ordinator
• Works Once a Month
• 10pm 4am
• Friday or Saturday Nights

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3 Month Training Programme

• Roles and Responsibilities of a Street Pastor
• Social Background / Awareness
• The Good news
• Knowledge of Key statutory agencies
• Local Community

• Youth and Education initiatives
• Drug awareness
• Counseling skills
• Knowing your community
• Personal safety
• First aid

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Equipment List

• Shoulder bag
• Torch
• Gardening gloves
• Rubber Gloves
• Flip flops
• Small bottles of water
• Small dustpan brush for broken glass
• First Aid equipment
• Note Pad Pen

• NiteNet wireless handset - Team Leader to operate
• Mobile Phone - to be carried by one of the team
• Spikeys
• Community Safety Packs/Handouts
• Evidence Bags/Drugs Bags/Knife Tube
• Leaflets

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Making a Difference in the Lives of People

• The Impact of Street Pastors
• What Positive Difference are the Street Pastors
  making in the South West?

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What Difference do we Make?
Statistics (3 Month Period) Total
Nights 32
Patrol Hours 1428
Bottles/Glasses 645
Umbrellas 32
Lost Property 5
Flip Flops 76
Emergency Blankets 11
Bandages 15
Bottles of Water 37
People Contacted 2308
Incidents 87
Lives Saved 2
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What Difference do we Make?

• Take some of the pressure off the Emergency
  Services. We have time they dont have.
• Street Pastor Initiatives lead to a fall in
  street crime rate.
• The town becomes a safer place
• Glasses or bottles from the street so they cannot
  be used as weapons in fights or trodden on by
  bare feet!
• We can phone home for help
• Standing in the Gap

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Case Studies

• Torbay
• DCC Tony Melville of Devon Cornwall
  Constabulary reported a reductions of violent
  crime by 25, No robberies, 1/5 less burglaries,
  Vehicle crime down 25
• Dorset
• Chief Insp. Diana Boyles of Hampshire
  Constabulary reported a responsibility for 5
  Divisions, 1 of whom was represented with a LSPP.
  Crime and antisocial behaviour reduced by 6
  across the 4 areas without LSPP but the reduction
  in Fair Oak was 22 which was 16 above the other
  areas. She is now bringing in SP across all 5
  areas.
• Portsmouth

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Making a Difference in the Lives of People

• Working with the Third Sector
• Pastor Aran Richardson
• Riverside Church - Exeter