Street Pastors AwardsThere are now well over 100 Street Pastor projects in cities, towns and villages around the country with thousands of volunteers serving their local communities week by week. Some of this work has been recognised through awards for excellence given to the project or an individual or given to wider work where a project has been an important partner. |
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Derby Community Achievement Award
Out of 14 nominees and 7 finalists, Derby Street Pastors were named winners of the first Derbyshire Constabulary Community Achievement Award. Presented at Police HQ on October 21, 2009, the award celebrates "the achievement, dedication and good will of volunteers in the local community."
Read more here...
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Torbay Street Pastors Get Home Safely Award
Torbay Street Pastors were the winners of Company Magazine's first-ever Get Home Safely Awards. The magazine, which has been campaigning for over ten years to make nights out for girls safer, describes the Street Pastors as "the guardian angels of the streets". Read the full article from the October 2009 issue here (pdf download).
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Epsom & Ewell "Local Heroes"
Epsom and Ewell Street Pastors received two Local Heroes Awards on June 24, 2009. They won the Community Group Award - a group that has worked to improve the quality of life in a neighbourhood, and received the certificate and inscribed star from Lady Elizabeth Toulson, the High Sheriff of Surrey. The Surrey Chief Constable, Mark Rowley, was very positive about the contribution the team makes and says he values amongst other things the way they are ‘reclaiming’ night time town centres for all people. Street Pastors are normalising the idea of being out there and helping to combat the fear of crime that can prevail.
The team were then surprised to also win the overall ward - Local Heroes Award for Exceptional Actions – which acknowledges the outstanding action of an individual or group that has gone beyond expectation in helping to make Surrey a safer place in which to live, work and travel.
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Josephine Butler Award - Sam Douthwaite, Newcastle Street Pastors
The Josephine Butler award was presented on June 20, 2009 by the Incarnate Conference on Social Action. It's headed by a steering group of church leaders and the charity Aquila Way are also involved. The award was for "Someone making a difference out of their own personal relationship with Christ" and was presented by Lord Michael Bates, who has actually been out with Street Pastors and is a supporter of the work.
Josephine Butler associated herself with down-and-outs and prostitutes who were subjected to devastating stigma and harsh legislation in the 19th Century. As a devout Christian she believed that no-one was beyond God's love and redemption.
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Captain David Evans, CA, Coordinator, Weston-Super-Mare Street Pastors
On 21st May 2009 at the annual Mayor Making ceremony in the council chamber Weston-Super-Mare, the "Mayors award for inspirational and dedicated work in the local community." was presented to Police Sergeant David Holtby and David Evans.
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Community Contribution Award - Kevin Vickers, Merton Street Pastors
6th May 2009, London Borough of Merton Civic Awards 2009. Pastor Kevin Vickers, coordinator of Merton Street Pastors receives the Community Contribution Award ‘Highly Commended’, for community leadership and outreach activities to vulnerable groups. Presented at the Council Chambers by the Mayor of Merton. Kevin has since been appointed Mayor's Chaplain for 2009/10.
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Hinckley Street Pastors
March
3, 2009. Sadiq Khan MP awarded Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
and Leicestershire Police Hinckley Local Policing Unit (LPU) Beacon
status for their outstanding work in Managing the Night-time Economy.
Hinckley Street Pastors was named as a partner organisation
contributing to this achievement. More... | 
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Leading Wales, Team Leader Award - Mark Thomas, Coordinator of Bridgend Street Pastors
February 26, 2009. Mark Thomas won the award for team leadership presented by the 'Leading Wales Consortium'. More...
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Safer Bromley Partnership Award - Bromley Street Pastors
20 November 2008: Ray Bell receiving the Safer Bromley Partnership Award for the Street Pastor teams' "contribution towards making Bromley borough safer."
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Bridgend Street Pastors
June 2008. 'South Wales Police' award for Partnership working.
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Norwich City Council Civic Award - Norwich Street Pastors
May 2008. The registered Christian charity won the civic honour in recognition of its contribution towards the peace and safety of those who frequent the clubs and pubs of Norwich. Lord Mayor, Roy Blower, said: "Our city is privileged to have so many people, some younger, some older and from many different backgrounds, who work tirelessly to provide support for those in need.
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Margaret Sharman,
Leicester Street Pastors
In February 2008 Margaret Sharman, Coordinator of Leicester Street Pastors was
presented with an award by the Bishop of Leicester the Rt Revd Tim
Stevens and Chief Constable Matt Baggott. The certificate reads:
'Margaret Sharman is presented this award in recognition of her
continual drive and commitment to delivering Street Pastors within
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