Street Pastors have been operating in Southampton City Centre on Friday and Saturday nights since May 2009, going on duty to listen, care and help from 10pm to 4am. Our 63 trained volunteers are formed into 12 teams, each going on duty once per month. They are all members of local churches (so far 35 churches are involved).
When on patrol they make the streets safer by removing bottles and broken glass and being available to anyone who needs help. This includes giving directions, administering basic first aid, being a listening ear when someone is upset and helping drunk people find a way to get home safely.
The team on duty will typically get 3 calls to help members of the public throughout the night. These calls come from CCTV, door staff, police, taxi marshals, or the ICE bus.
We operate in partnership with the police, council, ambulance service and door staff and are actively involved with the Safe City Partnership. We have 7 churches represented on our management committee.
Our 12 month report is available to download from this page. If you want to be a street pastor, join the prayer team, or just want to keep up with the latest news, please contact Richard Pitt
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