Yeovil Street Pastors had its conception in late 2008 with representatives from local churches, the police and the council agreeing to form the initiative after seeing it work so well in other areas. The Street Pastors have been patrolling the town centre since April 2009. Yeovil currently has approximately 50 Street Pastors and 20 Prayer Pastors with small groups of these spending each Friday and Saturday night amongst the "night-time economy" of Yeovil's town centre.
The Street Pastors engage with all people no matter their age, state of drunkeness, or religion. They listen, care, and help where they can. They are well received and respected in the town with shouts of thanks and photos for Facebook a regular occurrence of a night. Many comment on how they feel Yeovil is a safer place to be now.
If you want to find out more about Yeovil Street Pastors please contact our co-ordinator.
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