Rugby Street Pastors were invited to join with the Community Safety Partnerships stand at the St Cross Hospital Open Day on Saturday 21^st August. This was another great opportunity to raise the profile of our Street Pastors Initiative, having only started its first street patrols 3 weeks prior to this event.

There was a steady flow of people throughout the day and our Street Pastors were able to explain what our role is all about. The local radio station – Rugby FM were in attendance and Bob Reeve - our SP Coordinator was interviewed, the recording of which will go out on the air sometime next week; another great publicity opportunity.

We currently have 18 Street Pastors - consisting of 11 guys and 7 ladies, with an age range of 24 – 72. There are 4 teams who take it in turn every Friday night (10pm – 4am) to patrol the streets of Rugby. We have had a fantastic reception from the public; to see pictures of our teams on patrol, follow the link to browse our photo album folders:

We are looking to start recruiting more Street Pastors, with the aim of having teams out every Saturday night also.