Training

Training to become a Street Pastor is held a couple of times a year. Click here for more details – including upcoming training dates – and to book.

Typically Street Pastor training covers the following:

• Roles and Responsibilities: who we are, what we do, how we do it.
• Safety on the Streets: taught by an experienced paramedic, this covers drug and alcohol awareness, recognising signs of aggression, keeping you and your team safe.
• Safeguarding: understanding what safeguarding is and how to safeguard those you meet on the streets and also yourself.
• Mental Health: looking at issues around mental health and behaviour and also suicide awareness.
• Exploitation in our Communities: who might be exploited, what to look for, how to deal with someone who is or has been exploited in any way, where to signpost.
• Youth Culture: help to understand who most of the people we encounter in the night time economy are. What does it mean to be a young person today.
• Listening skills: what is active listening, how do we do this on the streets.
• As the Father Sent Us: why we, as Christians are called to be a caring and non-judgemental presence on the streets. Understanding the Biblical basis for the work of Street Pastors.
• Street Craft: a term used by the police, learning how to keep ears and eyes open and alert to what is happening around us.