Carl Sykes, Community & Business Relations Manager from Syngenta in Huddersfield spent a night with Huddersfield Street Angels and posted a diary on the Syngenta Intranet...
Our teams were out and about on extra patrols for World Cup matches (some of the nights spent inside pubs watching the match [Oldham]!), in Windsor around Ascot, around Wimbledon tennis through 'Love All Serve All' and at the Commonwealth Games torch relay in Dundee. Teams in Yorkshire will be offering extra patrols around the Tour de France events the first weekend in July. Thanks to all those who volunteer to ensure others and communities stay safer - you are amazing! Paul met with the National Community Life Coordinator of Asda supermarkets who are keen to support the work of local projects and other community groups - see here for more details. Thanks to those individuals and projects who have responded to our financial needs. We've been so successful we now need to raise our game on the finance side to press forward for the next phase of our growth. If everyone on our emailing list and social media signed up to give £2 a month it would cover all our current monthly expenditure - please see this page to sign up. Alcohol related crime and A&E admissions are reducing year on year - evidence that the work of CNI Network and our local projects work and has significant, measurable, international impact. The closing date for Festival Angels at Leeds Festival is 31st July - see www.leedsfestivalangels.org.uk for information and to sign up. Paul made contact with Respect Yourself which sends a daily message to support young people to help them make better decisions now you're happy with later. Do follow them on Twitter - @RespectYourself and re-tweet and visit the website - respectyourself.org.uk . Paul also met with Taniua Vaughan founder of Let's Talk About Sex and Relationships which is a study book aimed at encouraging women to look at sex and relationships - find out more on Facebook or website. Lambeth Palace Afternoon Tea and launch of 2015:10, Monday 20th October 2014 - see here for details and to book. CNI Network National Conference 2015, Friday 23rd - Sunday 25th October 2015 - see here for details and to book. Great to hear about a church in Uberlandia, Brasil who set up Street Angels to help those out and about during Carnival! Well done to Stockton Town Pastors who have received the Catalyst Achievement Awards Community Group of the Year - see here for a report on the awards ceremony. Well done to Oldham Street Angels who won a competition on Twitter's Oldham Hour to have a cake made - looks too good to eat! The cake had a tour of Oldham's nightlife including tram stops, taxi ranks, food places, the streets, pubs and clubs! From the CNI Network Blog: Trends in alcohol - A compilation of data from across the UK Scottish Christian Broadcast features work in Dundee 'Street Angels' supporting police at Royal Ascot / Angels at Ascot Report on Paul's talk to Mothers' Union Summer Celebration MP joins first Goole Street Angels shift Tamworth's Street Angels hoping for new members in time for the World Cup Tamworth Street Angels in Tamworth Herald West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner visits Calderdale Enjoy The Match campaign launch - ITV News Wash My Pink Jumper feature in The Sun 24-7 Ibiza feature in Ibiza Sun Good samaritans helping holidaying youngsters Visit to South Coast projects Trevor Bendrien reports from his visit to Ipswich Town Pastors Beyond Barriers Conference Some of our month as told on Twitter! Street angels gave me some water tonight. That I am grateful for. On 19th June 2014 Windsor Street Angels ventured to Ascot for the first time to offer help and support during the busiest period in the racing calender .
For three days the team worked tirelessly and helped over two hundred people - providing flip flops and water as well as assisting those who had become unwell. The team also helped by offering directions and train times as well as finding taxis to those who needed them. During the period of Royal Ascot there were a number of people who had become separated from their groups, which naturally was distressing, however the Angels were there and made sure these people were reunited with their friends . As the evenings drew to a end, although many thousands of racegoers had left the area, some people remained and were found waiting for transport. Not wishing for these people to be alone, the Angels waited with them until transport arrived and their safe journey home had begun . For Street Angels Royal Ascot proved to be a big success.The team enjoyed their time there and greatly appreciated the support they received. Above all they were incredibly pleased to have been able to offer help to those who needed it most. The team would welcome any feedback from anyone who we helped in Ascot We would also like to thank those people who offered donations.These were greatly appreciated . Report from The Portman Group on Trends in alcohol - A compilation of data from across the UK:
Click here Last week Paul met with the National coordinator of Asda Community Life Champion's. Asda stores are able to offer:
Meeting space - each store has meeting rooms which are available free of charge at times not used (generally evenings and weekends). Fund-raise in store - many Asda's have foyer space which can be used for displays, fundraising stalls, etc and are happy for bag-packing, awareness raising, etc. Tokens - each Asda has a token funding scheme - this will be located in near the front doors - to nominate your project complete the form. Volunteers - each Asda has a Community Life Champion and part of the role is to volunteer in the community - why not invite your local Asda Champion to join you on patrol. Your local store may also be able to offer water and lollipops as a donation, please speak with them to see how they can help.. Each Community Life Champion has bee briefed about the work of Street Pastors so a good opener may be that Street Pastors don't run in this town but our project is the local equivalent. To contact your local store email [email protected] - eg [email protected] . If you have any problems then the national co-ordinator is [email protected] . The work of Dundee Street and Club Chaplains and CNI Network is featured in the new edition of Scottish Christian Broadcast, 17,000 magazines distributed across Scotland.
Well done to Oldham Street Angels who won a competition on Twitter's Oldham Hour to have a cake made - looks too good to eat! The cake had a tour of Oldham's nightlife including tram stops, taxi ranks, food places, the streets, pubs and clubs!
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Volunteer 'Street Angels' will be supporting police and helping worse for wear punters around Royal Ascot this week. The team was out in High Street last night and will be at the event tonight and tomorrow night keeping an eye on the revellers around pubs and bars in the area. Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) David Bullock, who formed the group with Churches Together in Windsor in 2012, said: “With Ascot being busier than usual with large crowds attending Royal Ascot today and over the next few days, local pubs and other licensed premises will be busy following the races. "The role of the Angels is to primarily provide reassurance to members of the public and support to those that are vulnerable including those that are intoxicated. "They will be able to hand out water and in some cases support people to a taxi if need be. They will provide flip-flops to prevent people walking in bare feet which could lead to injuries. "The Angels, who will be in uniform, will liaise with the emergency services where appropriate and provide basic first aid if it is needed.” Superintendent Steve Hockin, Silver commander for Royal Ascot week, said: “I am delighted to have the support of Street Angels over the next few evenings as their presence will help support our policing objectives.” Street Angels
When the Mothers’ Union recently had their diocesan Summer Celebration in Birchencliffe Community Centre, the key note speaker was Paul Blakey MBE, founder of Street Angels. In 2005 Paul took the problem of late night drinkers and their resulting behaviour to the Churches Together in the Halifax area. They talked around the problem and came up with the idea of ‘Street Angels’. The next step was to talk it through with the local police, who was very excited and 2 weeks later, in November 2005, Street Angels was born. They gave it a 6 week trial and during that period 50 volunteers helped 69 people. In 2006 it started in Watford, then to Huddersfield, Bradford, Leeds, Harrogate and is now in 130 towns, even in the rowdy holiday resort of Magaluf! In Halifax violent street crime has gone down by 42%. Besides the Street Angels, there are now also Club Angels and Festival Angels. The minimum age has to be 18, there is no maximum age. Volunteers have been known to be in their 80-ies. Funding for street angels comes from the police, councils, churches and large stores. Paul kept us entertained with some hilarious case histories, but he also changed the mood to sorrow with some harrowing tales. One of the most practical helpful tools is supplying high heeled girls, who are unable to walk, with a pair of flip-flops! They are ever so grateful... Pope Francis said: “I prefer a church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security”. Source
Tamworth's Street Angels are hoping a host of heavenly helpers will join them when they take on extra shifts during the World Cup. The Street Angels have been lending a helping hand on the streets of Tamworth since November and have proved a resounding success. Teams of Street Angels take turns to patrol the town’s streets between 10.30pm and 2.30am every Friday night – and now plan to also work on Saturdays. Each team has a trained First Responder with appropriate kit and a Townsafe radio linked to the Townsafe network and the other groups on the night patrols. They carry special foil hoodies for revellers who are suffering from cold as well as flip-flops to replace lost shoes or high heels, water, tissues, wet wipes, plasters, rubber gloves and any other items required to clean up vomit or enable first-aid Leyfield’s vicar Vic Van Den Bergh is behind the Tamworth scheme. He said: “Tamworth Street Angels have been working on the streets of Tamworth for six months helping people in a variety of ways and now it's time for them to step up a gear as summer and the World Cup draw ever nearer. "Over the past six months they have been joined by various observers to see what really happens, one of them being former mayor Lee Bates. All have been most impressed by the commitment and energy of the teams. There is an opportunity for those who think they might like to be a Street Angel to come out with them to see first hand what it takes to be part of the team. "Those who decide to join will find themselves receiving first aid and other training that will not only help them to support the people of Tamworth but will make them that little bit more confident when faced with challenges and decisions. "Joining is free and the benefits from meeting the people on a Friday night are immeasurable." Why not be an angel and consider joining them? A recruitment evening for anyone wishing to join the Street Angels is being held tonight (Thursday June 12) at 7.30pm at St Francis Church in Masefield Drive, Leyfields. Source (with video)
West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Mark Burns-Willaimson visited Calderdale today (Tuesday) to launch his refreshed Police and Crime Plan. Mr Burns-Williamson was at the Partnership Hub (Youth Offending Team Building), Westfield Street, Halifax; Boothtown Partnership Group, Grantham Road, Boothtown; the Street Angels Cafe in Halifax; and Causey Hall, Halifax. He talked to members of the public about the refreshed plan and any concerns, and finished his tour by helping to paint the Grade II listed Causey Hall. Mr Burns-Williamson said that the refreshed plans reflected the issues raised by local people, with new additions for 2014 including the growing problem of cybercrime and road safety. “Since taking office in November 2012, I have listened to what the public have said on the issues that are important to them, many of whom took part in the ‘Listening to you’ survey,” he said. “I recognise that every area of West Yorkshire has different priorities relating to crime and community safety and this week of local launches will reflect this. “I will be finding out what matters to you, and will see how partners are tackling the priorities contained within my plan that I know are important to them including anti-social behaviour, hate crime, and road safety, for example. “Many priorities remain the same such as reducing burglary, safeguarding people against serious and violent crime, supporting victims and witnesses and better tackling anti-social behaviour and the causes and consequences of crime such as drug and alcohol misuse. “But more is also being done to work together in partnership to tackle those issues that blight lives in our communities including individuals and gangs involved in serious and organised crime, including Child Sexual Exploitation and doing more work to get back ill-gotten gains from criminals. “Partnership organisations across the county will also have a central role to play in the delivery of these local plans and partners have helped set the priorities. “The work of Community Safety Partnerships for instance, remains a vital element in achieving our goals and I will be speaking with a number of representatives during our visits. “I look forward to meeting people out and about in the community who are carrying out vital work to ensure communities are safe and feel safer and we all have a very important part to play within that.” |
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ROC Angels - an initiative of ROC (Redeeming Our Communities)
Charity - 1139817 / Registered Company - 7327258 Postal Address: ROC Angels, c/o The King's Centre, Park Rd, Halifax, HX1 2TS E-Mail: [email protected] (founder / CEO) / Phone: 07725501465 |