A Police and CNI projects protocol - this is from Cleveland CNI Network projects and is a document that ideally would be adopted by all CNI Network projects within a Police Division.
Please contact Paul or Steve Brock if you would like to use this within your region. Paul and Jean joined the amazing team of Ryedale Street Angel volunteers who were out last night (2nd November) for the first time in Malton. After meeting with the Police at the station the team packed ruck-sacks with various Street Angel related items (flip-flops, sick bags, wipes, first aid kits, gloves, etc). A briefing took place with the Police and Paul and Jean from CNI Network sharing the story of Street Angels and some of the stories and answering questions. The team then made there way into Malton centre and the base at the town's Prayer Room where we prayed for the volunteers, police, those we will help and the town. Two teams then hit the streets on a wet and windy night. Conversations were had with door-staff and many of the young people out in the town's pubs were thankful that Street Angels had landed in Malton! First aid help was offered to one young lady in the first hour of the teams on the street. Thanks from CNI Network to the amazing volunteer team, to Jane Jones from Ryedale Police who has been instrumental in getting Street Angels launched in Malton and to Tony and Janet the coordinators.
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VOLUNTEERS are being sought to join teams of 'Street Angels' set to patrol Tamworth town centre at night to lend a helping hand to revellers. The scheme is being set up by local vicar Vic Van Den Bergh who is hoping the 'Angels' will be out on the streets from the end of November. Vic is the minister at St Francis Church in Leyfields and is also chaplain to Staffordshire Police. He said: "Things have quietened down a lot in the town centre over the last ten years, but we have around 2,000 visitors to the town centre in the evenings. "Street Angels will provide a good opportunity for us to get out and help those who need it. It is not just about dealing with drunk people, but people become vulnerable when they have been drinking. We can help people who have lost their keys or their wallets – we will hand out flip flops to girls who can't walk in their heels and we can be a support to the homeless." Teams of four Street Angels will patrol at any one time, between 10pm and 2.30am. Initially the scheme will be just one night a week, but Vic is hopeful that eventually it can be rolled out to several nights a week. An initial pool of around 20 to 25 people are needed for the first rota. Vic added: "We will also help tidy up the town, picking up bottles and moving shopping trolleys and that sort of thing. It's a great opportunity to care for people and to help make being in our town a safe experience for people. Street Angels will be people from our community helping people in our community." Each patrol of Street Angels will have a leader with a radio connected to the Tamworth Townsafe scheme. All will receive training in first aid and training from police in how to deal with given situations. They will have a base in the town centre where they will serve tea and coffee. Vic said: "This is about being a friend, not about pushing the Gospel or ramming Christianity down people's throats, it is open to anyone of any faith or no faith at all, we are looking for a good mix of people aged 18 upwards." Tamworth's Chief Inspector Donna Gibbs supports the scheme. She said: "We are looking forward to having Street Angels in Tamworth, they have had a tremendous positive impact in other areas of Staffordshire. They will be a valuable part of the team, freeing up officers to deal with enforcement issues." A public meeting for all those interested in finding out more about the project will be held on Friday (November 8) at St Francis Church in Masefield Drive at 7.30pm. Anyone wishing to find out more can email [email protected] or ring (01827) 319945. UCB's Prayer for Today feature the work of Street Angels - CNI Network on page 49 of this quarters Prayer For Today:
Download here Club Angels - Croydon invited to the club as it is busy on Halloween - Dressed as angels~ with glow sticks & wings, Croydon Club Angels spent this evening amongst 1500 students who gathered for Tiger Tiger's Halloween party *chat help listen care* MP for Cleethorpes, Martin Vickers, highlighted the work of Street Angels in the House of Commons recently: "Last Saturday night and into Sunday morning, I went out on patrol with Humberside police officers, the excellent Police And Crime Commissioner for Humberside, Matthew Grove, and the magnificent street angels into the streets of Cleethorpes to view the night-time economy." The Deputy Leader of the House, Tom Brake, said in reply, "He rightly highlighted the work done by the street angels on his patch." Read the full report here / read the report of the MP, PCC and Sunday Times journalist AA Gill in Cleethorpes. "Street Angels - the amazing story from binge to better" our eBook has recently received a 5* review from a reader on Amazon: "What a wonderful book. It is well written and a very good example of how the Grace of God manifests itself in an environment where you'd normally think it wouldn't. I really enjoyed the testimonies from the people who received help from the Street Angels and really admire their dedication to the cause. If you want to read about how 'ordinary' people who, because of their faith and good nature, make a big difference to the lives of others then I thoroughly recommend this." Buy the eBook on Amazon Kindle (for your Kindle device or for use on the Kindle app on your mobile or tablet) or as a PDF. Welcome to new local projects:
Well done to a team from Dundee Street Chaplains who took part in a 26.6 mile bike ride from Dundee to Arbroath and back to Dundee to raise money for a mobile unit to use a base for work in the city centre. Five people took part on four bikes (one was a tandem) - you can sponsor them at via LocalGiving (and if you are quick a £10 donation will be receive match-funding) or MyDonate. Please include DUNDEE in the message. 'Street Angels need the police but, equally, the police need Street Angels' said Helen Collins, District Commander for Western Division of Surrey Police at the Guildford Street Angels fifth birthday celebration. Happy Birthday Guildford Angels - you can read more about the celebrations here. Volunteers in Cleveland were honoured by Chief Constable of Cleveland Police Jacqui Cheer, Police and Crime Commissioner Barry Coppinger and various representatives from Police and Local Authorities at a recent celebration event. Read more via: Cleveland Police / Cleveland Gazette /report in Stockton Town Pastors November newsletter From our Blog: Angels turning up in UK nightclubs - press release / Inspire magazine article Crisis Intervention and Potential Suicide Avoidance for the Voluntary Sector Press Release - "Freshers Violation" Night, Leeds Cookstown, NI, Street Angels call for more volunteers York Bus Angels and Street Angels Nightlife safety issues in Aldershot 'no obstacle' to special status Woking Street Angel Cate Field capture Street Angels in cartoons (see images above) Street Angels gear up for Le Tour Grand Depart Funding opportunities for CNI local projects Awards for Woodbridge & Felixstowe Town Pastors and Windsor Street Angels Introducing the newest recruits at Bedford Street Angels... Haverhill Town Pastors praised for work by town council Sleaford StreetSource in Your Local Lincolnshire magazine Stockton Town Pastors October Newsletter See our Twitter feed and Facebook updates for the month! November Diary: Saturday 2nd - Paul and Jean at the launch night of Ryedale Street Angels, Malton Wednesday 6th - Paul and Ellis from Halifax Street Angels speaking at the Anglican Halifax Deanery Meeting, 7pm. Thursday 7th - Social Media and Your Organisation - this is the last but one social media course we are running - 10am - 12.30pm at The King's Church, Halifax - see here for information. Friday 8th - Paul and Jean along with Debroah Reck (CNI Regional Leader for Midland region) at a meeting to launch Tamworth Street Angels, 7.30pm St Francis' Church, Masefield Drive, B79 8JB - more details are here. Wednesday 13th - Paul speaking at Calderdale Methodist Circuit Autumn Lecture on Christianity In Action - 7.30pm at New Ebenezer Centre, Pellon Lane, Halifax. Thursday 21st - Paul and Jean at Huddersfield Street Angels Social Evening Monday 25th - Happy 8th Birthday Street Angels! Street Angels was launched 8 years ago in Halifax (joining Belfast NightLight launched permanently in September 1995 after a trial from 1989 - 1991; Dundee Street Chaplains who launched in 2000; and Church for the Night in Bournemouth launched in 2001!) Friday 29th - Paul and Jean out with Wetherby Street Angels Advance Notice - Saturday 12th April 2014 - CNI Network Northern Day Conference in York, 10am - 4.30pm - venue, programme, workshops to be announced soon but book the date in your diary!
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Wibsey Street Angels / Hereford Night Shift / Luton Town Centre Chaplaincy - Luton Accomodation and Move on Project / Norfolk Street Partnership - Great Yarmouth / Thanet Community Pastors - Margate / High Wycombe Street Angels / Camberley Street Angels, Surrey / Guildford Street Angels - more information here. CNI Network also has a prayer support group in Facebook - email Paul to be added. Ways to support CNI Network: Corporate Angels - calling business, church and organisations! Become a CNI Corporate Angel and stand with us as we equip communities from binge to better... Local Giving - are currently match-funding donations of £10 to become £20 or matching monthly standing orders of £10 for six months to become £120. If you wish this to benefit a local project please include the name of the project in the message. Give As You Live / EveryClick search - give as you shop online for all your Christmas gifts at no cost to yourself (the store donates). You can also give to CNI by using the Everyclick search. Monthly Giving - set up a monthly standing order or one off gift as an individual or local project. Buy the eBook - the exciting story from binge to better in over 30 communities across the UK - available as a PDF or Kindle download Our thanks to those individuals, projects, churches and business who do stand with us. CNI Network is a grassroots movement - equipping and supporting local people to make the difference within their community. We are a national voice for Christian based initiatives working in the night-time economy and celebrate all that is achieved on a weekly basis through our web site, social media, links with partner organisations and with a variety of key people and organisations. CNI Network actively supports and resources new and existing projects such as Street Angels and Club Angels. Your support means more of this can happen! Source
THE people targeted by the Street Angels outreach project which has been running in Cookstown for three months have been receptive to the help and support they have received during nights out. Around 15 volunteers staff the project which works in conjunction with other community organisations such as TIPSA, night-club owners and Cookstown police, and is run every other Saturday night from 1am to 4am. The aim of Cookstown Street Angels is to reduce the level of anti-social behaviour and to help those who would be most vulnerable on Saturday nights when nightclubs close, especially young women. Manager of Positive Steps Community Centre which initiated the project, Mary Hogg, said the reaction of people out socialising is very good and that the volunteers have never faced any hostility. The project however needs volunteers and if it had more people willing to help out, it could be run every Saturday night. If anyone is interested they can contact Bernie or Mary on 028 8676 1020. All volunteers will receive training and will wear uniforms and ID cards. Source
A “FRIENDLY face” will be on hand in Malton from Saturday as a group of Street Angels start up patrol. Launched in July, the scheme now has seven volunteers who are preparing to help and support people enjoying a night out in the town. Initiated by PC Jane Jones, of Malton police, and Jane Varey, from Norton, who has volunteered as a Street Angel in York, the aim is to support people who may be struggling to get home safely and help diffuse situations before they get out of hand. PC Jones said everything was ready for the weekend launch. “We have created a Facebook account, and we now have our Street Angels, so the ball is rolling,” she said. “We have asked for donations of £20 from every pub in town and Tate Smiths is kindly donating bottles of water, which the Street Angels will hand out. Letters are in the process of been sent to local businesses asking for donations.” Street Angels were initiated in Halifax and have worked successfully for some time in Scarborough and York. Inspector Andy Everitt, of Malton police, said the Street Angels would be working in partnership with other agencies and licensees. “They will carry water to rehydrate people and flip flops for people having difficulty walking home, as well as offering general assistance and offering a friendly face,” he said. “The volunteers have been trained in first aid, conflict management and general safety issues and will also have radios and be in contact with the CCTV.” Insp Everitt said: “This is all about the community of Ryedale looking after their own and promoting a safer night-time economy.” “Funding has been provided by Safer Ryedale and we are grateful for all those who have made donations in other ways, including Tate Smiths.” Insp Everitt said he would also like to acknowledge the work done by PC Jones. “She has been the driving force at organising this project and getting it off the ground,” he said. “We would like to recruit more volunteers and look at rolling out the Street Angels across other Ryedale towns.” Club Chaplains in one of Dundee’s biggest Nightclubs.
Chaplains will soon be heading to one of Dundee's biggest nightclubs. The team, an extension of the popular Street Chaplains who patrol the city three nights a week, have partnered with the The-Vu nightclub on Cowgate to offer a listening ear to those on a night out. Wearing t-shirts which say "Club Chaplains - chat, help, listen, care - p.s. we are Christians ask us more if you want" the project is the first of its kind in Scotland and is modelled on Club Angels which launched in Leeds in 2011. Andy Burns, the coordinator of Dundee's Street and Club Chaplains, explains, "We are not in the club to preach at people but simply offer a listening ear and a helping hand. For us it is about demonstrating that God loves people and that means caring for those who have become unwell, or may be upset or vulnerable, and in need of a friendly face and a helping hand." Club Chaplains Dundee are linked closely with Leeds Club Angels who are now an integral part of the staff team of two of Leeds busiest nightclubs. The clubs regularly report lower levels of violence and aggression, as well as a better atmosphere when the teams are there. Paul Blakey MBE, founder of Christian Nightlife Initiatives Network who are providing support and resources to Dundee's Club Chaplains, comments, "I have seen the impact of Club Angels in Leeds first hand and know that having people in the club who care and support those who are vulnerable has a massive impact. The fact that those who work in the nightclubs report a less aggressive atmosphere when our teams of volunteers are working and praying means that people's night out is a better, more positive experience." Pete Harvey General manager commented “ We are delighted to be working with Andy Burns and the Club Chaplain team. The VU has been consistently at the forefront of customer initiatives & in some cases leading the way for other Scottish Clubs. This project keeps the Scottish nightclub of the year right at the front of Customer safety & the chaplains will be a welcome addition to our Customer safety intervention plan within the club & we are very excited about the project & I am sure the VU customers will make Andy and the club Chaplains more than welcome”. Club Chaplains will be in Dundee's The-Vu Nightclub on Friday nights and it is hoped that this will become a template for similar schemes across Scotland. Source
CLEETHORPES MP Martin Vickers has called for the debate surrounding 24-hour drinking to be reopened – after he saw first-hand the resources needed to support North East Lincolnshire's night-time economy. The Conservative MP spent last weekend out on patrol with Humberside's Police And Crime Commissioner Matthew Grove. Now he has called for a debate on the licensing laws following his experience shadowing officers from Humberside Police. Speaking on the floor of the House of Commons, Mr Vickers said: "Last Saturday night and into Sunday morning, I went out on patrol with Humberside police officers, the excellent Police And Crime Commissioner for Humberside, Matthew Grove, and the magnificent street angels into the streets of Cleethorpes to view the night-time economy. "It became evident that a review of the current licensing laws is necessary. Will the Deputy Leader of the House find Government time for a debate on such matters?" Speaking after the exchange, Mr Vickers said that it was time to revisit the debate over the licensing laws. "After spending the night on patrol, it was obvious that the arguments supporting 24-hour licensing, which I initially supported, are flawed. The huge amount of resources that are being used, such as the number of police and ambulance crews who are needed to help keep a handful of bars open until 5 in the morning, expose a waste of taxpayers' money." In response to Mr Vickers' request, the Deputy Leader of the House, Tom Brake, said he was "not in a position" to announce time for a general debate on the subject but invited the Tory MP to apply for an Adjournment debate. Mr Brake said: "I am afraid that I am not in a position to announce time for such a debate. "The Hon Gentleman might want to try to secure an Adjournment debate. "I am sure that colleagues on both sides of the House will have strong views about their own nightlife and the impact of licensing laws on it. "He rightly highlighted the work done by the street angels on his patch." Angels are turning up in nightclubs across the UK! Wearing t-shirts which declare "chat, help, listen and care - p.s. we are Christians ask us more if you want", the Club Angels teams are seeing God move in some of the most unreached places in our cities.
The project began in Leeds in 2011 as local Christians sought to find new ways of engaging in the city's nightlife. Beth Tash, who is employed by the church of England as the Pioneer Minister for the Night Time Economy, and also co-ordinates the Street Angels project in the city centre, wanted to explore what it might look like for Christians to be serving people inside the clubs, as well as on the streets. After building relationships across the city, mainly through its PubWatch scheme, Beth was able to put the idea forward, and one pioneering manager let the team have a go! Two years on, and the Club Angels are now an integral part of the staff team of two of the city's busiest nightclubs. The clubs regularly report lower levels of violence and aggression, as well as a better atmosphere when the teams are there. The teams put this all down to the power of prayer! The Club Angels teams start each night with prayer, worship and usually cake. They ask God to bless the club, to give them opportunities to show and share His love, and to highlight to them individuals where they could make an impact. The team then engage with people waiting to get into the club, and have incredible conversations with people has they hang around in the toilets, the smoking areas and with the staff. As they night goes on the teams are able to support staff by caring for those who may have become unwell, or who may be upset, vulnerable and need a friendly face and a helping hand. Often the Club Angels are found to be praying for people and having discussions about life, the world, the universe and everything else in between! Because of the project's success in Leeds, the initiative is beginning to spread to other towns and cities across the UK. The second project in Croydon got off to a fantastic start in April 2013 and others are set to launch soon. Beth Tash, founder of Club Angels, comments, "Club Angels is such a simple concept - it's just a bunch of Christians who believe that there is a God who wants to draw all people into His love. They turn up in clubs with the sole aim of loving the person in front of them with the love that God gives. We see all the time that this love and care makes such a difference in the lives of individuals, and we're just starting to see glimmers of how God is using his people to impact and transform the culture's of the city." Lucy Hardy, coordinator of Croydon Club Angels, comments, "It has been a privilege to go into one of Croydon's biggest night clubs every other week for the last six months. Our teams are simply serving, loving, being a helping hand and a listening ear. On the nights when we are not there the staff tell us that we are really missed and that when we are there our help is really valued and appreciated. It's just about being there to share God's love - to be available & to see how He wants to use us! Every night is unique and exciting." Paul Blakey MBE, founder of Street Angels - Christian Nightlife Initiatives Network, says, "This is a fantastic opportunity to share Christ's love and hope to the thousands of people who go clubbing every week. To hear that there is a noticeable difference with less aggression and violence on the weeks Club Angels operate demonstrates that Christianity can and does bring change." To find out more visit www.clubangels.org.uk Images: Croydon Club Angels get ready for a night in a local nightclub Source (includes video of the night) Caring volunteers who keep watch over vulnerable revellers have been praised for their voluntary efforts. The Street Angel volunteers across Teesside give up their time on a weekend to support those who find themselves in need after a night out. Armed with first aid kits, blankets, lollipops and flip-flops, the volunteers can also direct people to taxis and call relatives for those who find themselves lost or disorientated. They also refer people with underlying problems to agencies who can offer professional support. Their contribution to the community was recognised at an evening of celebration at Stockton Baptist Tabernacle this week. Chief Constable of Cleveland Police Jacqui Cheer, who handed out certificates to the 96 volunteers, described their service as “magnificent”. “As well as the care and compassion they bring, they also help prevent a lot of late-night crime,” she said. “I do believe we would be dealing with more incidents late in the night and in the early hours of the morning if it weren’t for the Street Angels. “They help people who may otherwise have got more drunk and caused trouble or committed criminal damage. “They are also there for people who get themselves isolated from their mates and find themselves in positions where others take advantage of them.” Street Angels are based at Middlesbrough, Stockton, Guisborough and Hartlepool centres. Many work until the early hours, sometimes 3am or 4am. Teesside University student Natalie Hepworth is a Boro Angel and volunteers one weekend each month. She signed up after learning about the volunteer scheme at a careers fair at the start of her first year studying criminology. “I’d just moved up here and I thought it was a nice local thing to do, and it teaches me about working with the police,” said the 19-year-old who is originally from Derby. “It’s nice to help out and it’s not as bad as you might expect; most of the people are really cool and you get to know a lot of them.” |
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ROC Angels - an initiative of ROC (Redeeming Our Communities)
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