Street Stories

Over the years we’ve seen some amazing “coincidences” arranged by our heavenly Father but I think…

We were called by one of the door staff, concerned about a semi-drunk girl on the pavement. He…

We came across a rough sleeper, usually a reasonably cheerful man. That night he was quiet, low…

It is awesome to think that we have the privilege of being involved with our God, who works so…

We were talking to a young man who asked us which church we were from and when we told him our…

We were in for our break at base when there was a call over the radio to help a gentleman outside…

We were approached by a man who said that there was a lady sat outside a shop who was crying. As…

Our team had quite a challenging incident with a young woman called H, who had apparently suffered…

We continue to be amazed sometimes that what to us may be the smallest thing, has such a huge…

We were talking to a street sleeper who’d already been given a space blanket by one of our teams….

Major “coincidences” to get another girl safely home – We were alerted by a lady on the Barbican…

One recent Saturday night, or rather Sunday morning, we were approached by a man who told us he…

Money – We met G. a rough sleeper who told us he needed £20 for accommodation that night. He had…

I had a great conversation with a man who was really concerned that he hadn’t been christened so…

One of our ladies sees something like cardboard on the ground and is going to ignore it, but picks…

Whilst out on our last patrol, a young lad stopped us as he wanted to thank us for all we do. “One…

Just wanted to share an experience with you, after cleaning up a young lady a little worse for the…

We saw a girl come out of a night club alone and quite drunk, so we went over to see if we could…

We were patrolling on the Octagon in Union St and a girl asked me to thank one of our ladies who…

Twice we were called by police to help with pastoral care of girls in distress; one was suicidal…

One of our ladies was talking to a prostitute (let’s call her “D”), who was telling her she’d like…

A couple of months ago I was on duty and unusually for me I found myself really tired and yawning…

3.15 am at the end of an unusually quiet night and everyone is quietly heading home. Perhaps we…

I don’t feel I can share too many details of this one but we met a lady who initially thanked us…

Hi – I was hoping you’d be able to pass on my thanks to the two pastors who took care of me on…

A young man, late 30s, was walking towards us. We exchanged a few pleasantries and then he…

“Several months ago, on my way home on a Saturday evening, I asked two pastors on Mutley Plain if…

I’m always amazed at how the simplest things, to us, can make such a huge difference to the people…

The other Saturday we had a wonderful concert and BBQ organised by the church family to say thank…

Just before Christmas one of our teams found a lady looking for something sharp to cut her wrists…