Torbay’s hospitality industry has suffered due to the pandemic but now venues are about to open on June 21st and a very busy summer is expected.
A familiar and much missed pre-Covid presence on our streets were Torbay’s Street Pastors. But now from Friday June 25 these terrific volunteers will be back on our streets supporting anyone vulnerable or in need of help.
The pastors are volunteers working in partnership with local churches, Torbay Council and the police, and work in small groups from 10pm until the early hours.
They work in small groups around Torquay’s Strand and harbourside on Friday and Saturday nights, from 10pm until the early hours; and have the Safe Place Van on Torquay’s Strand. Volunteers provide first-aid, flip flops, water and support, even a defibrillator.
A spokesman tells us, “We care, help and listen without condition or judgement.”
Helpers are now being recruited, and volunteers are being sought to work one evening a month. They need to be over 18 and belong to a local Christian church.
To publicise the Pastor’s relaunch, a special walk from Torquay to Brixham is taking place at 10am on June 16 when Street Pastors Bill Becher and Mark Pool will be joined by experienced charity hiker the Reverend Jerry Cook, also known as ‘The Rambling Rev’.
For more information, contact: torbay@streetpastors.org.uk or call 07933 136418
You can join us on our social media pages, follow us on Facebook or Twitter and keep up to date with whats going on in South Devon.
Got a news story, blog or press release that you’d like to share or want to advertise with us? Contact us
