Street pastors are now at work in about 270 communities in the United Kingdom and 11 cities and towns in seven other countries, from Jamaica to Gibraltar. Advertisement.

“Street Pastors work together with the local authorities and community to create a better living environment for us all.” - Birmingham Street Pastor Coordinator, Pastor Michael Royal.

A charity that aims to keep people safe at night has called for the help of additional volunteers. Cambridge Street Pastors ...

A street pastor calls the group's hotline to the police. "You wouldn't believe how many ones we've had like this tonight," says a frustrated paramedic, when help finally arrives.

His wife, Linda, another Street Pastor volunteer, was so eager to experience it too that she flew to England to meet him. They arrived just a few weeks after the program celebrated its 10-year ...

The street pastors began in London in 2003. Now there are almost 10,000 volunteers throughout the UK in 250 towns and cities. Fourteen of those are in Scotland.

STREET pastors plan to patrol the city's streets every night to keep students safe - as one man came forward to tell his story of how he almost drowned in the river.

The "street pastor" scheme is already helping to tackle drink-fuelled anti-social behaviour in London, Manchester and Birmingham among others. Street Pastors on patrol.