About Us     

Working non-judgmentally in Cambridge City Centre to help people in need

Helping people on the streets

Street Pastors patrol most Saturday nights February to December from 10pm to 3am in and around the city centre, whatever the weather. The team of 3 or 4 are well known with their uniform and navy caps and luminous STREET PASTORS rucksacks.  

Our aim is to keep an eye out and offer assistance to anyone in any kind of need without judgement.  We keep in touch with door staff, police, paramedics and CCTV, by radio which links to the Street Pastors and NightLite  in case people need them. 

Our purpose is to be a reassuring presence on the streets and we know our calming presence has helped avoid many trips to A & E.  But we do contact Emergency Services if necessary. We are there to help in any way we can and offer practical and non-judgmental caring, listening and help to anyone. As part of the national Street Pastor organisation we expect all our Street Pastor patrolling volunteers to be a Christian and belong to a Church (see below about volunteering in NightLite, safe space Night Cafe). 
 

Helping people in our Safe Space - NightLite

We operate our NightLite 'safe space' in Downing Place United Reformed Church (4 Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EL) from 10pm to 3am most Saturday nights.  

NightLite offers a place to wait, chat, recharge phones, receive assistance, sleep or just use the loo! All our NightLite volunteers are willing to help people who find themselves in a place or state they didn't expect to be on their night out. 

If this sounds like something you could do once a month then look at our volunteer page. All we ask of our NightLite volunteers is they respect the beliefs and ethos of the Christian faith but it isn't necessary to be part of a Christian church community. 

Prayer Pastors

Cambridge Street Pastors works best when supported by prayer and some dedicated Prayer Pastors "watch and pray" either at home on the phone or at our base, while we are on patrol or in NightLite. They pray for the team when we go out and when we get back, and between times - we keep in contact with them by mobile phone regularly. 
 

Coordinator

Cambridge Street Pastors is managed day-to-day by our administrator, and supported by the trustees of the charity. 

If you have questions or would like to volunteer, please contact us by email: director@cambridgestreetpastors.org.uk.

Registered charity no. 1130842 Registered address:
Cambridge Street Pastors
c/o Romsey Mill Centre
Hemingford Road
Cambridge
CB1 3BZ

Trustees

The Trustees have the ultimate responsibility for the work of Cambridge Street Pastors.

• Geoff Mann (Treasurer)
• Jane Mann (Secretary)
• Revd Neil Perry
• Bill O'Hearn
• Laura Leeke
• Michelle Carman

If you would like to participate in the organisation by coming along to the AGM as a voting member, receiving detailed newsletters, joining patrols any time as an Observer or being elected to join the Management Committee please email director@cambridgestreetpastors.org.uk to express your interest. 

Cambridge Street Pastors is a Registered Charity. We are grateful to Downing Place United Reformed Church and St Andrew's Baptist Church for providing us with spaces to support our operations. We also work independently alongside the following organisations: