Blackwood Street Pastors Blackwood Street Pastors has been operating since October 2009. Tab Life Centre is one of 12 local churches involved in this initiative and out of 27 Blackwood Street Pastors, 13 are from Tab Life Centre. David Hatch (formely of TLC, who is now pastoring a church in North Wales) was actually the chairman of the steering committee. Street Pastors was established in 1993 in London, but has quickly spread nationally and continues to grow. In South Wales many towns are already in or have expressed an interest in training. We work in teams of 3 or 4, and carry flip flops, bottles of water and first aid kits. Our  aim is to show the love of Jesus in action on the streets- meeting people where they are. No two nights are ever the same- it’s exciting, surprising, unusual, fun, challenging, sometimes wet, often cold, but always a privilege and honour. At the moment we are desperately short of volunteers who remain in the base church- Blackwood Methodist- to pray while teams are out on patrol. Our vision is for that to happen soon so that anybody who is upset or wants to talk can come back to base, while the team then resumes duty on the streets. For more information see: www.streetpastors.org.uk The Street Pastors: Alison Bassett Anita Carr Mark Gill Helen Grose Vera Hickling Graham Hickling Helen James Will Jenkins Megan Mock Kris Mock Sylvia Pritchard Dean Verrier Pam Verrier Blackwood Foodbank