{"id":18970,"date":"2013-11-12T15:22:58","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T15:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=18970"},"modified":"2013-11-12T15:22:58","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T15:22:58","slug":"street-pastors-celebrate-fifth-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2013\/11\/12\/street-pastors-celebrate-fifth-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Street pastors celebrate five years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On 28 November, Cardiff Christian church is celebrating five years of street pastors supporting vulnerable people in Cardiff every weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The anniversary event will welcome new street pastors to the <a title=\"Cardiff street pastors official website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.streetpastors.co.uk\/CurrentLocations\/Wales\/Cardiff\/tabid\/509\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cardiff team<\/a> of Christian volunteers, who patrol areas such as St Mary\u2019s Street and Mill Lane, between 10pm and 4am, every Friday and Saturday. They offer support, including water and blankets, to anyone in need.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19053\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 427px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/No-Logo-street-pastor-1-480-ELP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19053\" alt=\"Cardiff street pastor (photo from official website)\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/No-Logo-street-pastor-1-480-ELP-427x312.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19053\" alt=\"Cardiff street pastor (photo from official website)\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/No-Logo-street-pastor-1-480-ELP-427x312.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Cardiff street pastor helps a young man who has lost his group of friends. Photo credit: street pastor official website<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jackie Bradshaw, 49, is the street pastor team coordinator. Jackie praises their success over the last five years and stresses their need to continue. \u201cPeople get themselves into vulnerable situations and we are able to make a very real difference for those who set out for a good time, but for one reason or another, their night has not ended well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastors have patrolled Cardiff\u2019s streets every weekend for five years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":19057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[3119,3206,3207,3208,3209,3210,274,3211],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-18970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-no-logo","tag-anniversary","tag-christian-church","tag-drunk","tag-friday-night","tag-saturday-night","tag-st-marys-street","tag-street-pastors","tag-vulnerable"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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