Managment Organisation
Bath City Pastors (BCP) was formed out of the former Bath Street Pastor group in the summer of 2020. It became a branch of the Christian Nightlife Initiative (CNI) Street Angels charity in April 2021. In the summer of 2022 CNI merged with ROC (Redeeming Our Communities), an umbrella charity (No 1139817), running 350 Christian projects throughout the United Kingdom, including Street Angels, Town and City Chaplaincies, Festival Angels and Safe Hubs. The BCP Steering Group is responsible to the ‘Roc Angel’ trustees for the proper running and solvency of our branch and is authorised by Roc Angels to run and oversee the operations of Bath City Pastors. The Steering Group agreed a revised constitution for BCP in May 2021. Bath City Pastors relies on donations from local churches and individual supporters to fund its ministry.
BCP Steering Group: responsibilities
1. Liaison with relevant agencies (including local authorities, police, BID (Business Improvement District), BID Marshals, Genesis Trust and Julian House).
2. Arranging for the provision and organisation of BCP teams; the BCP rota; base facilities (kindly supplied by Manvers Street Baptist Church); BCP recruitment and training; necessary equipment and supplies.
3. Ensuring all volunteers are approved by their ministers, DBS checked and trained to our agreed standards.
4. Ensuring BCP Bath operates in a responsible manner so as to protect the reputation of our BSP group, Roc Angels nationally and the Roc Angels Trustees.
5. Providing Roc Angels with an annual report including the end of year accounts.
6. Raising funds to support the activities of Bath City Pastors (including the payment of a financial contribution to Roc Angels to cover insurance provision and other support).
BCP Steering Group: members and their roles
Members: Dennis Pearson, David Holden-White, Angela Jameson, Matthew Judd, Clare Edwards, John Ward, Davina Clark, Claire Suntharalingam
Chair Dennis Pearson (interim) - Oversees the working of the Steering Group chair@bathcitypastors.org.uk
BCP Coordinator Claire Suntharalingam - Coordinates the day-to-day running of BCPs. bcitypastors@gmail.com 07971234777
BCP 'Rota Lead' Matt Judd - Oversees and updates the rota; monitors CP patrol teams and nightly patrol reports. rotalead@bathcitypastors.org.uk 07980156820
Treasurer – Clare Edwards treasurer@bathcitypastors.org.uk 01225 744027
Recruitment Manager - Angela Jameson jameson.assessment@gmail.com 07503970185
Administrator John Ward – Maintains BCP membership records, including team database and rota contact list; liaises with Manvers Street Baptist Church. admin@bathcitypastors.org.uk 01225 776553
Base Supplies Manager - David Holden-White djholdenwhite@gmail.com 01225 42587
Prayer Coordinator - Davina Clark - encourages essential prayer support for the ministry of BCP on the streets. d2012@btinternet.com 01225 723239
The Steering Group is supported by Management Team helpers:
Uniform Organiser
Sarah Davies - sarahdaviesofwinsley@gmail.com
Team Training Assistant
Hazel Roberts – Organises venue arrangements for two or three team training sessions a year to refresh the knowledge of existing team pastors and complete the training of newer members.
Website Manager
Claire Suntharalingam - uploads changes and updates to BCP website; maintains BCP members’ access to private parts of the website. bcitypastors@gmail.com
BCP Facebook (Closed and Open Groups) Manager
Hazel Roberts - manages communications of interest between BCP members and authorised supporters. (General internal communications).
Handbook Editor
(role vacant)
Church Liaison (recruitment, funding, and Publicity)
(role vacant)
Recruitment / Induction Training Assistant
(role vacant)
Safeguarding Officer -
Dave Wiles - See Safeguarding policy section.
wiles119@aol.com 07799 108339
Health & Safety Officer
Derek Smith - periodically reviews BSP’s practices for safety and maintains BSP’s risk assessment documents. djsofbath@btinternet.com
[Watch This Space – Our policy is to share out the tasks of running BCP, such that no one has too big a job. So if you would like to help in any way, let a member of the Steering Group know. ]