Spotlight on Barnet Rail Pastors 1st Year Stats:
Patrols
%
Reduction in crime
%
Increase in interventions
Suicides Prevented
Research shows a timely intervention at a point of crisis can have a long term impact on preventing suicide
"Rail Pastors have received additional training from the Samaritans to offer more specialised support to those who may be at risk and vulnerable on our platforms."
RAIL PASTORS
Rail Pastors offer a listening ear around Welsh Capital
Volunteers specially trained to assist vulnerable people have been introduced on the rail network around Cardiff.
‘Rail Pastors’ is an initiative of Ascension Trust working in partnership with British Transport Police, Samaritans and train companies across the UK…
I was pleased that we were at Mill Hill then – in the right place at the right time. I believe our uniforms do draw attention to ourselves as in three of these four cases, as soon as people had spotted us, their behaviour patterns changed