by Ascension Trust | May 8, 2015 | Training
Have you heard this one before? How many animals of each species did Moses take into the ark? I guess it doesn’t work so well on a screen, but as a listening test this question catches a lot of people out. We think we’ve heard one thing, but what was actually said was...
by Ascension Trust | Mar 25, 2015 | Training
Session: Practical assignment – a night out as an observer with one of my local teams Cake: coffee and walnut, mini flapjacks, mini chocolate brownies The evening began for me, as it must do for hundreds of other street pastors, with putting on lots of layers to stay...
by Ascension Trust | Mar 18, 2015 | Training
Session: Meeting rough sleepers Cakes: None! This was an eye-opening session, which while it didn’t exactly turn my assumptions about homeless people upside down, did begin the process of making me better informed about the local rough sleeping scene and the available...
by Ascension Trust | Mar 11, 2015 | Training
Session: Street protocol Cake: Flapjack half-dipped in chocolate Who: Members of the management team, local administrator, coordinator and trainees. Key messages of the session: What SPs don’t do (knowing the boundaries) is as important as what they do do. What I will...
by Ascension Trust | Mar 6, 2015 | Training
Session: Roles and Responsibilities Cake: coffee and walnut, lemon drizzle Who was there: Ascension Trust Representative (the trainer for the day), members of the management team, local administrator, a few existing SPs who popped in to say hello, and 12 new trainees...
