Street Chaplains

Street Chaplains Caring for you when it matters! Committed to the safety of the public in public places The simple agenda is to love and care.

Street Chaplains are dynamic team-oriented volunteers from a wide range of Christian churches, who are living out the call to ‘love your neighbour as yourself’
(Matt 22:39) and be a ‘good Samaritan’. Street Chaplains work in the WA night club scene and have a proven record in providing crisis pastoral care in a mission setting. The Chaplains offer compassion, practical help and pastoral care to al

l who need and want it. Street Chaplains work in teams of at least two into the early hours of the morning (4am!) over Friday and Saturday nights. The Vision of the Street Chaplaincy Program is to provide a safe environment for patrons to enjoy a night out and not be harmed. The aim is to be ’Good Samaritans’ to those in need and not to preach at people, but simply to care, protect, and ensure patrons get home safely. Street Chaplains respect the range of cultural traditions, affiliations and religious views in the community and are approachable by people of all beliefs.

Street Chaplain Roz said Otto and I walked past the Brass Monkey, and noticed a man slumped over against the wall. We ap...
22/03/2026

Street Chaplain Roz said Otto and I walked past the Brass Monkey, and noticed a man slumped over against the wall. We approached him and tapped his feet to try to wake him up. He was seemingly asleep but sitting upright and breathing. We couldn't wake him up. He responded to pain, when we did a trap-squeeze, so we knew he wasn't completely unresponsive.
We secured his phone next to him and stayed with him to ensure his safety. We tried to wake him periodically but failed. His vitals were stable (breathing, O2 and pulse). After about 30 minutes, we still couldn't wake him, and He became unresponsive to normal pain stimulation. At this point we contacted 000 for advice. The operator dispatched an ambulance, and we were instructed to put him in recovery position and keep the defibrillator nearby.
The ambulance arrived within minutes, the paramedics applied pain stimulus to the patient's nail, which jolted him awake.
The man was a FIFO worker that came off night shift, had a few too many drinks. The lack of sleep and alcohol caused him to go into a very deep sleep. He was very apologetic but very grateful and made his way home from there. 💜💜💜

Street Chaplain Lawrie says, Pietro and I came across an elderly man who was occupying and sleeping on a bench with his ...
19/03/2026

Street Chaplain Lawrie says, Pietro and I came across an elderly man who was occupying and sleeping on a bench with his friends being threatened by another man approximately 45 y.o. The aggressor had physically attacked the man the previous night, was arrested, went to court and released that morning.
The elderly man recently had surgery and needed a walking stick. The offender stole the man's walking stick and began to damage it, striking it against a pole. The two chaplains were also threatened with physical assault by the offender during this incident. The police were called and the offender left before the police arrived shortly after. The police interviewed the elderly man and took information from him, so we left him with them. We came back later and checked the elderly man was ok. 💜💜💜

Street Chaplain John says at approx. midnight, Loretta and I found a man face down in a flowerbed at the entrance to Rus...
10/03/2026

Street Chaplain John says at approx. midnight, Loretta and I found a man face down in a flowerbed at the entrance to Russell Square.
Shoes off, in shorts and t-shirt. Attempts to get him into a recovery position were unsuccessful as he was unresponsive and uncooperative.
A female friend arrived on the scene instructing us to leave him alone as she was trying to give him a beer! We continued to try and assist the man, and the decision was made to call the police because the lady was preventing us from administering first aid. The police did arrive but got caught up dealing with another incident so we called for an ambulance, we managed to place the oximeter on his finger and conveyed the results to the 000 operator. When the ambulance arrived, the female friend left and the ambulance operators with two of our teams managed to get the man on a stretcher, down some stairs and into the ambulance💜💜💜

Street Chaplain trainees stand together, beaming with excitement and ready to embark on their new calling. Bunbury Stree...
28/02/2026

Street Chaplain trainees stand together, beaming with excitement and ready to embark on their new calling. Bunbury Street Chaplains are thriving💜💜💜

21/02/2026

Street Chaplain Training in action

****TOMORROW****Street chaplain training starts tomorrow, Saturday 21st Feb, 9am @ the Perth Bible College. It’s not too...
20/02/2026

****TOMORROW****

Street chaplain training starts tomorrow, Saturday 21st Feb, 9am @ the Perth Bible College.

It’s not too late to come along and join this incredible ministry.
Our mission is to provide crisis care and pastoral care for every person, regardless of their need.❤️

Come and train in our Fastrak course to be equipped as a mighty Street Chaplain 💜💜💜

Congratulations to our Street Chaplains who trained through summer and graduated tonight. Luke 10:33 ‘Good Samaritan’s’ ...
16/02/2026

Congratulations to our Street Chaplains who trained through summer and graduated tonight. Luke 10:33 ‘Good Samaritan’s’ 💜💜💜

Street Chaplain Tina says Beau and I were walking along Barrack Street, we came across a man, He had several bags of his...
16/02/2026

Street Chaplain Tina says Beau and I were walking along Barrack Street, we came across a man, He had several bags of his belongings spread across the pavement, was visibly upset, trying to organise himself. He kept apologising for the mess and his disheveled appearance.
He shared that his girlfriend had been arrested, and He didn’t know when she would be released or how he would reconnect with her. He was clearly distressed and feeling helpless. He had planned to spend the night at her house but did not have her keys.

He used our SC phone to contact the Lock-up to enquire about her release, but unfortunately they were not able to assist us. After nearly an hour, we left him with some water and blankets and we trusted that at the very least he knew he was seen, valued and cared for.

Later we received a call from the Noongar Outreach, they had reported some ladies needing assistance at the front of the train station. We were told one of the women was wearing a long white dress. We approached, introduced ourselves as Street Chaplains, and asked if she was okay. She immediately responded that she was not okay. She explained that her bag had been stolen, she had been locked up, and she had lost her boyfriend!

We asked her name and were able to tell her that we had just spent an hour with her boyfriend and he was desperately trying to find her. None of us could believe the timing. It felt like far more than coincidence. Remarkably, we were back on the same street where her bf had been sitting, and in the distance, we could see he was still there — only about 500 metres away.

We walked with them to reunite, and we shared how hard he had been trying to reach her and how concerned he was. When they saw each other, there were tears, a brief argument, and then reconciliation. A taxi was arranged and before they left, we said our goodbyes. The man hugged me and began to cry. It was a deeply heartfelt moment.

As they drove away, the lady said out the window, “I didn’t believe (in God), but now I do!"
It was a powerful reminder that even when we feel ineffective or discouraged, God is working beyond what we can see. What initially felt like an unsuccessful encounter became a beautiful divine appointment and a visible expression of God’s care for both of them. It was a wonderful and humbling privilege to witness💜💜💜

11/02/2026

An amazing story from the streets from Mandurah Street Chaplains. We love to hear stories of how our Chaplains are in the right place at the right time, to care for you when it matters💜💜💜

Street Chaplain Neil says Tom and I came across an intoxicated young man who was flat out, near the car park closest to ...
10/02/2026

Street Chaplain Neil says Tom and I came across an intoxicated young man who was flat out, near the car park closest to the Breakwater. His upper body was in the woodchips in a raised planter, his legs dangling in the air. He was alone and vulnerable, so we tried to rouse him. He took a while to respond but later he gave us his phone, and we established that an Uber was on the way for him.
We kept talking to him to keep him awake and warned him that the Uber would not take him in his current state. With less than five minutes before his ride arrived, we got him to his feet. He immediately vomited but was slowly coming round. We gave him water and a sick bag and escorted him to the Uber. To our relief, the driver took him💜💜💜

Street Chaplain Licia says Scott and I were unable to rouse a 20-year-old male who was found passed out on the pavement ...
03/02/2026

Street Chaplain Licia says Scott and I were unable to rouse a 20-year-old male who was found passed out on the pavement outside the China Bar. Initially we thought he might be a homeless or had been drinking too much alcohol, we moved him into the recovery position and tried to rouse him further. We checked his vitals and his Oxygen saturation readings were consistently below 95. He was tachycardic and his breath did not smell of excess alcohol. Two bystanders reported that he had been lying there for an hour. We called the ambulance. Once the emergency services arrived they too struggled to rouse him. They checked his pupils and they were fixed-dilated. The ambulance tried contacting his family as per his driver's license and they took over care from us💜💜💜

Street Chaplain Lauren says we started our patrol after collecting our bags. It was a hot day and soon we needed to go b...
23/01/2026

Street Chaplain Lauren says we started our patrol after collecting our bags. It was a hot day and soon we needed to go back to the storeroom for more water and on returning to Moore Street we were approached by some of the food service volunteers advising us a lady had collapsed in the street behind them. She had a hospital gown on and had cannulas in. She was known to visit Moore Street, but her name was unknown. The volunteers had tried to speak to her before she collapsed, as we approached it appeared the situation had gotten more severe with volunteers now calling an ambulance and checking to see if she'd respond. Initially they said she was slightly responsive but then we could see she was non-responsive. We put an oximeter on her finger to measure her oxygen saturation, initially, it was slightly low on 94 and 93% then it suddenly dropped and the oximeter started beeping loudly. We checked if she was responsive again and she wasn't. The ambulance officer on the phone to a volunteer asked us to let them know every time that she took a breath. Suddenly she got worse, her oxygen saturation dropped this time to around 80%. We started to get the defib out to analyze, her eyes were half open and staring blankly upwards. I started to pray as we got the defib out asking God for help as I was worried she might pass. She suddenly jolted up and seemed conscious for a few seconds but then went back to non-responsive but her oxygen saturation improved temporarily. We were about to place the pads on her chest when the 000-operator said not to defibrillate as she had become responsive for a moment and the ambulance was almost there. The ambulance officers got her on the stretcher and took her back to Royal Perth Hospital💜💜💜

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