Street Angels and ROC (Redeeming Our Communities) work in some incredible places and with some incredible people. Part of our aim and vision is to invest into the towns and cities we serve to help create places that people want to be part of and where the place and its people prosper.
Often our teams are inspired to do this by the verse in the Bible that says:
“seek the peace and prosperity of the city... Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” (Jeremiah 29:7)
the5Ps seeks to encourage people to do just that:
PRAY and seek for the PEACE and PROSPERITY of the PLACES and PEOPLE around you!
Often our teams are inspired to do this by the verse in the Bible that says:
“seek the peace and prosperity of the city... Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” (Jeremiah 29:7)
the5Ps seeks to encourage people to do just that:
PRAY and seek for the PEACE and PROSPERITY of the PLACES and PEOPLE around you!
the5ps Vision and Aims:
To believe and work towards better within your places (community, village, town, city, borough, region, nation and world!)
To talk up places not talk down. Quit moaning! Celebrate the good and work and pray towards solving issues and problems!
To join the history of people and God at work - the place you are has decades, hundreds and maybe thousand of years of history of people and God doing amazing stuff! This is your moment, this is your generation, this is the time to make your mark on the world!
To pray and work towards God’s Kingdom becoming a reality for all - what would our communities look like if crime was reduced, addictions were gone, homelessness was a memory, businesses were prospering, different communities got along...... Jesus taught us to pray ‘God’s Kingdom come, God’s will be done, on earth as in heaven’ - prayer and action go hand in hand!
To celebrate people and the creativity of people. To become a collaborative of celebrating and promoting people who are: running businesses; creating and selling amazing products; doing something to help places prosper.
To share the amazing of places visited on social media - celebrate good places and experiences (post a picture, leave a review, tag the place).
To leave a legacy for future generations. We are building for the better of the future! How cool is that!!!!
To believe and work towards better within your places (community, village, town, city, borough, region, nation and world!)
To talk up places not talk down. Quit moaning! Celebrate the good and work and pray towards solving issues and problems!
To join the history of people and God at work - the place you are has decades, hundreds and maybe thousand of years of history of people and God doing amazing stuff! This is your moment, this is your generation, this is the time to make your mark on the world!
To pray and work towards God’s Kingdom becoming a reality for all - what would our communities look like if crime was reduced, addictions were gone, homelessness was a memory, businesses were prospering, different communities got along...... Jesus taught us to pray ‘God’s Kingdom come, God’s will be done, on earth as in heaven’ - prayer and action go hand in hand!
To celebrate people and the creativity of people. To become a collaborative of celebrating and promoting people who are: running businesses; creating and selling amazing products; doing something to help places prosper.
To share the amazing of places visited on social media - celebrate good places and experiences (post a picture, leave a review, tag the place).
To leave a legacy for future generations. We are building for the better of the future! How cool is that!!!!
Join the5PsCollaborative group on Facebook (share and celebrate PEOPLE and PLACES)
The Story Behind the5Ps
On the 1st August 2017 the Halifax Piece Hall re-opened after a £19million regeneration. The founder of Street Angels, Paul Blakey MBE, stood in that place, in his home town, along with 22,000 other visitors on that day, he was overwhelmed by what was happening! Cash machines ran out of money, every cafe and restaurant was packed and people were queuing to get in them. The atmosphere in the town had lifted, people had travelled from miles around to be part of the day and the opening attracted national media attention. As he stood on the balcony, taking pictures, he felt God say to him "pray for the peace and prosperity". Later he looked this up and found the verse in the Bible, "Seek the peace and prosperity of the city... pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers you too will prosper" (Jeremiah 29:7).
This idea that as people of goodwill and people of faith we are in some way responsible for the peace and prosperity of our city (or places to make it applicable to those in towns, villages, communities as well as cities) would not go away! Paul had a renewed passion for seeing communities transformed, for believing for better, for praying and working towards the peace and prosperity of places. The church should be leading the way in this stuff!
As Paul talked to others the concept of the4Ps - PRAY, PEACE, PROSPERITY, PLACES - was developed. the4Ps is a way of encouraging and challenging others to join this quest. In reality we want this for every community, every place! We want to believe and work towards the best a place (and the people who live, work or visit) can be. This is God's heart - the value he sees in us and communities never changes, no matter how messed up, screwed up, torn apart we / they become. God loves us so much he is always wanting us to become the best version of us we can be! The same is true for communities and nations and we all have a part to play in that!
In 2025 Paul took a new look at the4Ps. Challenged by the many people he had met who were developing amazing creative skills into small cottage businesses he decided to add PEOPLE into the mix of P's and so the4Ps became the5Ps! To celebrate people and the creativity of people. To become a collaborative of celebrating and promoting people who are: running businesses; creating and selling amazing products; doing something to help places prosper.
A large part of the heart of what we do is kindness. Indeed kindness is the heart of Street Angels and ROC - offering kindness and support when people are or could become vulnerable.
Mark Stibbe writes in his book 'Restoring the Fallen', "What then, do we mean by 'kindness'? Joseph Jourbert defines it as "loving people more than they deserve". This is exactly what we see in Jesus. Jesus appears on the shores of Galilee (in John 21) for just one man: Simon Peter. He takes time to make breakfast for just one purpose: to restore Simon Peter. He speaks exclusively for just one purpose: he sees beauty even in Peter's brokenness, the miracle in Peter's mess. This is divine kindness; he loves Peter more than he deserves."
the5Ps aims to make time for people and communities to: seek restoration; see beauty in the brokenness; miracles in the mess; celebrate and promote creativity; believe and work towards better, safer, stronger, kinder communities; be part of that divine kindness in action. In short to be partners in the building of God's Kingdom.
Join the5Ps journey!
On the 1st August 2017 the Halifax Piece Hall re-opened after a £19million regeneration. The founder of Street Angels, Paul Blakey MBE, stood in that place, in his home town, along with 22,000 other visitors on that day, he was overwhelmed by what was happening! Cash machines ran out of money, every cafe and restaurant was packed and people were queuing to get in them. The atmosphere in the town had lifted, people had travelled from miles around to be part of the day and the opening attracted national media attention. As he stood on the balcony, taking pictures, he felt God say to him "pray for the peace and prosperity". Later he looked this up and found the verse in the Bible, "Seek the peace and prosperity of the city... pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers you too will prosper" (Jeremiah 29:7).
This idea that as people of goodwill and people of faith we are in some way responsible for the peace and prosperity of our city (or places to make it applicable to those in towns, villages, communities as well as cities) would not go away! Paul had a renewed passion for seeing communities transformed, for believing for better, for praying and working towards the peace and prosperity of places. The church should be leading the way in this stuff!
As Paul talked to others the concept of the4Ps - PRAY, PEACE, PROSPERITY, PLACES - was developed. the4Ps is a way of encouraging and challenging others to join this quest. In reality we want this for every community, every place! We want to believe and work towards the best a place (and the people who live, work or visit) can be. This is God's heart - the value he sees in us and communities never changes, no matter how messed up, screwed up, torn apart we / they become. God loves us so much he is always wanting us to become the best version of us we can be! The same is true for communities and nations and we all have a part to play in that!
In 2025 Paul took a new look at the4Ps. Challenged by the many people he had met who were developing amazing creative skills into small cottage businesses he decided to add PEOPLE into the mix of P's and so the4Ps became the5Ps! To celebrate people and the creativity of people. To become a collaborative of celebrating and promoting people who are: running businesses; creating and selling amazing products; doing something to help places prosper.
A large part of the heart of what we do is kindness. Indeed kindness is the heart of Street Angels and ROC - offering kindness and support when people are or could become vulnerable.
Mark Stibbe writes in his book 'Restoring the Fallen', "What then, do we mean by 'kindness'? Joseph Jourbert defines it as "loving people more than they deserve". This is exactly what we see in Jesus. Jesus appears on the shores of Galilee (in John 21) for just one man: Simon Peter. He takes time to make breakfast for just one purpose: to restore Simon Peter. He speaks exclusively for just one purpose: he sees beauty even in Peter's brokenness, the miracle in Peter's mess. This is divine kindness; he loves Peter more than he deserves."
the5Ps aims to make time for people and communities to: seek restoration; see beauty in the brokenness; miracles in the mess; celebrate and promote creativity; believe and work towards better, safer, stronger, kinder communities; be part of that divine kindness in action. In short to be partners in the building of God's Kingdom.
Join the5Ps journey!