History of Sidewalk

Sidewalk Sunday School began in the 1980's when Bill Wilson realised that it was too dangerous for hundreds of kids to come to Sunday School because of the territorial ganglines and gang warfare that constantly erupted on the streets of Bushwick in Brooklyn. He had to take Sunday School to the kids themselves - and so the first Sidewalk Sunday School was born. Two decades of commitment and dedication later, Metro has over 15 Sidewalk Trucks with 150 Sidewalk Sites that reach out to over 22,000+ kids every week. Not only that, every kid that comes to Sidewalk is visited every week by a dedicated team of staff and volunteers.
Today Sidewalk Sunday School is pioneered in South Africa, Romania, Ukraine, Phillappines, India and across the United States.

Having completed the Internship Programme of Metro Ministries in New York, Barry returned to Sheffield with a renewed determination to reach out to the kids of his city. After two years of fundraising, he bought and converted a Luton Box Van and established the first Sidewalk site on his own estate where he lives in Sheffield.