by Oasis Community Housing | 19 Jun 2025 | Basis, Crisis services
Kevin* first walked into our Basis Sunderland drop-in last Autumn. He’d been rough sleeping in a tent for three months by then. Kevin, originally from Peterborough, had moved up to Sunderland with his partner who was pregnant. Sadly the relationship ended and, with...
by Ben Johnston | 12 Apr 2025 | Crisis services, Home
Co-production is currently a buzzword in the homelessness sector. But we know its so much more than that. At Oasis Community Housing, we have had a dedicated Co-production Lead since the end of 2022. Here, Co-Production Worker Cal Distin, explains more. What is...
by Oasis Community Housing | 19 Dec 2024 | Basis, Christmas, Corporate Partnerships, Crisis services, Events, Giving a Home, Home, Partnerships
A community effort has seen North East homeless charity Oasis Community Housing deliver more Christmas dinners, food parcels and gifts than ever before across its crisis and supported housing services this festive period. With households facing homelessness at an...
by Oasis Community Housing | 16 Dec 2024 | Basis, Crisis services, Partnerships
Image: Oasis Community Housing’s Hazel Ditchburn and Dave Cawley with Equans’ Laura Bains Leading energy, services and regeneration specialist Equans has delivered over £8000 of social value activity to support our Sunderland homeless drop-in – the...
by Ben Johnston | 24 Apr 2024 | Crisis services, Events
Last week Oasis Community Housing’s Experts-by-Experience co-production group organised a Spring Lunch for people experiencing homelessness and seeking support at the charity’s Basis Gateshead homeless drop-in centre. Members of the group made an assortment of sweet...
by Ben Johnston | 1 Feb 2024 | Crisis services
Ecstatic with the huge step he made, Liam emotionally described the feeling of opening his first bank account with support from our staff: ‘I’ve never felt like I had an identity until today.’ Liam’s support worker Graham commented: ‘He’s been given such a...
