by Ben Johnston | 26 Sep 2024 | Events
Over 160 footballers from 18 businesses took part in a charity football tournament to raise vital funds to support people experiencing homelessness. The Oasis Cup, homelessness charity Oasis Community Housing’s annual mixed five-a-side football tournament held at...
by Oasis Community Housing | 21 May 2024 | Corporate Partnerships, Events
46 businesses have won ‘Shared Value’ charity awards in recognition of their support for Oasis Community Housing and its work with more than 1,300 people facing homelessness this past year. The charity’s Patron, the BBC’s Reverend Canon Kate...
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 | 20 Dec 2023 | Christmas, Crisis services, Events, Giving a Home
With more than 300,000 people in England likely to spend Christmas experiencing some form of homelessness, North East businesses have supported the delivery of Christmas lunches for homeless drop-in centres in Gateshead and Sunderland. Donate to support someone...
by Ben Johnston | 3 Nov 2023 | CEO Blog, Events
Sometimes you feel the winds of change blowing in politics. Sitting in a crowded room in a hotel in Liverpool during the Labour Party Conference was just one of those moments. MPs, journalists, activists, charity workers, those who had experienced homelessness, all...
by Ben Johnston | 18 Oct 2023 | Events
On 13 October 2023, Philip Le Marquand, a supporter of Oasis Community Housing from Gateshead, completed a 385-mile walk from Peckham in South London to Gateshead in the North East of England raising £1,510 for people experiencing homelessness. After setting off from...
