by Ben Johnston | 13 Feb 2025 | Uncategorised
Imagine a world where people look out for each other. Where one act of kindness can make the world of difference to someone. That’s what Random Acts of Kindness Day is all about. Celebrated every year on 17 February, the goal of Random Acts of Kindness Day is to...
by Oasis Community Housing | 25 Jun 2024 | Campaigns
119 organisations working in the fields of homelessness and migrants’ rights have today written to the party leaders of Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrats, urging whoever forms the next Government to address the issue of migrant homelessness and ensure that...
by Oasis Community Housing | 3 Apr 2024 | Basis, Campaigns
A new piece of legislation, which could criminalise rough sleepers, is hitting the headlines this week as more than 40 Conservative MPs are expected to rebel against it. The Criminal Justice Bill, which is being considered as a replacement for the 200-year-old...
by Ben Johnston | 20 Jun 2023 | Uncategorised
Today is World Refugee Day. As the theme this year is ‘hope away from home’, we wanted to share a story of hope, not homelessness in the face of despair. There are currently 35 million refugees across the world. People with hopes, dreams and stories. People like...
by Ben Johnston | 21 Mar 2023 | Uncategorised
Oasis Community Housing’s Chris Moad has written a poem to mark World Poetry Day. The inspiration for the work comes from Chris’s everyday surroundings whilst working at the charity’s Gateshead homelessness drop-in. A story from observations The poet Chris Moad said:...
by Oasis Community Housing | 1 Nov 2022 | Uncategorised
The Government will fail in its mission to end homelessness if it does not tackle trauma suffered by people facing homelessness. This is the stark warning from David Smith, CEO of homelessness charity Oasis Community Housing, following new research commissioned by the...
