Oasis Community Housing was set up by students in 1984 to help homeless people in Gateshead. Today, the organisation also supports people in Sunderland, South Tyneside, South London, and Peterborough.
Employees and clients at Oasis Community Housing are valued for who they are. The organisation believes in the need for staff to treat each other with the same respect they treat clients.
The aim is to address the causes of homelessness, as well as immediate needs. Oasis Community Housing serves men, women, and families facing homelessness. Taking a holistic approach to talking homelessness, the variety of support includes crisis support, domestic abuse support, and employability support.
The organisation's values of hope, worth, perseverance, life, and inclusion, are championed by managers who lead regular sessions with staff to discuss them.
The message is always that the values are not just words but a reflection of daily interactions with clients and colleagues.
Hope means clients are encouraged to dream big, with hope that things can change. Worth means believing in the inherent worth and dignity of all. Perseverance is a commitment to people and communities for the long term, with second, third and even fourth chances. Life means they work to enable "life in all its fullness" to become a reality for clients.
Oasis Community Housing's ambition is for everyone to be part of a community, to be included, belong and have what they need to reach their potential.
