Oasis News February 2024

• Make the extra day count! • How does a city nurture its young people? • Creating the best childhood in the world • Oasis in the media

3-6-6: Make the extra day count!

Make this month’s extra leap day count by donating £3.66 — the price of a supermarket meal deal — to provide emergency food for families in crisis.

An extra day might not feel like much, but it can achieve a huge amount.
In a single day over 30,000 students walk through the doors of our academies, 1,600 meals are provided by our 20 community hubs, and 8 people at risk of human trafficking are guided to safety by our Stop The Traffik intelligence teams.

And in one single day on February 29, we are aiming to raise enough money to keep one of our food projects open for a whole month! Could you make sure that no family goes hungry by using your extra 24 hours to donate £3.66? Together we can make the Leap Day count!

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How does a city nurture its young people?

Join Oasis Founder Steve Chalke and Bristol City leaders to discover how a city can nurture its young people.

On 1st March at Bristol Cathedral, political leaders and community workers will gather to explore how we can protect our young people from violence in the light of recent tragic events.

The evening will feature a talk from Steve and a panel discussion exploring how we can take a joined-up, “whole eco-system” approach to the care of our young people, rooted in local communities.

Book your free ticket today

Launch of the Centre for Young Lives

Earlier this month saw the launch of an independent think tank, hosted by Oasis, committed to improving the lives of children, young people, and families throughout the UK — the Centre for Young Lives.

Anne Longfield CBE, Executive Chair and Founder of the Centre said, “The Centre for Young Lives will have a relentless focus on shaping policy that understands real people’s lives and uses the best innovation to do things differently.”

The work of the Centre reaffirms our commitment to build stronger communities throughout the UK with the vision “for Britain to become the best place in the world to grow up and to bring up children”. As Oasis Founder Steve Chalke writes in ‘A Manifesto for Hope’, “you can judge the wisdom of any society by the investment it makes in its children.”

Read all about it

From transformative therapeutic education to ending knife crime, we are regularly in the news, raising the issues at the heart of Oasis’ mission and vision. Read the latest media coverage:

Education: How to nurture the no-shows Read more here.

Ban won’t end knife crime, says founder of Bristol academy whose pupils died Read more here.

Supply teacher: How schools became the last outpost of the welfare state Read more here.

Therapy project yields ‘dramatic’ rise in Sats results at London school Read more here.

John Barneby on the rise of the ‘outsider’ trust CEO Read more here.

Support Oasis

Help build healthy communities where everyone can thrive by donating today! All your gifts go directly to where support is most needed, on the ground in local communities. Thank you.

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A year of traffik prevention

Last year, 954,000 people engaged in our Stop The Traffik programmes to stay safe from human trafficking. Read our latest impact report here.

From Buber to Elmo: Learning how to love

Steve Chalke and Jill Rowe are back on the ‘Different’ podcast exploring our struggle to like and love others – and ourselves. Listen here.

Oasis is a community transformation movement, working in and beyond the UK. Find out more about our Housing, Education, Global, and anti-trafficking work on our dedicated sites.
Oasis is not a large charity with huge reserves and we depend on our supporters who help us make a real difference to people on the lowest incomes.

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