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Oasis Charitable Trust
Oasis Charitable Trust, commonly known as Oasis, is a United Kingdom-based Christian registered charity. It was founded by the Reverend Steve Chalke in September of 1985. Chalke had been assistant minister at Tonbridge Baptist Church, Kent, for four years. He left this job with the aim of setting up a hostel for homeless young people. Oasis now has over 5,000 staff in the United Kingdom as well as thousands more volunteers.
Oasis has developed into a group of charities working on four continents (11 countries) around the world, with the goal of delivering housing, education, training, youthwork and healthcare. Oasis is now a voluntary sector provider, delivering services for local authorities and national governments, as well as self funded initiatives.
In 2003 Oasis became responsible for the buildings of Christ Church and Upton Chapel, in Waterloo, central London, and started working with the existing members there to form what was originally known as Church.co.uk. (now named Oasis Church, Waterloo).
Christ Church and Upton Chapel was founded as Surrey Chapel in 1783, and was a major influence in the start of the ragged school movement – which provided schools for local children from poor homes – and also supported the birth of the Shaftesbury Society, the YMCA and the Bible Society. In the 1800s it was also influential in the anti-slavery movement; William Wilberforce and friends made its building a venue for many of their anti-slavery meetings, and its spire, built in 1867, is named the Lincoln Memorial Tower, donated in memory of Abraham Lincoln who was both inspired and supported by in his work to achieve the emancipation of the slaves of North America through the network of friends based in London.
Since 2003 community services focused on the half-mile radius around the building, have been developed, including a children's centre, a primary school, a secondary school, various adult education opportunities, a food bank, a debt advice centre, a community farm, a coffee shop, as well as becoming responsible for the local public library and launching various other youth projects and programmes.
Further Oasis churches have developed running alongside the communities of Oasis Academies in Salford, Oldham, Brightstowe, Bristol, Enfield, Southampton (Lord's Hill & Mayfield), Immingham and Wintringham.
Stop The Traffik is one of the Oasis subsidiary charities. It is a coalition working in nearly 100 countries and in partnership with multiple other charitable organisations, businesses and anti-trafficking agencies with the goal of disrupting and preventing human trafficking.
Oasis Community Housing delivers services for vulnerably housed and homeless people, in the North East as well as in South London. Annually it supports over 1000 people with housing needs.
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Oasis Charitable Trust
Oasis Charitable Trust, commonly known as Oasis, is a United Kingdom-based Christian registered charity. It was founded by the Reverend Steve Chalke in September of 1985. Chalke had been assistant minister at Tonbridge Baptist Church, Kent, for four years. He left this job with the aim of setting up a hostel for homeless young people. Oasis now has over 5,000 staff in the United Kingdom as well as thousands more volunteers.
Oasis has developed into a group of charities working on four continents (11 countries) around the world, with the goal of delivering housing, education, training, youthwork and healthcare. Oasis is now a voluntary sector provider, delivering services for local authorities and national governments, as well as self funded initiatives.
In 2003 Oasis became responsible for the buildings of Christ Church and Upton Chapel, in Waterloo, central London, and started working with the existing members there to form what was originally known as Church.co.uk. (now named Oasis Church, Waterloo).
Christ Church and Upton Chapel was founded as Surrey Chapel in 1783, and was a major influence in the start of the ragged school movement – which provided schools for local children from poor homes – and also supported the birth of the Shaftesbury Society, the YMCA and the Bible Society. In the 1800s it was also influential in the anti-slavery movement; William Wilberforce and friends made its building a venue for many of their anti-slavery meetings, and its spire, built in 1867, is named the Lincoln Memorial Tower, donated in memory of Abraham Lincoln who was both inspired and supported by in his work to achieve the emancipation of the slaves of North America through the network of friends based in London.
Since 2003 community services focused on the half-mile radius around the building, have been developed, including a children's centre, a primary school, a secondary school, various adult education opportunities, a food bank, a debt advice centre, a community farm, a coffee shop, as well as becoming responsible for the local public library and launching various other youth projects and programmes.
Further Oasis churches have developed running alongside the communities of Oasis Academies in Salford, Oldham, Brightstowe, Bristol, Enfield, Southampton (Lord's Hill & Mayfield), Immingham and Wintringham.
Stop The Traffik is one of the Oasis subsidiary charities. It is a coalition working in nearly 100 countries and in partnership with multiple other charitable organisations, businesses and anti-trafficking agencies with the goal of disrupting and preventing human trafficking.
Oasis Community Housing delivers services for vulnerably housed and homeless people, in the North East as well as in South London. Annually it supports over 1000 people with housing needs.