by Ben Johnston | 11 May 2022 | Basis, Crisis services
Champions on and off the pitch Vanarama National League North Champions, Gateshead FC have given the joy of the beautiful game to homeless people by donating over 100 football tickets. “I haven’t been to a football match in years, since I was a kid. It was...
by Oasis Community Housing | 3 Feb 2022 | Basis, Events
When most people think about a person experiencing homelessness, they probably have a vision of someone sleeping in a doorway or on a street corner. But where are those rough sleepers when those corners are empty? How far do homeless people walk? People who sleep...
by Ben Johnston | 18 Oct 2021 | Basis
How do you start your day off right, breakfast and a cuppa? Our homeless drop in centre staff know there are lots of little things we take for granted when we start each day. Cleaning your teeth, a shower, breakfast and clean dry clothes. Not to mention a little...
by Keisha Walters | 16 Sep 2021 | Basis, Home
Basis Beds is a project Oasis Community Housing began in 2013 to meet the housing needs of those in crisis. Working alongside local authorities, Oasis Community Housing secured 40 flats across Gateshead, Sunderland and South Tyneside and set about making them into...
by Keisha Walters | 20 Jul 2021 | Basis
Oasis Community Housing has opened its first same-day emergency accommodation. A six-bed property that has round-the-clock support staff and which has been developed as a psychologically informed environment (PIE); an approach to supporting people out of homelessness,...
by Keisha Walters | 8 Jul 2021 | Basis
“The pandemic flagged the need for emergency homelessness accommodation now more than ever. It made us realise there needs to be something fit-for-purpose to fill this gap,” explains Alex Laing of charity Oasis Community Housing, which is opening of a unique...
