by Keisha Walters | 20 Jan 2021 | Events
The oldest road race in the UK has been cancelled for only the second time in 109 years this winter, due to COVID-19 restrictions, prompting race-organisers Saltwell Harriers to instead host a virtual event that raised almost £1,000 for local homelessness charity...
by Keisha Walters | 19 Jan 2021 | Home
Everyone In, the Government initiative moving rough sleepers into temporary accommodation, received widespread publicity during the first COVID-19 Lockdown. Homeless charities and organisations that would usually have provided shelter or drop-in services – Oasis...
by Keisha Walters | 13 Jan 2021 | Aspire
A New Year and a new Lockdown means many people are considering how to reinvigorate their Lockdown exercise habits, to help keep mind and body healthy. “I needed to release some inner anxieties and what better way than to run?” says Christine. Christine signed up for...
by Keisha Walters | 12 Jan 2021 | Home
Oasis Community Housing has joined calls for staff working with people experiencing homelessness to be treated as a priority occupation for the COVID vaccine. Writing to Members of Parliament in constituencies where the charity serves the homeless – Gateshead,...
by Keisha Walters | 14 Dec 2020 | Home
An estimated 778 homeless people died in England and Wales last year, according to the latest statistics from the Office of National Statistics released today. The most homeless deaths in a year since records began in 2013. The figures show that suicides among...
