Oasis Church Social Group Croydon

18/02/2026

A great opportunity for anyone interested in the work at Ashburton Park

09/01/2026

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1432355892228803&id=100063632169888&mibextid=wwXIfr

Join one of our Oasis Boards! 👋

We're recruiting new trustees to join one of our boards! This is a fantastic opportunity to use your expertise to influence strategy, strengthen governance, and champion our mission to transform communities across the country.

👉 Find out more: https://bit.ly/48GVxdW

04/01/2026

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We’re pleased to be part of ‘We Are United” - a national response to the rise in fear, scapegoating, and hostility towards people from migrant and historically marginalised backgrounds.

Read more from yesterday’s Mirror: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/oasis-st-martins-village-london-36481171

You can register your interest for 2026 by emailing [email protected]

10/10/2025

This is an exciting event on Monday for anyone in the Croydon area. It illustrates just how much the Hub, of which our group is privileged to be part, is doing in and with the local community.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1VWXVHrvCM/?mibextid=wwXIfr

07/12/2024

Another article about oasis restore for those interested.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/U3MNo4FMFtyECZdJ/?mibextid=WC7FNe

Thank you to The Times and The Sunday Times for visiting Oasis Restore.

"In many ways the Oasis Restore academy in Kent looks like any other school. It has classrooms, a playground with a basketball hoop, a sports hall, a theatre, an art room and a music studio. But there is a difference ... these children have been convicted or accused of heinous, horrible crimes. Yet instead of being sent to a traditional young offender institution (YOI), a noisy, frightening place where they would be locked in a cell for large parts of the day, they are living in Britain’s first secure school, with no bars on the windows and teachers rather than guards.

For most of these young people, it is the first time in their lives that they have had the emotional support they need. Each pupil has a core team around them that includes therapists and social workers as well as educators. “Though it’s called a secure school, it’s a secure home to start with” says Chalke ... “We’re not a bunch of softies or happy-clappy hippies. What’s easy is locking a child in a cell for endless hours. All you need to be able to do is turn a key and have a cup of tea. What’s really hard, as every parent knows, is to sit with an anxious teenager. The whole thing is about trust. Everyone needs someone they can believe in and who can believe in them.”

See today's magazine for the whole story.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/inside-school-britain-most-dangerous-children-tkms8zkzk

23/10/2024

Meet the team at the Ashburton Park Hub, of which our small social group is a part. Some great work is going on there.

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04/10/2024

For those interested, this is a very encouraging write-up of the latest initiative from Oasis. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/inside-the-oasis-restore-secure-school

21/07/2024

This may be of interest, I’ve booked my place! He’s a great author and speaker

We're excited to welcome back our friend, the brilliant Brian D. McLaren, on Monday 19 August. Tickets are free and available from www.oasiswaterloo.org/mclaren

18/05/2024

This Oasis news this week may be of interest

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/orYkWvurpmqRecKt/?mibextid=WC7FNe

17/04/2024

For anyone interested, a new date has been set for this event organised by the Hub of which our group is part.

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