Oasis Charitable Trust

Oasis Charitable Trust
Formation	1985
Founder	Steve Chalke
Founded at	United Kingdom
Type	Charitable organization
Legal status	Registered Charity; Company Limited by Guarantee;
Area served	11 countries United Kingdom; United States; Bangladesh; Belgium; Burkina Faso; India; Kyrgyzstan; Mozambique; South Africa; Uganda; Zimbabwe;
Services	Anti-trafficking; Churches; Education; Healthcare; Housing; Youth work;
Website	www.oasisuk.org
	"Oasis Charitable Trust, registered charity no. 1026487". Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Oasis Charitable Trust, commonly known as Oasis, is a UK-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 UK as well as thousands more volunteers.

Since its foundation Oasis has also developed into a family of charities now 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.

Oasis currently works in 51 local neighbourhoods – 35 of which are in the UK.

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