Oasis

Who we are

Oasis started in 2008 and has been opening its doors to 150 - 200 people per day at a local drop-in centre, operating in the heart of Cardiff. We aspire to work in partnership with sanctuary seekers to deliver holistic services and activities that support their flourishing in Wales, amplify their voices and advocate for positive change.

We offer hot meals (about 30,000 meals a year), activities, language classes and a whole range or personalised services to help sanctuary seekers integrate into UK society.

Working hard each day to meet increasingly complex challenges, we aim to amplify our community’s voice to ensure all people seeking sanctuary can influence the systems that affect them, have access to crucial information, a safe space, and a warm, welcoming community.

Our culture and values

In early 2024, we established Oasis’ core values in collaboration with clients, volunteers from the local community and staff. From the second a client enters Oasis to when they move on, these values should follow clients in their journey through every interaction and experience. These values are: integrity, courage, kindness and a Warm Welsh Welcome.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

We are committed to:

• Ensuring everyone has the same opportunities to fulfil their potential free from discriminationValuing and celebrating the diversity of the people we support and work with

• Making sure everyone feels comfortable to be themselves at work and feels the worth of their contribution

• Creating a culture of respect, dignity, and inclusion

• Celebrating individual differences amongst the workforce and actively support diversity and inclusion.

We welcome applications from those with lived experience of the asylum process.