Oasis Community Hub: Blakenhale

Charity 1183904

www.oasisuk.org

Overview

Summary

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

Oasis Community Hub: Blakenhale appears to be a locally rooted, school-connected community hub using practical activities to link education, health, poverty relief and neighbourhood participation. Its role seems broader than delivering isolated services: it may act as a bridge between Oasis Academy Blakenhale and the surrounding community, creating accessible routes for families and residents to engage with support, food-based activity and local relationships. The available evidence suggests an inclusive, preventative model, though its scale, reach and local partnerships remain unclear.

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Operational geography

Sources:ONSCivic AtlasAI-assisted

Coverage: Neighbourhood

Operational areas:

Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Garretts Green

Confidence: high

Direct current evidence identifies Oasis Community Hub Blakenhale as providing recurring hub-based activities for the local community. Council evidence identifies the hub as being in Garretts Green Ward.

  • Oasis Academy Blakenhale Junior – Community Hub page
    The official academy page describes Oasis Community Hub Blakenhale as providing for its local community through extended learning and community work, and lists recurring Stay & Play, food club, neurodiversity support, madrasa, ESOL adult education and fitness sessions. It also states that Fox Hollies Children's Centre provides services at the community hub on Thursdays and Fridays.
  • Birmingham City Council – Oasis Community Hub Blakenhale directory entry
    The council lists the hub in Garretts Green, Birmingham, with regular activities including Stay and Play, food club, gardening and craft club, neurodiversity support, adult education, kids club and youth club.
  • Birmingham City Council – 2026 notice of poll and polling stations
    The council identifies Oasis Community Hub Blakenhale as a polling station in Garretts Green Ward.
  • Charity Commission register, Oasis Community Hub: Blakenhale, charity 1183904
    The charity states that it works alongside Oasis Academy Blakenhale and the local community, delivering family activities, a community kitchen, holiday activities and community-engagement programmes.
Remaining uncertainties
  • The evidence strongly supports a single operational base and recurring delivery in Garretts Green, but does not establish the residential catchment of participants or whether they regularly travel from neighbouring wards.
  • Oasis Academy Blakenhale is a material local institutional partner: the hub is embedded in the academy community and the charity says it works alongside the academy. However, the available evidence does not show that this partnership creates routine direct delivery by this charity at additional sites.
  • Fox Hollies Children's Centre delivers some sessions from the hub, but the evidence does not show that Oasis Community Hub: Blakenhale itself operates Fox Hollies sites or services elsewhere.
  • The available evidence does not establish that this charity operates a separate site, or delivers regular services, in another Birmingham ward.
Additional evidence needed
  • A current hub timetable or annual report specifying every delivery venue, including any off-site holiday or outreach activity.
  • Service monitoring or attendance data showing the geographic origin of participants, if the organisation's effective catchment rather than its delivery location needs to be assessed.
  • Confirmation from the hub of whether any formal partnerships involve Oasis Community Hub: Blakenhale delivering services beyond the hub.

Areas of work

Source:Charity Commission
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who they help

Source:Charity Commission
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • The General Public/mankind

How they help

Source:Charity Commission
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides Services

Discoveries involving this organisation

The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.

Observations

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

  • A school-community bridge

    The hub appears to use its relationship with Oasis Academy Blakenhale as an anchor for wider neighbourhood engagement, rather than operating as a standalone service provider.

    Why it matters

    This may give the hub unusual access to children and families while also creating a route for the school to be more embedded in community life. Its effectiveness may therefore depend on how strongly those two settings are connected.

    Show evidence

    • “Works alongside Oasis Academy Blakenhale and the local community.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    • “The charity helps children and young people, elderly people and the general public.”

      Source:Charity Commission

  • Practical activity may be its engagement strategy

    Family activities, a community kitchen and holiday activities appear to be practical entry points through which the hub may build trust and connect residents with wider support.

    Why it matters

    This suggests that food and activities may serve a relational purpose as well as meeting immediate needs. Understanding this helps distinguish the hub from an organisation focused only on emergency provision.

    Show evidence

    • “The hub is growing family activities, a community kitchen, holiday activities and community engagement programmes.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    • “Its objects include the prevention and relief of poverty, advancement of education and advancement of health.”

      Source:Charity Commission

  • A broad remit with an emerging local offer

    The hub has a wide charitable mandate but describes its local activities as growing, which may indicate an organisation still developing its distinctive offer and local capacity.

    Why it matters

    This creates both opportunity and uncertainty: the hub may be well placed to respond flexibly to local priorities, but its current capabilities cannot be assumed from its broad objects alone.

    Show evidence

    • “The hub is growing a range of activities.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    • “The charity provides services and advocacy, advice or information.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    Remaining uncertainties

  • Which residents participate, and whether any groups are underrepresented.
  • Whether the community kitchen provides emergency food, shared meals, skills activity or another model.
  • What partnerships exist beyond the academy and wider Oasis network.
  • How the hub measures outcomes or identifies changing local needs.

    Additional evidence needed

  • Local programme descriptions, participation data and beneficiary feedback.
  • Information on staffing, volunteers, funding and delivery partners.
  • Evidence of referral pathways and practical links with Oasis Academy Blakenhale.
  • Outcome reporting showing effects on food insecurity, wellbeing, education or community connection.
Charity Commission profile
Source:Charity Commission

Activities

OASIS COMMUNITY HUB: BLAKENHALE WORKS ALONGSIDE OASIS ACADEMY BLAKENHALE AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. THE HUB IS GROWING A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES INCLUDING FAMILY ACTIVITIES, COMMUNITY KITCHEN, HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMMES.

Charity objects

CHARITABLE OBJECTS: (1) INTRODUCTION TO OBJECTS THE COMPANY IS A CHRISTIAN CHARITY, WHICH MEANS THAT IT IS COMMITTED TO THE TRANSFORMATION OF COMMUNITIES AND TO THE INCLUSION OF EVERY PERSON IN THAT PROCESS. IN ALL THAT IT DOES, THE CHARITY SHALL: A) SERVE AND RESPECT ALL PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF THEIR AGE, DISABILITY, GENDER, ÆRACEÆ, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION OR BELIEFS, PREGNANCY OR MATERNITY STATUS, MARITAL OR CIVIL PARTNERSHIP STATUS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPACITY B) ACKNOWLEDGE THE FREEDOM OF PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS AND NONE TO BOTH HOLD AND TO EXPRESS THEIR BELIEFS AND CONVICTIONS RESPECTFULLY AND FREELY, WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE UK LAW C) NEVER IMPOSE ITS CHRISTIAN FAITH OR BELIEF ON OTHERS. (2) THE CHARITYÆS OBJECTS (ÆOBJECTSÆ) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH GENERALLY C) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AND THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.