Oasis Community Hub: Woodview
Charity 1218070
Overview
Summary
Oasis Community Hub: Woodview appears to sit within a wider Oasis model that combines community development with education, health, poverty relief and practical advice. Its stated purpose is notably broad and inclusion-led, suggesting a hub intended to connect services and people rather than focus on a single issue. However, the available website evidence describes Oasis at network level, not Woodview specifically, so the hub’s local role, partnerships and delivery model remain unclear.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Edgbaston
Confidence: medium
The hub is explicitly described as serving the Woodview estate, the academy and the wider local community. Oasis Academy Woodview also identifies close working with the adjacent Edgbaston Community Centre. This indicates a neighbourhood-focused operation rather than a Birmingham-wide service, although the available evidence does not define a precise beneficiary catchment.
- Oasis UK, Community Hub Leader (Oasis Hub Woodview) recruitment page, 2025
Identifies Oasis Hub Woodview in Birmingham; describes it as serving the Woodview estate, supporting the Oasis Academy and the wider local community through family support, volunteering, advice and support, and community events. - Oasis Academy Woodview, Community Hub page, accessed 2026
States that the hub lead supports families, parents and local groups, invites people to use the Community Space at Oasis Academy Woodview, and identifies close working with the adjacent Edgbaston Community Centre. - Birmingham City Council planning record for Oasis Academy Woodview
Lists the site as Oasis Academy Woodview in Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Remaining uncertainties
- The available evidence establishes a hub site and a local Woodview-estate focus, but does not provide a current public service timetable or defined beneficiary catchment. It is therefore not possible to determine how far activity extends beyond the immediate Woodview/Edgbaston neighbourhood.
- Oasis Academy Woodview identifies Edgbaston Community Centre as an adjacent, closely worked-with local partner. This supports the hub's local operational network, but the evidence does not show that Oasis Community Hub: Woodview directly delivers or manages services from the community centre.
- The supplied charity registration address is Oasis's London registered-office address and has not been treated as an operational location.
Additional evidence needed
- A current Oasis Community Hub: Woodview annual report, impact report or programme calendar showing live activities, venues and catchment areas.
- Evidence from Oasis or Edgbaston Community Centre clarifying whether hub-led services are delivered at the community centre and the nature of that partnership.
- Aggregated referral, attendance or outreach data showing whether service delivery regularly reaches other Birmingham wards.
Areas of work
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A broad, place-based support mandate
The available evidence suggests Woodview is authorised to address interconnected community needs, rather than operating as a narrowly defined service. Education, health, poverty and community development appear to form a shared frame for its work.
Why it matters
This indicates that the organisation may be most valuable as a connector across issues: difficulties with health, income, learning and employment often overlap, and a hub model can make those links more visible and actionable.
Show evidence
“Its objects include advancing education, advancing and protecting public health, and preventing or relieving poverty.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its activities include education and training, health, poverty relief, and economic and community development or employment.”
Source:Charity Commission
Inclusion is part of the operating philosophy, not only the beneficiary criteria
The organisation appears to position Christian identity as a source of motivation while explicitly limiting any faith-based exclusion or imposition. This may enable it to work across diverse communities while retaining a values-led identity.
Why it matters
This is useful for understanding potential relationships: the hub may be able to convene people and organisations across faith, belief and demographic differences, particularly where trust or belonging is important.
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“The company is a Christian charity committed to the transformation of communities and the inclusion of every person.”
Source:Charity Commission“It states that it will never impose its Christian faith or belief on others.”
Source:Charity Commission
The local hub's distinct contribution is not yet visible
Woodview may be one local expression of a much larger Oasis network, but the supplied evidence does not show which activities, relationships or populations are specific to Woodview.
Why it matters
Without local evidence, there is a risk of mistaking network-level capacity for local delivery. Understanding Woodview requires attention to its actual neighbourhood connections, not only the wider brand's scale.
Show evidence
“Oasis reports working in 86 neighbourhoods and involving more than 50,000 children and adults every year.”
Source:Organisation“The charity helps children and young people, older people, and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which services, staff, facilities and beneficiaries are specific to Woodview.
- Whether Woodview has active partnerships with local schools, health providers, voluntary groups or resident networks.
- How the hub balances direct delivery, advice and community organising.
Remaining uncertainties
- A Woodview-specific programme list, annual report or local impact data.
- Information on local partners, referral routes, governance and resident participation.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
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, ?RACE?, 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 CHARITY?S OBJECTS (?OBJECTS?) 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.