Oasis Social Centre

Charity 1167359

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Overview

Summary

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

Oasis Social Centre appears to be a place-based mental-health organisation combining recovery-oriented support with wider community activity. Its stated offer spans counselling, wellbeing courses, awareness-raising and advice, while its charitable classifications also include training, employment/community development and recreation. This suggests it may use a social-centre model: supporting mental health not only through individual help, but through participation, skills and connection. The available evidence does not yet show how these elements are delivered or connected in practice.

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Operational geography

Sources:ONSCivic AtlasAI-assisted

Coverage: Neighbourhood

Operational areas:

Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Kingstanding

Confidence: low

The Charity Commission record identifies service activity at 'the Oasis Social Centre'. The available evidence does not directly identify the ward in which this activity takes place. However, the charity's last financial information is for the year ending 31 December 2019, its reporting is substantially overdue, and its listed website is unavailable; the site therefore cannot be confirmed as currently active.

  • Charity Commission Register of Charities, Oasis Social Centre (charity 1167359)
    The registered activity description says the charity provides counselling, wellbeing courses, mental-health recovery programmes and awareness work 'At the Oasis Social Centre'.
  • Birmingham City Council Planning Online, application 2023/03676/PA
    The Council's record contains location information omitted to avoid unnecessary geographic precision.
Remaining uncertainties
  • There is no recent annual return, annual report or impact report confirming that services remain active at the Oasis Social Centre; the latest financial year shown is 2019 and Charity Commission reporting is overdue.
  • The Charity Commission record says the charity operates in Birmingham City, but it does not identify delivery locations beyond the Oasis Social Centre or demonstrate that services are delivered across the city rather than from one local venue.
  • The charity's registered contact location differs from its stated service location. The available evidence does not establish whether either location is still used by the charity.
  • No material delivery partnerships, satellite venues or outreach locations were evidenced.
Additional evidence needed
  • A current statement from Oasis Social Centre confirming whether it is operating, its active service locations and the areas from which it delivers or targets services.
  • A current annual return, trustees' report or impact report describing delivery during or after 2025.
  • Current official programme information, venue bookings or partner confirmation for activity at the Oasis Social Centre.
  • Evidence of any formal partnerships or outreach arrangements that extend delivery beyond Kingstanding.

Areas of work

Source:Charity Commission
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Education/training
  • Recreation

Who they help

Source:Charity Commission
  • Children/young 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

  • Mental health is approached through more than clinical-style support

    The organisation appears to combine counselling and recovery programmes with self-esteem courses, information and awareness activity. This may indicate an approach that treats mental wellbeing as connected to confidence, knowledge and social support, rather than solely individual treatment.

    Why it matters

    This helps distinguish Oasis Social Centre from a narrowly defined counselling provider and suggests potential relevance to organisations working on prevention, peer support or community connection.

    Show evidence

    • “Providing counselling and courses to improve self-esteem and well-being.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    • “Providing mental health recovery service programs and raising awareness of mental health issues.”

      Source:Charity Commission

  • The social centre may be part of the intervention model

    Delivery from a named social-centre location, alongside recreation and community-development classifications, may indicate that the organisation uses a shared local setting to create accessible routes into support and participation.

    Why it matters

    If this is the operating model, the venue may be as important as the individual services: it could provide a bridge between mental-health support and wider civic or social activity.

    Show evidence

    • “At the Oasis Social Centre 509 Aldridge Road B44 8NA.”

      Source:Organisation

    • “What the charity does: Economic/community development/employment, Recreation.”

      Source:Charity Commission

  • There is a potentially broad but unclear beneficiary model

    Although children and young people are named beneficiaries, the charity also identifies the general public and frames awareness-raising around how affected people can be supported in society. It may therefore work both with people experiencing mental-health challenges and with the wider community around them.

    Why it matters

    This could make Oasis Social Centre a potential connector between direct support, early intervention and public understanding, but the balance between these roles needs testing.

    Show evidence

    • “Who the charity helps: Children/young People, The General Public/mankind.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    • “Raising awareness issues relating to mental health and how affected people can be supported in the society.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    Remaining uncertainties

  • Whether counselling, recovery, training, recreation and community-development activities are all currently delivered.
  • Whether the organisation works directly with children and young people, or primarily serves adults and the wider public.
  • How people access support, and whether delivery involves partners, volunteers or peer-led activity.

    Additional evidence needed

  • A current programme description, timetable or annual report showing active services, participation and intended outcomes.
  • Information on referral routes, partnerships, staffing and the use of the Aldridge Road premises.
Charity Commission profile
Source:Charity Commission

Activities

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING: A) COUNSELLING AND COURSES TO IMPROVE SELF-ESTEEM AND WELL-BEING; B) MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY SERVICE PROGRAMS; AND C) RAISING AWARENESS ISSUES RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AND HOW AFFECTED PEOPLE CAN BE SUPPORTED IN THE SOCIETY. At the Oasis Social Centre 509 Aldridge Road B44 8NA

Charity objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING: A) COUNSELLING AND COURSES TO IMPROVE SELF-ESTEEM AND WELL-BEING; B) MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY SERVICE PROGRAMS; AND C) RAISING AWARENESS ISSUES RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AND HOW AFFECTED PEOPLE CAN BE SUPPORTED IN THE SOCIETY.