Oasis Aquila Housing

Oasis Aquila Housing is a part of Fulfilling Lives’ core partnership in Newcastle and Gateshead. It is also an employing organisation within the programme.

Oasis Aquila Housing operates several supported accommodation and community projects for homeless and vulnerably housed people. Their aims are to:

• Combat homelessness
• Meet housing needs
• Foster aspiration and increase employability
• Support young people impacted by homelessness to fulfil and sustain their potential
• Reduce vulnerability and work to increase wellbeing and inclusion

Oasis Aquila Housing’s projects are based in Gateshead, Croydon and Peckham, London. These projects include:

• Four 24 hour supported accommodation projects, three of which are exclusively for women
• Resource Centre supporting 900 people per year to access housing
• Emergency bed spaces for street homeless
• Private Sector Bond Scheme to enable vulnerable people to access accommodation in the Private Rented Sector
• Social Lettings Agency offering housing at affordable rents
• Life and Employability Skills Workshops and 1:1 support
• Youth Coaches to ‘NEET’ young people
• Early intervention work for at risk families, including tackling Domestic Abuse and bespoke support for individuals with multiple and complex needs.

All of their work is underpinned by a Volunteer Project that provides local volunteers to all of their projects.

Oasis Aquila currently employs one of the Fulfilling Lives System Brokers and hosts a Service Navigator within their resource centre in Gateshead. Siting the Navigator within the resource centre provides the ideal setting for them to meet with clients in a psychologically informed environment. The resource centre as a base for the Navigator offers continuity of service as clients are able to drop by on spec to see our Navigator and still receive assistance on the occasions they’re not available; this removes a barrier to accessing a resource that has limited availability.

“Our involvement in the programme stems from our commitment to reduce vulnerability and improve wellbeing and inclusion, we’re passionate that this includes the most isolated and disconnected from our society and we are committed to working to improve systems and services to better meet the needs of those who need them most.”

Contact Oasis Aquila Housing for more information:

http://www.oasisaquilahousing.org/

info@oasisaquila.org

0191 4773535