There are many ways you can make a difference. Volunteers from the business world can provide influential support and help us generate desperately needed funds. We invite you to consider entering a corporate partnership with Oasis. There is a range of options.
- Philanthropic gifts
- Staff volunteering opportunities
- Sponsorship opportunities
- Commercial alliances and partnerships
- Gifts in kind
- Sharing of knowledge and expertise
- Job and training opportunities
- Campaigning and lobbying to bring about change
Here are a few examples of how our partners are helping:
Brilliant Logic
Event management, marketing and PR company, Brilliant Logic, hosted the annual Oasis Dinner for in 2010, raising more than $320,000 - a record amount!
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Australia supports Oasis by donating refreshments at various events including the Blackmores Running Festival.
Foxtel
Foxtel have long supported Oasis by running StreetTV courses for the past 6 years - a television production course that has young people producing their own short film for TV and learning skills like scripting, shooting, editing and more. Foxtel also encourages their staff to make donations through payroll giving.
Freehills
Freehills has supported the establishment of the Shopfront legal service that provides free legal advice to disadvantaged young people facing legal issues. Today, six staff work at Shopfront and last year more than 481 young people were assisted.
Glue Store
Glue Store provides job opportunities for graduates of the Get Skilled for Work program, as well as donating clothing and gift vouchers.
Grocon
Construction company Grocon offer employment and training opportunities to Oasis young people through the Get Skilled for Work program. Staff host a monthly BBQ and are also provide support in the way of building repairs and refurbishment.
HOST
Host creative advertising agency are working pro-bono with Oasis on a youth homelessness awareness campaign called 32,000 to go.
Hutchinson Builders
Hutchinson Builders held their 2009 fundraising Race Day in support of Oasis raising $50,000 for the Francis Street accommodation facility.
Mirvac
Mirvac project managed the recent renovations at Vera Loblay house, providing volunteer contractors and trades people to complete more than $100,000 worth of building and decorating work.
Mitsubishi Fuso
The dream of an outreach technology bus to take to the streets became a reality in 2004, when Mitsubishi Fuso donated a Rosa bus worth $115,000.
Nokia Australia
Nokia provides operational funding for the Oasis StreetConnect outreach technology bus and Nokia staff volunteer on the bus twice a week. Staff also support Oasis through their workplace giving program.
Nova 96.9 FM
Nova demonstrated their support with "Takin' Over Nova" – an intensive radio course for budding presenters on Oasis Streetradio.net, culminating in a one hour program broadcast on Nova 96.9 FM.
Scholastic Australia
This generous donor has provided books and other learning materials over many years to the Oasis Education Centre.
Societe Generale, Australia
Societe Generale provided funding for five additional beds in our crisis accommodation centre for two years. Staff volunteer at the StreetLevel kitchen and host a BBQ for our young people once a month and a recent fundraiser helped to purchase brand new gym equipment and the services of a personal trainer to help promote health and fitness.
Virgin Active
Virgin Active helped secure equipment from Technogym Australia and provided the fitout of the new Oasis Fitness Centre. Virgin Active also provides a fitness trainer each fortnight to run a circuit training class and put together fitness plans for Oasis youth.
Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Atlantic hosts a monthly BBQ dinner for the crisis accommodation, Vera Loblay and Francis Street residents.
Virgin Money
Virgin Money runs budgeting workshops for the Get Skilled for Work program and also hosts a monthly BBQ breakfast for the young people.
Wildlife Hair
Wildlife Hair in Surry Hills provides free hair-cuts to participants of the Get Skilled for Work program, getting our young people work ready with a great new 'do'!
Woolworths
Oasis is the principal charity partnered with Woolworths Carols In The Domain. Woolworths provides warehouse facilities and staff to assist with packing the candlebags that are sold on the night for Oasis.
Woolworths offers graduates, of the Oasis Get Skilled for Work course, employment and training opportunities. Staff also hold numerous fundraisers throughout the year for Oasis.
YMCA
The YMCA, Cook & Philip Park support the Get Skilled for Work program, providing health and fitness training for participants as well as job and training opportunities for graduates. YMCA Cook & Philip Park also support Friday Freeway activities.
The following families and individuals generously make properties available to Oasis:
Loblay family
Vera Loblay House – accommodation facility in Crows Nest.
Roger family
Mount White retreat, overlooking the Hawkesbury River, north of Sydney.
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Adolph Basser Trust
A significant donation has made it possible for Oasis to fund much needed child minding facilities and programs for young parents at Oasis.
North Sydney Leagues Club
Long term funding and support for Carnarvon Manor at Neutral Bay.
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Foundation
The Friday Freeway outdoor adventure therapy program is funded solely by staff at PwC through payroll giving. PwC staff also assist with Friday Freeway program, participating in the activities and supporting our staff.
Property Industry Foundation (PIF)
PIF has been a long time supporter of The Salvation Army and Oasis, bringing together its members - businesses from across the building and construction industry - to support community organisations and causes such as youth homelessness.
Recently PIF helped renovate some un-used office space into a new state-of-the-art training room enabling Oasis to hold meetings, workshops and other indoor activities for the young people at Oasis. PIF is also a committed supporter of Oasis Training including the Get Skilled for Work program, and provides ongoing funding to help with staff costs.
Rotary Club of Kings Cross
Regular significant donation to the Oasis Street Outreach Service (SOS).
The Caledonia Foundation
The Caledonia Foundation provided funding to establish the Oasis Multimedia and Training programs and have supported them for many years. They also provided funding for the National Youth Commission's Homeless Youth Report which has made a very significant contribution to raising the profile of this issue in Australia.
Virgin Unite
Virgin Unite is the non-profit foundation of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group. In Australia Virgin Unite has chosen to support the issue of youth homelessness and through the partnership with Oasis various Virgin businesses have been able to support programs and services that help turn young lives around.
Virgin Unite launched the new Champions program, that provides young people who have overcome homelessness with training and encouragement to become spokespeople and an inspiration to other young people in challenging circumstances.
NSW
- Dept of Community Services
- Dept of Housing
- Dept of Health
Federal
- Dept of Families, Housing, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs
- Dept of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations
- Dept of Health & Ageing
