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.
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.
