Steve Chalke
@stevechalke.bsky.social
Founder Oasis Charity: schools, housing, children’s, youth & family work, local churches & more…Former UN Special Advisor, Canon @ Southwark Cathedral. Live @cpfc & patron of Palace for Life
As a child I rarely read because I was told to. When I did I was bored! I read & still read when it enables me to fulfil my life goals. When we worry about the number of children not reading for pleasure, perhaps we also need to address what I think is a root cause; the issue of purpose & meaning!
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
As a child I rarely read because I was told to. When I did I was bored! I read & still read when it enables me to fulfil my life goals. When we worry about the number of children not reading for pleasure, perhaps we also need to address what I think is a root cause; the issue of purpose & meaning!
At Oasis we are excited to announce plans for Big Education, the pioneering three-school trust to merge with us.
Just like Oasis, Big Education has built an holistic, integrated model to child welfare & we are keen to learn even more from one another! 👇🏽
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Just like Oasis, Big Education has built an holistic, integrated model to child welfare & we are keen to learn even more from one another! 👇🏽
schoolsweek.co.uk/big-educatio...
Big Education trust consults on merging with Oasis
Pioneering London trust plans merger with one of country's biggest MATs. Their leaders explain more ...
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
At Oasis we are excited to announce plans for Big Education, the pioneering three-school trust to merge with us.
Just like Oasis, Big Education has built an holistic, integrated model to child welfare & we are keen to learn even more from one another! 👇🏽
schoolsweek.co.uk/big-educatio...
Just like Oasis, Big Education has built an holistic, integrated model to child welfare & we are keen to learn even more from one another! 👇🏽
schoolsweek.co.uk/big-educatio...
Primary school tests (SATs) are often ‘devastating’ for children with special educational needs. We need ‘a more inclusive approach which incorporates the needs of the individual child’ says children's campaigner & BAFTA-winning actor Anna Maxwell Martin. news.sky.com/story/anna-m...
Anna Maxwell Martin: Actor says primary school tests 'devastating' for children with special educational needs and disabilities
Maxwell Martin and 22 parent groups say the system is damaging for children with SEND and they want to see a more inclusive approach which incorporates the needs of the individual child.
news.sky.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Primary school tests (SATs) are often ‘devastating’ for children with special educational needs. We need ‘a more inclusive approach which incorporates the needs of the individual child’ says children's campaigner & BAFTA-winning actor Anna Maxwell Martin. news.sky.com/story/anna-m...
In order to thrive, a child needs a home where they feel safe and secure, as do parents, Insecure housing leads to an insecure & unhappy child. That is always a huge factor in terms of inhibiting their eduction & life opportunities. We want to change that!
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Oasis Charitable Trust to offer 20 homes for vulnerable pupils
The trust hopes the scheme will improve education outcomes for pupils in Sheffield and Scunthorpe.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:53 AM
In order to thrive, a child needs a home where they feel safe and secure, as do parents, Insecure housing leads to an insecure & unhappy child. That is always a huge factor in terms of inhibiting their eduction & life opportunities. We want to change that!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We all understand the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on their emotional, social and mental health. But what about the huge numbers that also suffer an ongoing Adverse System Experience!
November 13, 2025 at 7:41 AM
We all understand the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on their emotional, social and mental health. But what about the huge numbers that also suffer an ongoing Adverse System Experience!
Jesus is the Prince of Peace. You can’t legitimately use him or the Cross, the central symbol of the Christian faith, to promote division, fragmentation or polarisation, leaving many fearful simply because of their race, religion or sexuality. youtu.be/GpdCv5HDC8U
Is Christian Nationalism on the rise? - Sky News
YouTube video by Oasis
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November 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Jesus is the Prince of Peace. You can’t legitimately use him or the Cross, the central symbol of the Christian faith, to promote division, fragmentation or polarisation, leaving many fearful simply because of their race, religion or sexuality. youtu.be/GpdCv5HDC8U
“Provision for RE in many schools…does not prepare pupils adequately for life beyond.” The Curriculum Review.
Agreed! In my view, taught properly RE is about understanding the various worldviews that make up modern Britain & equipping students to live well.
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
Agreed! In my view, taught properly RE is about understanding the various worldviews that make up modern Britain & equipping students to live well.
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
Make RE part of national curriculum, review advises Government
Changing the name of the subject should also be considered, it says
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November 8, 2025 at 7:34 AM
“Provision for RE in many schools…does not prepare pupils adequately for life beyond.” The Curriculum Review.
Agreed! In my view, taught properly RE is about understanding the various worldviews that make up modern Britain & equipping students to live well.
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
Agreed! In my view, taught properly RE is about understanding the various worldviews that make up modern Britain & equipping students to live well.
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
Good housing is essential for us all. It provides security & stability. For children it enables them to thrive in school & life. So my huge thanks to SASC who’ve just invested £2.135m into @Oasis_UK to help us provide such homes in Sheffield & Scunthorpe. newsfromthenorth.co.uk/2025/11/05/s...
SASC invests £2.135 million in Oasis Charitable Trust to provide homes and prevent school dropouts in Sheffield and Scunthorpe - News from the North
Oasis Charitable Trust (Oasis), a charity dedicated to building stronger communities, ending disadvantage, and creating...
newsfromthenorth.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Good housing is essential for us all. It provides security & stability. For children it enables them to thrive in school & life. So my huge thanks to SASC who’ve just invested £2.135m into @Oasis_UK to help us provide such homes in Sheffield & Scunthorpe. newsfromthenorth.co.uk/2025/11/05/s...
‘Labour Dumbs Down Schools’. Rubbish! Labour’s Curriculum Review is designed to tackle the huge, widening disadvantage gap by equipping far more children with the skills & opportunities to thrive. Now, the task is to turn this vision into reality, by giving schools the resources to make it reality.
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 AM
‘Labour Dumbs Down Schools’. Rubbish! Labour’s Curriculum Review is designed to tackle the huge, widening disadvantage gap by equipping far more children with the skills & opportunities to thrive. Now, the task is to turn this vision into reality, by giving schools the resources to make it reality.
What makes for a successful education system? You can’t create an effective approach to teaching and learning for life around a school curriculum that only works for some. So as the saying goes “If the child doesn’t learn the way you teach, start teaching the way they learn.”
November 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
What makes for a successful education system? You can’t create an effective approach to teaching and learning for life around a school curriculum that only works for some. So as the saying goes “If the child doesn’t learn the way you teach, start teaching the way they learn.”
As knife crime rises, we have to wake up to the fact that it’s just a symptom of the underlying issue. So more ‘stop & search’ isn’t the answer (it creates more resentment). Instead it’s time to invest in the empowerment of local communities & the care & belonging it will create.
November 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM
As knife crime rises, we have to wake up to the fact that it’s just a symptom of the underlying issue. So more ‘stop & search’ isn’t the answer (it creates more resentment). Instead it’s time to invest in the empowerment of local communities & the care & belonging it will create.
Education is about much more than school. A child is in school for under 20% of their time. So what we really need is an overarching, joined-up, inclusive, child-first vision. And then a long-term thoughtful plan to implement it.
November 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Education is about much more than school. A child is in school for under 20% of their time. So what we really need is an overarching, joined-up, inclusive, child-first vision. And then a long-term thoughtful plan to implement it.
As the saying goes “If the child doesn’t learn the way you teach, start teaching the way they learn.” Why? Because it’s impossible to create inclusion for all via a curriculum and a style of learning - a pedagogy - that only works for some.
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 AM
As the saying goes “If the child doesn’t learn the way you teach, start teaching the way they learn.” Why? Because it’s impossible to create inclusion for all via a curriculum and a style of learning - a pedagogy - that only works for some.
When a child has experienced trauma, their behaviour isn’t a moral failing, it’s communication. The anger you see? That’s pain. The defiance? That’s fear. And the silence? That’s a survival strategy. None of this is about excusing bad behaviour. It’s about understanding it!
October 30, 2025 at 7:32 AM
When a child has experienced trauma, their behaviour isn’t a moral failing, it’s communication. The anger you see? That’s pain. The defiance? That’s fear. And the silence? That’s a survival strategy. None of this is about excusing bad behaviour. It’s about understanding it!
Why? Why is it that in the world’s 7th largest economy, which even now continues to grow, albeit at a modest pace, there is, at the same time, a forever decreasing amount of cash for public services or commitment to poorly served & therefore vulnerable individuals & communities?
October 29, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Why? Why is it that in the world’s 7th largest economy, which even now continues to grow, albeit at a modest pace, there is, at the same time, a forever decreasing amount of cash for public services or commitment to poorly served & therefore vulnerable individuals & communities?
You can’t build a successful education system around shame, embarrassment, detention & exclusion. You can’t create inclusion for all via a curriculum that only works for some. So as the saying goes “If the child doesn’t learn the way you teach, start teaching the way they learn.”
October 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
You can’t build a successful education system around shame, embarrassment, detention & exclusion. You can’t create inclusion for all via a curriculum that only works for some. So as the saying goes “If the child doesn’t learn the way you teach, start teaching the way they learn.”
Today the King will unveil a memorial to LGBT+ personal serving in the Armed Forces, as well as celebrating those who served when it was illegal for them to be gay. The Armed Forces have long moved on but, as a Church leader, I regret that too many parts of the Church have not.
October 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Today the King will unveil a memorial to LGBT+ personal serving in the Armed Forces, as well as celebrating those who served when it was illegal for them to be gay. The Armed Forces have long moved on but, as a Church leader, I regret that too many parts of the Church have not.
As a teenager all I learned from school was I was thick! But at my youth club I learned to play the guitar, I became a junior leader & I got the chance to travel. I felt trusted & empowered. Enrichment both ‘in’ & ‘beyond’ school is an essential part of education for every child.
October 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
As a teenager all I learned from school was I was thick! But at my youth club I learned to play the guitar, I became a junior leader & I got the chance to travel. I felt trusted & empowered. Enrichment both ‘in’ & ‘beyond’ school is an essential part of education for every child.
Support for children with special educational needs in England is fundamentally flawed, a major new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) says!!
I think we all know that and have known it for a very long time!! 😬😬😬
I think we all know that and have known it for a very long time!! 😬😬😬
October 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Support for children with special educational needs in England is fundamentally flawed, a major new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) says!!
I think we all know that and have known it for a very long time!! 😬😬😬
I think we all know that and have known it for a very long time!! 😬😬😬
The deepest issue driving Gaza’s ongoing agony is not the anti-semitism that some harbour, as ugly as is, but a fundamentalism driven by an over-literalist interpretation of the Jewish Bible which suggests to ultra-nationalists it’s their God given job to conquer the land. Bad theology costs lives!
October 22, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The deepest issue driving Gaza’s ongoing agony is not the anti-semitism that some harbour, as ugly as is, but a fundamentalism driven by an over-literalist interpretation of the Jewish Bible which suggests to ultra-nationalists it’s their God given job to conquer the land. Bad theology costs lives!
The new V-levels (vocational courses) for 16-18 year-olds will be a huge leap forward, not just for the wellbeing/ life opportunities of countless young people but also for our economy. And the idea of a creative alternative to resitting maths & English GCSEs is equally a liberation!
October 20, 2025 at 6:40 AM
The new V-levels (vocational courses) for 16-18 year-olds will be a huge leap forward, not just for the wellbeing/ life opportunities of countless young people but also for our economy. And the idea of a creative alternative to resitting maths & English GCSEs is equally a liberation!
So happy to be a patron of @officialcpfc.bsky.social the extraordinary charity of Crystal Palace - FA Cup and Charity Shield winners this year - and that Oasis is a partner with them in creating innovative life changing opportunities for children and young people across South London.
October 16, 2025 at 6:44 AM
So happy to be a patron of @officialcpfc.bsky.social the extraordinary charity of Crystal Palace - FA Cup and Charity Shield winners this year - and that Oasis is a partner with them in creating innovative life changing opportunities for children and young people across South London.
“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.”
Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu
October 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.”
Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu
In my view, the main reason we’re living in an age of ‘over diagnosis’ of mental health issues, is because we have an ‘under investment’ in community development and well-being.
October 8, 2025 at 6:24 AM
In my view, the main reason we’re living in an age of ‘over diagnosis’ of mental health issues, is because we have an ‘under investment’ in community development and well-being.
This Thursday, one week on from the Manchester synagogue attack, we will take a moment to remember its victims and their families, and to stand with all those who live in fear of further attacks or reprisals. #britainstandstogether
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Communities urged to stand together against hate a week on from synagogue attack
Schools and community groups are preparing to hold silences on Thursday to mark a moment of solidarity.
www.independent.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This Thursday, one week on from the Manchester synagogue attack, we will take a moment to remember its victims and their families, and to stand with all those who live in fear of further attacks or reprisals. #britainstandstogether
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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