Nearly a year ago I went to a gathering of the ForeSight Group Strike Team in Sweden. It’s the creation of Björn, a man of immense energy, engagement, stories, warmth and stickability. He conjured the event to celebrate important birthdays of three of the members, Gustaf, 80, Geoff, 60, and Lars, 60, and a few of us [...]
When something re-emerges it can sometimes take more energy to develop than the first time round. At other times it is simply the spirit of the time and there is a sense of flow and excitement. In January 1996 Oasis launched a new aspect of its Practitioner Community to provide the opportunity for individuals to [...]
To all who support and work with us: Season’s greetings and best wishes for 2012 From all staff, associates and directors at Oasis. As an alternative to sending cards at this time of year we have again decided to save paper and postage and instead continue to support the Oasis Foundation, the charitable foundation attached [...]
One of the organisations we have been supporting had success at the Charity Times 2011 awards last week. MAC-UK won charity of the year for charities with a turnover of less than £1million and their Director, Charlie Alcock, was named rising star of the year. Heather Barker, an Oasis core associate, was recently appointed Chair. [...]
The Institute for Voluntary Action Research has an interesting take on working collaboratively. Follow the link for more: http://www.ivar.org.uk/publications/reports-and-publications