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
‘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.
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.
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.
We don’t see a child as a problem, instead we see potential.
Oasis Villages; designed to work with children & young people struggling with mainstream school to offer them opportunity, skills & great life-choices.
Find out more or get involved here: www.oasisuk.org/latest-news/...
Oasis Villages; designed to work with children & young people struggling with mainstream school to offer them opportunity, skills & great life-choices.
Find out more or get involved here: www.oasisuk.org/latest-news/...
October 2, 2025 at 6:40 AM
We don’t see a child as a problem, instead we see potential.
Oasis Villages; designed to work with children & young people struggling with mainstream school to offer them opportunity, skills & great life-choices.
Find out more or get involved here: www.oasisuk.org/latest-news/...
Oasis Villages; designed to work with children & young people struggling with mainstream school to offer them opportunity, skills & great life-choices.
Find out more or get involved here: www.oasisuk.org/latest-news/...
Creating Oasis Village Wirral with Wirral LA will:
Harness the dynamism & innovation of local charities & provide physical space for them to work & thrive.
Support local schools by reducing barriers to education.
Create career pathways for young people at risk of exclusion.
Plus lots more!
Harness the dynamism & innovation of local charities & provide physical space for them to work & thrive.
Support local schools by reducing barriers to education.
Create career pathways for young people at risk of exclusion.
Plus lots more!
October 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Creating Oasis Village Wirral with Wirral LA will:
Harness the dynamism & innovation of local charities & provide physical space for them to work & thrive.
Support local schools by reducing barriers to education.
Create career pathways for young people at risk of exclusion.
Plus lots more!
Harness the dynamism & innovation of local charities & provide physical space for them to work & thrive.
Support local schools by reducing barriers to education.
Create career pathways for young people at risk of exclusion.
Plus lots more!
Whenever Christianity is co-opted to support violence, misogyny or racism it loses its very soul. Here’s the letter I and a group of friends wrote over the last few days, was then signed by senior church leaders across denominations and published by The Sunday Times & Sunday Mirror today.
September 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Whenever Christianity is co-opted to support violence, misogyny or racism it loses its very soul. Here’s the letter I and a group of friends wrote over the last few days, was then signed by senior church leaders across denominations and published by The Sunday Times & Sunday Mirror today.
My kind of Union Jack!!
September 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
My kind of Union Jack!!
In 2021 this team set up a pilot; Oasis Nurture provides personalised therapeutic care for children facing multiple adversities, making sure that no child feels excluded because of the emotional challenges they face. Now we’re ready to launch the same approach elsewhere in London & Liverpool.
September 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
In 2021 this team set up a pilot; Oasis Nurture provides personalised therapeutic care for children facing multiple adversities, making sure that no child feels excluded because of the emotional challenges they face. Now we’re ready to launch the same approach elsewhere in London & Liverpool.
Yesterday we were privileged to host Prince William at Oasis St Martin’s Village in South London, as he came to meet the fantastic group of local charities working together there to create life l-changing opportunities for local young people. It takes a village to raise a child!
September 10, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Yesterday we were privileged to host Prince William at Oasis St Martin’s Village in South London, as he came to meet the fantastic group of local charities working together there to create life l-changing opportunities for local young people. It takes a village to raise a child!
Oasis Charitable Trust is 40 years old today. Here’s what I looked like on September 1st 1985 when we started the journey 😂. With huge gratitude to God and to everyone who has joined us in pursuit of our goal ever since. No One Left Out! #NOLO
September 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Oasis Charitable Trust is 40 years old today. Here’s what I looked like on September 1st 1985 when we started the journey 😂. With huge gratitude to God and to everyone who has joined us in pursuit of our goal ever since. No One Left Out! #NOLO
To starve a child is a crime against humanity. We call for:
Adequate food & aid supplies for Gaza now.
A permanent ceasefire now.
All hostages & captives held by Hamas to be released now.
Any policy which amounts to the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population from Gaza to be renounced now.
Adequate food & aid supplies for Gaza now.
A permanent ceasefire now.
All hostages & captives held by Hamas to be released now.
Any policy which amounts to the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population from Gaza to be renounced now.
July 30, 2025 at 6:28 AM
To starve a child is a crime against humanity. We call for:
Adequate food & aid supplies for Gaza now.
A permanent ceasefire now.
All hostages & captives held by Hamas to be released now.
Any policy which amounts to the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population from Gaza to be renounced now.
Adequate food & aid supplies for Gaza now.
A permanent ceasefire now.
All hostages & captives held by Hamas to be released now.
Any policy which amounts to the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population from Gaza to be renounced now.
Israel’s steady annexation of Gaza & the West Bank is a moral outrage. The murder of tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians is diabolical. The recognition of a Palestinian state has been discussed internationally for 51 years now. It is time to find the courage to act!
July 27, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Israel’s steady annexation of Gaza & the West Bank is a moral outrage. The murder of tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians is diabolical. The recognition of a Palestinian state has been discussed internationally for 51 years now. It is time to find the courage to act!
More power to those who can deliver the Prime Minister’s five missions - will Labour put rocket boosters under their priorities by joining up communities. Read my article for @SchoolsWeek here: schoolsweek.co.uk/more-power-t...
July 3, 2025 at 6:18 AM
More power to those who can deliver the Prime Minister’s five missions - will Labour put rocket boosters under their priorities by joining up communities. Read my article for @SchoolsWeek here: schoolsweek.co.uk/more-power-t...
Out today. Why schools don't work for far too many children - and what should we be doing about it! My conversation with Amal Rajan! Available from BBC Sounds now.
June 26, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Out today. Why schools don't work for far too many children - and what should we be doing about it! My conversation with Amal Rajan! Available from BBC Sounds now.
We’re thrilled to announce that Oasis Academy Enfield is partnering with the world-renowned Paris Saint-Germain Academy! A collaboration that will bring elite football coaching, incredible opportunities & world-class training experiences to our students! Thank you PSG!!
June 25, 2025 at 5:43 AM
We’re thrilled to announce that Oasis Academy Enfield is partnering with the world-renowned Paris Saint-Germain Academy! A collaboration that will bring elite football coaching, incredible opportunities & world-class training experiences to our students! Thank you PSG!!
Just back in the UK after spending the last few days in the US around creating a transatlantic partnership between Oasis and Eastern University, with the goal of developing opportunities in training and leadership designed to deliver opportunity, justice and inclusion for all.
May 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Just back in the UK after spending the last few days in the US around creating a transatlantic partnership between Oasis and Eastern University, with the goal of developing opportunities in training and leadership designed to deliver opportunity, justice and inclusion for all.
We did it! Palace won the FA Cup! Oasis celebrated being 40! And even though Remember Monday didn’t win Eurovision, it was a Super Saturday! So, from Thursday morning, here’s link to my Pause for Thought with Scott Mills for Radio 2 & the script below as well.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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May 18, 2025 at 7:03 AM
We did it! Palace won the FA Cup! Oasis celebrated being 40! And even though Remember Monday didn’t win Eurovision, it was a Super Saturday! So, from Thursday morning, here’s link to my Pause for Thought with Scott Mills for Radio 2 & the script below as well.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
📣 WE’RE HIRING - JOIN THE OASIS TEAM IN CROYDON! 📣
We’re excited to share a fantastic opportunity to become part of the Oasis family as a Youth Development Lead at Oasis Ashburton Park.
Find out more 👉🏽 www.oasisuk.org/job/youth-de...
We’re excited to share a fantastic opportunity to become part of the Oasis family as a Youth Development Lead at Oasis Ashburton Park.
Find out more 👉🏽 www.oasisuk.org/job/youth-de...
May 9, 2025 at 6:41 AM
📣 WE’RE HIRING - JOIN THE OASIS TEAM IN CROYDON! 📣
We’re excited to share a fantastic opportunity to become part of the Oasis family as a Youth Development Lead at Oasis Ashburton Park.
Find out more 👉🏽 www.oasisuk.org/job/youth-de...
We’re excited to share a fantastic opportunity to become part of the Oasis family as a Youth Development Lead at Oasis Ashburton Park.
Find out more 👉🏽 www.oasisuk.org/job/youth-de...
“Poverty is not just a statistic. It’s a child going to bed cold. It is a student falling asleep in class because they had to work after school.”
Words from Bigun, an Oasis Academiy student in the report published with the Childrens Society. Read here it: www.childrenssociety.org.uk/information/...
Words from Bigun, an Oasis Academiy student in the report published with the Childrens Society. Read here it: www.childrenssociety.org.uk/information/...
May 5, 2025 at 6:33 AM
“Poverty is not just a statistic. It’s a child going to bed cold. It is a student falling asleep in class because they had to work after school.”
Words from Bigun, an Oasis Academiy student in the report published with the Childrens Society. Read here it: www.childrenssociety.org.uk/information/...
Words from Bigun, an Oasis Academiy student in the report published with the Childrens Society. Read here it: www.childrenssociety.org.uk/information/...
Pope Francis, still at work beyond his death!
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon...where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy."
From the Prayer of St. Francis
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon...where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy."
From the Prayer of St. Francis
May 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Pope Francis, still at work beyond his death!
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon...where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy."
From the Prayer of St. Francis
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon...where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy."
From the Prayer of St. Francis
Volodymyr Zelensky - now there is a leader!
May 1, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Volodymyr Zelensky - now there is a leader!
Today we celebrate the life, example and legacy of a man who took the words of Jesus seriously. ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
April 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Today we celebrate the life, example and legacy of a man who took the words of Jesus seriously. ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
Today we mourn Virginia Giuffre, who yesterday took her own life, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuse & sex trafficking. We applaud her courage in the fight against sexual abuse; “the light that lifted so many survivors" until the toll of her abuse became unbearable.
April 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Today we mourn Virginia Giuffre, who yesterday took her own life, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuse & sex trafficking. We applaud her courage in the fight against sexual abuse; “the light that lifted so many survivors" until the toll of her abuse became unbearable.
"The dignity of each human person and the pursuit of the common good are concerns which ought to shape all economic policies."
Pope Francis
Pope Francis
April 22, 2025 at 6:40 AM
"The dignity of each human person and the pursuit of the common good are concerns which ought to shape all economic policies."
Pope Francis
Pope Francis