Helm has won a Shared Value Award from local homelessness charity Oasis Community Housing at its flagship Black & Gold Ball fundraiser at Hilton Newcastle Gateshead on Friday (17 May).

The BBC’s Reverend Canon Kate Bottley, the charity’s Patron, Chair of Trustees Nick Salisbury, and Corporate Relationships Manager Hazel Ditchburn presented Helm with its Award. The Shared Value Awards are in recognition of businesses support for Oasis Community Housing over the past 12 months and celebrate the success of the corporate partnerships.

Oasis Community Housing supports people facing homelessness across North-East and South-East England. For the last 40 years, the charity has been working to address both immediate needs and the root causes of homelessness through its Basis crisis services; its Home 24/7 supported accommodations for men, women, and mothers with babies; its Aspire unemployment support and financial skills training; and Empower programme for women escaping domestic abuse.

Oasis Community Housing’s Chief Executive, David Smith, said:

“Our Shared Value Awards recognise those businesses that go above and beyond in support of our charity. Every year we deliver help, housing and, moreover, a place people feel they belong through our homelessness drop-ins, emergency accommodation and supported accommodation projects.

“We could not deliver what we do without the generous support of our valued corporate partners and the dedicated individuals within these businesses.”

Find out more about the charity and its Shared Value Awards at www.oasiscommunityhousing.org/workplace