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Oxford homelessness charity Emmaus Oxford provides active support to 28 formerly homeless people.

We provide a real, alternative solution to homelessness that works; providing people with a home for as long as they need it, and meaningful work opportunities in one of our social enterprises where they gain valuable experience, new skills and a route into independence.

We offer a wide range of services to our local community in the Oxford area

From house clearances to getting involved with the wider community, we ensure that our social impact is nothing short of positive.

Our store on Barns Road in Cowley raises vital funds for the charity. The shop is a treasure trove of quality preloved furniture, as well as a great place to browse vintage household items, clothing and bric-a-brac.

The idea to set up Emmaus Oxford began in the mid-1990s when Jean Williams, an Oxford resident came across the Emmaus concept by chance. Jean had been volunteering with other homelessness organisations in Oxford and thought that the Emmaus model was the missing piece of the puzzle for providing actual support and a home for homeless people.

Jean wrote a letter to the Oxford Times making this suggestion, and the interest generated from from this led to a local campaign group being formed. This eventually culminated in the success of the project, with Jean as a founding trustee.

In 1998, Emmaus Oxford became a registered charity, and in 2005 St Michael’s and All Saints Charity gifted some land, along with a successful planning application to build a residential unit for 24 formerly homeless people.

In 2007, we partnered with A2Dominion and in 2009 they completed the building work for us. We opened the doors for the first time to homeless people in March 2009.

Since then we have gone from strength to strength, and in 2013 we converted the building next door to our community into further accommodation for four more formerly homeless people.

We would not have developed without the extraordinarily generous financial support from individuals, organisations and grant giving bodies, all of whom are too numerous to list here. Thank you all.

Emmaus Oxford is an Oxford Living Wage Employer and a National Living Wage employer.

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