Author Archives: Wandsworth Oasis
The same is true of furniture – beautiful brown wood wardrobes and dressers built to last are not in vogue, with people preferring to fill their homes with cheap DIY furniture that rarely survives a house move. In a fascinating report in 2015 by the RSA called Rearranging the Furniture, the...
Festive Jumper Competitions
Look no further than your local charity shop and you’re bound to be the best dressed member of the team for the best price – Rudolph, snowmen, sleigh bells and flashing lights – we’ve got them all – often all on one jumper! Mainly worn just...
Amber Butchart, who has informed the fashion advice for the campaign, said, “I’m really excited to be working with Debut and the country’s charity shops on the ‘Dress to Impress for £10’ initiative. It’s supportive, promotes sustainability and gives...
Gill Perkins of Wandsworth Oasis talks about how Pride Matters...
Last Saturday saw London’s most diverse Pride ever with more than 500 LGBT groups marching through Central London celebrating diversity and equality. The theme of this year’s Pride is Pride Matters following a...
Gill Perkins of Wandsworth Oasis celebrates the fantastic volunteers across Tooting and beyond.
It’s #VolunteerWeek – a time to say thank you to our wonderful volunteers and to celebrate the contribution volunteers make to charities all over the country in many different roles.
But...
Gill Perkins from Wandsworth Oasis shares her advice on decluttering, how it can improve your home, and how it’ll help the environment (and local charities).
It’s officially Spring and therefore the time when many people put their homes up for sale in search of pastures new. Some are...
May, 01, 2018
Heard of the magnificent Wandsworth Oasis? They’re a local charity raising money for people living with HIV, largely through their nine charity shops in and around Wandsworth. Gill Perkins, their CEO, has kindly agreed to write a monthly blog for us – here, she gives us an intro to the...





