TENDER OPPORTUNITY

Context: The Plate Project will work with refugees and asylum seekers to develop the catering kitchen, cookery school and pop ups for events. This project focuses on building skills of refugees and asylum seekers to engage in their wider community. We will work in partnership with a consultant (part time) experienced in running cookery classes and external events. Participants will receive mentoring and training. The project is designed to engage and benefit the following: Clients to participate in catering training Develop courses to help clients cook healthy affordable meals. Provide daily lunch cooked and served for 140 people Create pop-up events i.e supper clubs/markets/festival stalls Invitation to tender for a Cultural food and catering consultant for 5 years. Through this project, the successful consultant will provide both consultancy on external catering events and also training for project participants, they will run the cookery classes for the general public, as they demonstrate and appreciation for different cultures and helps people to have a new level of appreciation.

Opening date: Wednesday 16th January 2019
Closing date: Wednesday 13th February 2019

Please send CV and covering letter to richard@oasiscardiff.org

Tender requirements:

ESSENTIAL: Knowledge and experience of working with refugees and asylum seekers Catering and recipe development experience Cookery school development experience Mentoring knowledge Experience of reporting and monitoring Food hygiene certified (Level 3)

DESIRED: Team working Advertising experience and delivery Able to work as part of a multi cultural team

Join Oasis Cardiff in sharing food and culture from around the globe. Each month we aim to provide a unique social dining experience; by introducing the Cardiff community to the vibrant, interesting and utterly delicious cultures of individuals from all parts of the world.

Each event will be an exploration into a single culture, showcasing unique dishes in a relaxed dining experience; hosted in our café.

You will have a chance to meet the individuals behind the menus as well as being part of the cooking preparing if you so wish (please arrive at 6pm if you would like to assist within preparation of the food).

Tickets are £12 and can be found in the link below

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/supper-club-tickets-51400803186

Stress Free Yoga Classes Starting at Oasis Cardiff:

“As a charity we are keen to spread yoga to everyone

We realise that many people cannot access classes for a variety of reasons

We are developing the Wales Yoga Project (WYP) to find ways of working with different groups in society

To provide sustainable yoga classes“

Start date: Friday 14th September

Oasis Cardiff invites you to enjoy the delectable delights of the Refugee Mobile Kitchen. Bringing together authentic flavors from across the globe, this monthly event is an opportunity to share our love of food with the Cardiff community. It is great place to explore new flavors; meet vibrant, interesting people; and learn more about who we are and what we do.

Operating out of our fantastic food trailer, the monthly event will be located in our car park; the first Friday of every month. Spread the word and come check us out for some truly delicious food!

For additional information on the event, you can DM us or email: matt@oasiscardiff.org

Oasis Cardiff
69b Splott Road
Cardiff
CF24 2BW

Join us in celebrating 20 years of Refugee Week.

We will be celebrating this with a day time music and activities festival at The Gate in Roath.

Bands include:

ELLIOT OAKLEY

a Liverpudlian singer, guitarist, producer and songwriter, now living in Cardiff. After being in bands such as the The Lead and LANDS (formally known as Elliot Oakley and The Blacklights), Elliot has found his calling as a solo artist and songwriter, penning contemporary pop for other artists as well as writing his own brand of indie rock.

https://www.facebook.com/eomusicuk/

EDEN ROOTS

A local up beat Reggae band

https://www.facebook.com/edenrootsreggae/

THE MERMERINGS

A female duo harmonising together with a variety of RnB classics as well as original folk songs

https://www.facebook.com/TheMermerings/

THE OASIS WORLD CHOIR AND BAND

THE CARDIFF CANTON SINGERS AND CHAPTER SINGERS

Activities Include:

CAPOEIRA

An Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics and music.

WELSH TASTER SESSIONS

With Matthew Spry

HULA HOOPING WORKSHOP

With Heather Arnold

https://www.facebook.com/sparkleshooptroupe/

CHILDREN’S FACE PAINTING

With Angela Bullard

FOOD WITH:

ChamCham a West African Inspired food trailer will be parked right outside The Gate serving their delicious food all day

https://www.facebook.com/ChamCham-747974588704577/

The Trailer Project

The Vision

Raising money for refugees in Cardiff  by sharing food and culture from around the world.

We want to use our new Oasis Cardiff Trailer to cook and sell traditional food from around the world, inspired by the food our clients have shared with us during our monthly ‘Supper Club‘ and ‘Storytelling Café‘ . The profit we make will go straight back in to our refugee drop in centre so that we can provide more support, activities as well as expand on our integration projects.

The Need

Our Trailer has a lot of potential, however a certain amount of investment is needed to purchase the essential items needed to make our culturally inspired meals to go. Our Trailer is currently equipped with an oven, fridge, boiler and deli counter. We would like to expand on this by purchasing a coffee machine, cooking utensils, card machine, eco friendly cutlery, plates, bowls and cups as well as branding and merchandise for the trailer so that our customers will know where their money is going.

The Plan

We plan to make this Oasis Cardiff Trailer our own by introducing new tastes, culture and language to our customers. Our Trailer team will consist of clients, volunteers and staff from Oasis Cardiff. The project will in turn provide work experience for all as well as the chance to travel and see other parts of the UK.

We plan to purchase all of the equipment and training needed to run a successful Trailer this will include:

– Paid time spent by staff experienced in hospitality and cooking to train clients, volunteers and staff the best way to run the Trailer and produce the best food and drink possible. As well as learning from each other the best way to make traditional foods from around the world.

– Additional equipment such as a Coffee Machine, Cooking Utensils, Card Machine, Eco Friendly Cutlery, Plates, Bowls and Cups. As well as paid time for staff to teach our Trailer Team how to use all of this equipment safely.

– Branding and Merchandise such as a large sign for the Trailer and uniform for our Trailer Team. This will give our centre more exposure when visiting different parts of the UK.

The cost of this project is £8000. Oasis Cardiff, have been granted funding for £5000 and have been able to put that towards this project. The remaining £3000 we hope to find through crowdfunding and fundraising events.

This is where you could help!

Let’s make ‘The Trailer Project’ happen

Follow the link to pledge and share!

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/the-trailer-project

We are very happy to announce that The Gate Arts Centre in Roath have very kindly offered their gogeous and newly renovated Pulpit Café Bar to Oasis Cardiff for the night to host our own fundraising quiz night.

If you haven’t visited The Pulpit Café Bar yet then this is a fantastic chance to check out what new local craft beers and ciders they have to offer along with much more.

And if you don’t know much about Oasis Cardiff and what we do some of our core team will be there to spread the word!

Minty Booth (Part of the “Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival” Team and Bar Manager at The Gate Arts Centre) will be quiz master for the night so you are all in for an absolute treat, his brain is bursting at the seams with weird and wonderful questions.

Tickets are £5 each (£4 of which will be donated to Oasis Cardiff)
Tickets are not yet on sale but please keep your eyes and ears open as there will be limited tickets available.

Prizes for 1st 2nd and 3rd place are to be confirmed!

Find the event on Facebook

https://mydonate.bt.com/events/oasiscardiffhalfmarathon

Our lovely Centre Director has decided to run the half marathon this year to raise money for integration and family support workers at Oasis Cardiff. The money raised will encourage continuing integration in to our community for our clients, as well as valuable support for arriving families especially those that have been the victims of trafficking in their home country.

Please give what you can to help our Centre Director run, walk or march through those miles knowing that we have the support of our Oasis Cardiff friends!

Oasis Cardiff now co-host an exciting new project called “Cardiff Supper Club”.  Every last Thursday of the month a Refugee or Asylum Seeker from our centre shares a dish from their country and teach us the traditions that shape their culture. It is usually a favourite dish or a dish that is special to them.

Each guest has the chance to learn about different cuisines and ingredients from around the world. It is also an opportunity to watch and learn how the dish is prepared before diving in and opening your taste buds to a whole new world.

Every week we enjoy a dish from a different part of the world so far we have enjoyed dishes from Djibouti, Uganda, India, Sudan and Pakistan.

Vegetarian and Vegan options are usually available or can be requested.

Tickets are £7 for each guest.

Please email cardiffsupperclub@gmail.com for more info or to book your place.