Steve Chalke MBE is the founder of the Oasis Trust, which has wide experience in youth work, housing, healthcare and educational projects in Britain and across Europe, Asia and Africa.
Oasis Restore is a new UK-based project working to improve the life chances of young people in custody, developing a therapeutic model of care and education with a strong focus on restoration. Oasis is working with the Ministry of Justice to create the UK’s first secure school, a replacement for youth jail, in the biggest move forward in youth justice in living memory.
Its focus will be on restoration and re-integration into society. Oasis Restore will develop a safe environment with a holistic and integrated approach to education, care and health which will improve the life chances of some of the country’s most vulnerable young people.
We are delighted that Steve Chalke is visiting Exeter on 6 October to deliver the 2025 Posbury St Francis Lecture on social justice, entitled “Where There’s Ruin, There’s Hope”.
Please register to attend online or in person. The in-person event will take place at the University of Exeter’s Streatham campus (room TBC) with drinks from 6pm followed by the lecture at 6.30pm.
The Posbury St Francis Lecture is a joint initiative of the Posbury St Francis Trust https://psft.org.uk/ and the University of Exeter's EXCEPT (Exeter Centre for Ethics and Practical Theology) https://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/centres/except/, based in the Department of Classics, Ancient History, Religion and Theology.
Please note : If you book to attend online, the link will be emailed to you at a later date along with instructions.
