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Tomos Owen
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Deputy CEO at @OasisCDF | Board Member at the @BevanFoundation | Refugee Rights, Social Justice and Reducing Inequality. All views my own.
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Epic #EPONA100 @runningpunks

What an amazing event with the best volunteers!!

Chuffed to smash our fundraising target for @oasiscdf.bsky.social

Team #RefugeesWelcome
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June 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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susietsegay.bsky.social
We are so ready for our #RefugeeWeek running challenge - 100 miles starting Saturday 21st June

@oasiscdf.bsky.social

Happy #RefugeeWeek
#OurSuperpower

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June 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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rachcable.bsky.social
This month @susietsegay.bsky.social and @tomosrhysowen.bsky.social are running a 100 mile race to raise all important funds for @oasiscdf.bsky.social. Please sponsor them if you can - link below 👇 #RefugeesWelcome
susietsegay.bsky.social Susie Ventris-Field @susietsegay.bsky.social · Jun 1
A crowd on a crocodile, stick practice and inevitable handstand on 58.9 training miles this week (taper fail)

3 week's to go...

#RunningPunks
Team #RefugeesWelcome

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June 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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susietsegay.bsky.social
Team #RefugeesWelcome sleep-jogging 10 miles around Cardiff Bay this morning

Not sure if the rabbits were real or a hallucination

Happy Monday
#MondayMotivation

@oasiscdf.bsky.social
@tomosrhysowen.bsky.social

Barkley gate for you @rachcable.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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susietsegay.bsky.social Susie Ventris-Field @susietsegay.bsky.social · Apr 7
@oasiscdf.bsky.social was devastated to come to work this morning to discover that our beloved Oasis Food Truck was stolen over the weekend.

If anyone has seen anything, please get in touch with us.
April 9, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Happy Monday!

Wide awake Cardiff Bay 10 miles

#5.30am club
#MondayMotivation
Team #RefugeesWelcome

@tomosrhysowen.bsky.social
@oasiscdf.bsky.social
#RunningPunks
March 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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rachcable.bsky.social
Ahead of International Women’s Day tomorrow, here’s a quick and easy guide as to how to avoid sexual assault:

#InternationalWomensDay #IWD
March 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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susietsegay.bsky.social
Instead of normal Fri night pub, team #refugeeswelcome did 22 mile run around the hills. @tomosrhysowen.bsky.social did get a pint in en route though!

Please sponsor if you have a few pennies

@oasiscdf.bsky.social

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March 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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@tenovuscancercare.bsky.social @radioglamorgan.bsky.social @brenebrown93.bsky.social @rnib.bsky.social @tomosrhysowen.bsky.social @johnchown.bsky.social @waterslee.bsky.social
#Lleswyl2025
👉This Friday 21st February from 7pm
👉You Tube channel - Lleswyl 2025

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Get ready for Lleswyl 2025! This Friday 21st February from 7pm! Please spread the word! - Daring to Dream
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February 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
tomosrhysowen.bsky.social
A great final co-production session with clients, volunteers and staff at @oasiscdf.bsky.social yesterday! We are in the final stages of putting together a new 10-year strategy having spent the last year consulting with everyone involved in the organisation.

Excited to launch soon!
February 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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susietsegay.bsky.social
Happy Monday! Lovely to finish Monday run in the light! #5.30amclub

Cardiff Bay 10 miles from team #RegugeesWelcome
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February 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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We need stronger, concrete action from the Welsh Government that makes real improvements to the lives of people seeking sanctuary. Our statement 👇🏽👇🏽
oasiscdf.bsky.social Oasis @oasiscdf.bsky.social · Feb 12
Yesterday, a statement was made in the @senedd.wales restating support for the #NationofSanctuary vision.

We welcome the restated commitment, but need more concrete action to support the words.

👉Read our full statement here: www.oasiscardiff.org/News/our-res...
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February 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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The UK Government's moves this week to restrict citizenship for those who arrive by irregular routes, and performative arrests and deportations threaten and dehumanise people in the UK and threatens the vision of Wales as a Nation of Sanctuary.
oasiscdf.bsky.social Oasis @oasiscdf.bsky.social · Feb 12
Yesterday, a statement was made in the @senedd.wales restating support for the #NationofSanctuary vision.

We welcome the restated commitment, but need more concrete action to support the words.

👉Read our full statement here: www.oasiscardiff.org/News/our-res...
@susietsegay.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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This is truly shocking…
colinyeo.bsky.social Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · Feb 11
This is a very, very bad change. If there is no carve out for refugees it’s also very clearly in breach of the Refugee Convention. Art 31 requires no penalisation for illegal entry and Art 34 requires facilitation of naturalisation.
colinyeo.bsky.social Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · Feb 11
New from Free Movement: Good character guidance amended to block refugees from naturalisation | Sonia Lenegan
February 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Team #RefugeesWelcome starting the week's training well with a very windy #5.30am 10 miler around Cardiff Bay

If you can manage to give us a little sponsor, it'd help with the early starts 😀😀

@oasiscdf.bsky.social @tomosrhysowen.bsky.social

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February 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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@susietsegay.bsky.social and I are running a 100 mile ultramarathon over 50 hours in June (🤯) and aiming to raise £5k for @oasiscdf.bsky.social.

We would massively appreciate your support in helping us reach our target: localgiving.org/fundraising/...
100 Miles for a Warm Welsh Welcome | Localgiving
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January 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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We had a souper afternoon celebrating the Day of the Soup with Moorland Primary, St Saviour & the One World Choir 💙

Lots of delicious soup was consumed! 😋🥣
January 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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asylummatters.bsky.social
We’re still digesting the details of today's Borders Bill. But what we know is these new laws repeat old mistakes: criminalising people seeking safety and putting lives at risk.

We must fight for asylum rights, to force the Government to protect, not punish, people seeking safety.
Red box containing the words "fight for asylum rights"
January 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Another reason we need a national inquiry into the racist riots of last summer...

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Social media companies could have helped to prevent riots, police chief says
Social media companies could have worked with authorities to prevent misinformation as rioting broke out in the wake of Axel Rudakubana’s horrific attack, the Merseyside Police chief has said. Violent...
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January 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Team #RefugeesWelcome in a nice 5.30am 10 miles around the Bay

@tomosrhysowen.bsky.social

#RunningPunks
January 20, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Don't miss your chance for the Cardiff Half and to raise money for a fantastic charity 👇👇👇
oasiscdf.bsky.social Oasis @oasiscdf.bsky.social · Jan 15
✨ Join Team Oasis at the Cardiff Half! ✨

We have 30 PLACES for those passionate about giving sanctuary seekers a Warm Welsh Welcome.

Raise awareness, support our work, and spread kindness 💙

💪 Secure your place: www.oasiscardiff.org/oasis-at-car...
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#RefugeesWelcome #CardiffHalf2025
January 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Higher housing costs are linked to worse mental health among 25-34-year-olds.

2018-20, 8 per cent of 25-34-year-olds reported feeling anxious overall, but this varied significantly depending on housing costs.

Read more 👉 https://buff.ly/4gldHV7
Chart showing proportion of 25-34-year-olds feeling anxious, by housing costs as a proportion of income (gross of housing benefit, excluding principal repayment): GB, 2018-20
January 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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The Welsh Refugee Council will pursue a complaint with the Senedd's Standards Commissioner over a 'factually incorrect and misleading' video of school girls shared online by Conservative MS Andrew RT Davies ✍️ Emily Price
Andrew RT Davies reported to standards commissioner over school girl social media post
Emily Price  The Welsh Refugee Council will pursue a complaint with the Senedd’s Standards Commissioner over a “factually incorrect and misleading” video of school girls shared online by Conservative ...
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January 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Horrendous that Welsh Refugee Council staff have been smeared and endangered by this deliberate, shameful spreading of misinformation.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Welsh Refugee Council staff 'harassed' after Musk shares X post
Staff at the charity say some colleagues have had death threats after Musk shared the post on X.
www.bbc.com
January 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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rachcable.bsky.social
Want to help others this Christmas? @oasiscdf.bsky.social is a community centre in the heart of Cardiff providing a warm Welsh welcome to refugees and asylum seekers. If you can spare a couple of quid this festive season, this is an amazing cause 💙 #RefugeesWelcome
oasiscdf.bsky.social Oasis @oasiscdf.bsky.social · Dec 17
🎄Feeling super festive at our Christmas party with music, gifts and good food! 🎄

We are over HALFWAY to our fundraising target & are blown away by your generosity. Let's make that target!

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#refugeeswelcome #warmwelshwelcome #christmas2024 #oasiscardiff
December 18, 2024 at 8:47 PM