“The last time I saw my mum, I was only 18 years old…
"The last time I saw my mum, I was only 18 years old and now I am a fully grown man!" by Musa At age 18 Musa left Senegal to embark on a journey [...]
Christmas Hamper Love!
We are extremely grateful to City Church for their kind donations of Christmas hampers for all of our residents in Newcastle, Gateshead and Sunderland. City Church have donated Christmas bags packed with goodies and [...]
Celebrating the Year With You!
Thank you to all our learners, residents, volunteers, funders and supporters!!! What an amazing year it has been and what a great way to end our year with two celebration parties in both Newcastle [...]
Hosting a Guest at Christmas
Hosting at Christmas is a new experience for me by Ann I have family coming to stay for a few days and also have a guest (that I have only recently met) staying for [...]
Celebrating the year with you! Enjoy our Thank You film!
Thank you to all our learners, residents, volunteers, funders and supporters!!! What an amazing year it has been and what a great way to end our year with two celebration parties in both Newcastle and [...]
Following his dreams…
I had the pleasure of interviewing Ash (a young man aged 22 from Iran), who came to Action Foundation to further improve his English language and to access our Action Letting in Sunderland. Little [...]
Overcoming cultural and practical barriers
On Wednesday 7 November we launched our Resident Support Programme. The project is designed to help residents of our supported accommodation overcome cultural and practical barriers which stand in the way of them creating [...]
What an Impact!
Over the past year we have helped more people across a wider geographic area with the support of more volunteers than ever before! We have been able to support 1413 refugees, asylum seekers and [...]
Volunteering Opportunities: Resident Support Programme
Resident Support Programme: Next month Action Foundation is launching the Resident Support Program. This will consist of a package of workshops and training session which will expand the support and advice already provided by [...]
Meet our newest Trustee: Sirak Hagos
Sirak is from Eritrea and has lived in the UK and the North East for the past 20 years. Having seen at first-hand how Action Foundation has supported people from Eritrea and knowing the excellent [...]