Great North Run Picture Gallery
Welcome to our Great North Run picture gallery for 2024! Thank you to everyone who ran for Action Foundation and to all those who supported them with donations. What a truly fantastic day! [...]
Thank you Team Action Foundation!
Fog on the Tyne and driving rain didn’t dampen the spirits of our 24 amazing runners in this year’s Great North Run. Despite the weather, they all arrived on the finish line with smiling [...]
It’s the final countdown – introducing our corporate runners
A week on Sunday our amazing team of runners will be on the start line for this year's Great North Run. We're delighted to welcome several representatives from the corporate world who are [...]
Helping children and young people through the current crisis
Children and young people from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds have been particularly badly affected by the recent riots. Bridget Stratford MBE, who manages our Young Lives project, said: “Children are feeling afraid [...]
Action Foundation statement on anti-migrant riots
We have been deeply saddened and angered by the shocking violence and disorder we have witnessed here in the North East and across the country. The violent incidents we have seen are not [...]
Meet our youngest Great North Runner
We’re delighted to introduce our youngest entrant in this year’s Great North Run series – Byron Oxley! Byron is just five years old and is amongst 10,500 children taking part in this year’s [...]
Time to celebrate Refugee Week 2024!
From free food and films to football, there's so much happening this Refugee Week. Why not go along to one of the events taking place in our area between now and Saturday and [...]
Abdul’s story
In Volunteers' Week we would like to share Abdul Rahim's story. Abdul volunteers each Thursday at our InterAction Drop-in where he says he felt 'instantly welcomed with open arms.' Abdul is a qualified [...]
Thank you to our fantastic volunteers!
It’s Volunteers' Week when we highlight the amazing impact of the people who are the lifeblood of our charity – those who give up their time so generously to help our clients. Last [...]
Surfing fundraiser supports our Young Lives service
Young refugee women are learning to surf thanks to an exciting partnership between Action Foundation and the Tynemouth based surf academy Yonder. Sally McGee, who set up Yonder, has a background in working with [...]