It was grubs up for the latest students to complete the ESOL for Work course with Action Language as they joined staff and volunteers to celebrate their achievements with a delicious lunch this week. [...]
We were excited to welcome Rossella Pagliuchi-Lor, UK Representative for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on a recent visit to Action Foundation to get an insight into Action Access – the pioneering two year pilot [...]
At the end of July we took a group of women from across our projects for an enjoyable day out to the coast at Whitley Bay. It was a chance for ten women from [...]
Amir arrived in the UK on 24 November 2018 having fled persecution in Iran and then moved to Newcastle in December 2018 where he is currently awaiting news of a date for his asylum [...]
Thank you to the City of Sanctuary for giving us three Golden Tickets for the European Rugby Champions Cup on 11th May! These were offered on a first-come-first-served basis and two of them went [...]
In October 2018 the UK government announced a strategy to tackle loneliness in England, along with dedicated funding to help communities build stronger connections and alleviate loneliness. Action Foundation’s successful bids through the Building [...]
On Sunday April 28th the 6 members of the Turnitin Sandstone Way team set off to tackle a large training ride out in Northumberland. Team member Nathan explained: "The ride took us from the [...]
Congratulations to our Support Worker, Jen Willis, on being awarded the OISC Level 1 certificate in Immigration and Asylum and Protection. This award, from the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, is a very [...]
We are delighted to have been selected by the Newcastle office of Turnitin as one of their chosen charities for the year. Turnitin is used by more than 30 million students at 15,000 institutions [...]
Tilal is a fully qualified Geologist from Sudan and arrived in the UK in July 2018 leaving behind him a wife and 3 young children aged 4, 6 and 8 years old. After 2 [...]
