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 [...]
Durham Uni students take to the runway for Action Foundation
Students from St. Chad’s College, one of the oldest colleges at the University of Durham, will be fundraising for Action Foundation through their annual Charity Fashion Show. A longstanding tradition, the St. Chad’s [...]
Social prescribing success in South Tyneside
Refugees and asylum seekers in South Tyneside are benefiting from a whole range of activities thanks to InterAction South Tyneside's new social prescribing project. Action Foundation has linked up with a range of [...]
Yousef gets gardening thanks to new South Tyneside project
Iranian refugee, Yousef Rastgoo, who came to the UK eight months ago to build a new life here, has found a home from home in a South Tyneside community garden thanks to a [...]
Help us to house more people like Mohsen
Receiving a positive asylum decision should be a cause for celebration, particularly because many of our clients can wait years to receive their refugee status. However, as the Home Office tries to clear [...]
Pop art and pottery – Action Language students enjoy the Baltic
Action Language students don’t just learn inside the classroom – in the last few weeks they’ve been out enjoying enrichment activities at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. These striking collages pictured above [...]
Bridget heads up new Action Foundation project
We're delighted to welcome Bridget Stratford MBE to Action Foundation. Bridget is going to be managing our brand new project supporting children, families and young people from asylum seeking or refugee backgrounds. Welcome [...]
Celebrating Friendship at our End of Year Celebration
Clients, volunteers, staff and friends of Action Foundation gathered together for a fantastic End of Year Celebration. Everyone got into the festive spirit, joining in games like Pin the Nose on Rudolph and [...]
‘No such thing as an illegal human being’ – Bishop of Durham’s farewell message as our Patron
We have been so honoured to have the Rt Revd Paul Butler as our Patron but when he retires in February after ten years as Bishop of Durham, he will retire from Action Foundation [...]