Raise the Roof this festive season
Do you or any of your friends love to sing? We're asking choirs and community singing groups to stage a musical event or special choir practice in aid of people seeking sanctuary here in [...]
Amelia takes on new role in South Tyneside
We're delighted to announce that Action Foundation has been awarded a grant by the Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland through the Department for Culture Media and Sport from the Know Your [...]
Meet the staff – Phil Ambrose and Rim Day
We'd like to introduce you to our new Finance Manager, Phil Ambrose and the latest recruit to our Action Language team, Rim Day. Welcome to Action Foundation, we're so glad you're here! Rim [...]
International language of chess proves right move for refugees
Action Foundation joined forces with a local chess club this week to put on the very first competition for refugees and asylum seekers at The Word (National Centre for the Written Word) in [...]
Thank you to our Great North Runners!
Members of #TeamActionFoundation braved record breaking heat and then horrendous downpours in yesterday's Great North Run as they pounded the streets in support of refugees and asylum seekers. Kevin Higgins (top left in photo [...]
Sophie ‘books in’ for Great North Run
Bookseller Sophie Pitches is one of the runners on our 21-strong #TeamActionFoundation this Sunday for the nation's favourite half-marathon, The Great North Run. And as Sophie works at Whitley Bay's 'the bound' bookshop, [...]
Top law firms take on Great North Run for Action Foundation
Six staff from two of the North East's top law firms are joining #TeamActionFoundation in this year's Great North Run. We're hoping for some healthy competition between the trios from Muckle LLP and [...]
Running on repeat – meet our return runners!
"I'm a big fan of the essential work Action Foundation does in reaching out to those at the sharp end of the British border system. It matters a lot to me that refugees [...]
Action Foundation welcomes new Digital Fundraising Support Officer, Katie
We’re super excited to introduce our brand new Digital Fundraising Support Officer Katie Mitford – the latest addition to the Action Foundation team. Katie will be part of the Business Development and Communications [...]
My grandad was welcomed here as a refugee – why I’m running the GNR
It's a stark fact that Helmut Anderson may not have survived World War 2 without the welcome people showed him as a refugee. That's something which has had a profound effect on his [...]