A group of women refugees from our InterAction Drop-in spent a day 'forest bathing' at Kielder Water and Forest Park to discover the healing power of nature. The idea for the visit came [...]
Team Action Foundation did us proud in the Great North Run this year raising more than £7,000 to help refugees and asylum seekers across Tyne and Wear. First across the finish line for [...]
An African refugee from the region that has produced a roll-call of Olympic champions is running the Great North Run to raise money for Action Foundation. Eyob, a volunteer with our InterAction Drop-in [...]
A huge thank you to everyone who took part in or supported our Step Up for Refugees Challenge summer fundraiser this August - you have helped raise more than £2,000 to help the [...]
Dave Bowditch, our Head of Fundraising, has successfully completed the second of his three major fundraising feats - a 170-mile coast to coast cycle ride between Morecambe on the west coast and Bridlington [...]
by our CEO, Duncan McAuley We have made the difficult decision to significantly reduce the size of the Language project for this academic year and beyond. This decision is not one we have taken [...]
Our Step Up for Refugees Challenge has just over one week to go and this Friday (August 26) one of our Super Steppers, will be ‘walking in the air’ [...]
Gaining refugee status after years of seeking asylum brings conflicting emotions – yes, it’s a cause for celebration but there is often anxiety about finding somewhere to live and supporting yourself. It can [...]
Monday 15 August marks a year since the fall of Kabul and subsequent evacuations. Here, our CEO Duncan McAuley reflects on the human cost of conflict On the anniversary of the Taliban’s takeover of [...]
Meet the Action Foundation Super Steppers! Nine staff are currently battling it out for Super Stepper status in the Step Up for Refugees Challenge - a month-long summer fundraiser aimed at getting people active [...]
