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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Jon’s Three Peaks Challenge for Action Foundation
Fundraiser extraodinaire, Jon Sandwith, has just completed one of the UK's iconic walking challenges for Action Foundation. If you'd like to support him, there's still time. Simply click here to visit his fundraising [...]
Abi’s Great North Run Diary – part 1
As part of our fundraising team, Business Development Manager, Abi (pictured above with partner, Ross), is used to being Cheerleader in Chief on the finish line at the Great North Run. But this [...]