Wednesday night saw the very first meeting of the Sunderland ESOL* Hub, led by Sunderland University and their TESOL department. Over 20 people attended and Action Foundation were lucky enough to be invited to [...]
The temperature has dropped and the InterAction team have noticed that some of our more vulnerable beneficiaries are really feeling the cold. So we're putting out a call for donations of warm clothing and [...]
Trustees’ Week (4-8 November) is an annual event showcasing the great work that trustees do and highlighting opportunities for people from all walks of life to get involved and make a difference. Trustees are [...]
Action Foundation are celebrating after scooping wins for both North East Charity of the Year and Charity Leader of the Year at the 2019 North East Charity Awards. A total of 11 awards were [...]
Action Housing residents Dalia and Zipporah enjoyed a truly memorable personal shopping experience this week, thanks to the generosity of Debenhams. Action Foundation are up for two prizes at this year's North East Charity [...]
Senior Support Worker Andrew Wisbach flew out to Berlin last month to attend the European Alternative to Detention Network Conference in Berlin. The network aims to build evidence and momentum on engagement-based alternatives to [...]
The former Lord Mayor of Newcastle, Councillor David Down and The Lady Mayoress Barbara Down visited Action Foundation this week to present the charity with a cheque for £1,350. David and Barbara selected us [...]
Amir is one of our brilliant volunteers at the InterAction Drop-in, and arrived in the UK in November 2018 after escaping persecution in Iran. We chatted to him for our blog back in May, [...]
We were delighted to welcome the MP for Sunderland Central Julie Elliott to Action Foundation at the end of September. It was a lively time to drop in, so Julie not only got to [...]
The Action Foundation team is growing with the additions of two new members of staff this month – Andrea Ward is starting her role as PA to CEO Julian Prior, while Joel Sinyard is [...]
