InterAction Drop-in re-opens its doors
With tier 4 restrictions giving way to another full national lockdown, our twice-weekly InterAction Drop-in service had to close at the end of 2020. In the first few months of 2021 Yvonne and her [...]
With tier 4 restrictions giving way to another full national lockdown, our twice-weekly InterAction Drop-in service had to close at the end of 2020. In the first few months of 2021 Yvonne and her [...]
As lots of us head out into our gardens to start the growing season, we thought our beneficiaries would really benefit from a spot of gardening too! Action Foundation’s ‘Grow’ project looks to support [...]
Action Foundation’s CEO Julian Prior reflects on Priti Patel’s ‘New Plan for Immigration’ that she said would amount to the “biggest overhaul of our asylum system in decades” to “fix this fundamentally broken [asylum] system”. _______________________________________________________________________________ For decades, the asylum system [...]
Imagine trying to join in with English language classes on a battered old mobile phone with a tiny screen and limited internet access – not an easy prospect for those living on £5 asylum [...]
Following the outpouring of heartfelt messages since the death of Captain Sir Tom Moore on 2 February, his family pledged to celebrate his life with an event that everyone, in the UK and around [...]
Monday March 8th is International Women’s Day, a celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. So, we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to champion one of our brilliant [...]
Action Foundation beneficiary and keen guitar player Zahra, a former cabin crew worker from Iran, arrived in Newcastle just before the third lockdown last year without her beloved instrument and has felt quite isolated [...]
We're very excited to introduce you to our new InterAction Manager Yvonne Cheung, who will be leading the team providing our innovative Drop-in service offering a friendly, accessible, interactive and supportive environment to help new [...]
One of our fantastic Action Language teaching volunteers, who leads some of our free English language classes for refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants, has written us a blog post about what it’s like [...]
Founder and CEO of Action Foundation Julian Prior has announced he will be stepping down from his role at the helm of the charity he created 16 years ago to support refugees and asylum [...]