We’re facing a new challenge here at Action Foundation. The arrival of the Coronavirus has dealt a devastating blow to the services we are usually able offer to vulnerable asylum seekers and refugees. With [...]
Vin Totton is retiring after clocking up over five years as Project Manager for Housing at Action Foundation. We caught up with him on his last working day to find out more about his [...]
Action Language volunteer Hilary Bennison has raised over £1,000 and clocked up a mighty 16 miles of her 22 mile fundraising swimathon, before her local pool was closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The [...]
Good afternoon everyone We wanted to let you all know that in line with government advice, the Action Foundation team are going to be working from home, so the office will be closed from [...]
Good afternoon everyone Further to my message yesterday, I wanted to update you on Action Foundation’s developing plans regarding the Coronavirus outbreak. After careful thought and consultation we have decided to close all Action [...]
Good morning everyone We wanted to update you on Action Foundation’s response to the current Coronavirus outbreak, as we know you’ll have concerns regarding how services may be affected and how we should respond. [...]
Samal* came from Iraq where he’d worked as an artist, to seek asylum in the UK five years ago. He was referred into Action Foundation by the West End Refugee Service in 2017, after [...]
Libby has been volunteering as a teacher for Action Language since 2008 and increasingly specialises in Beginners' classes, which she loves. Action Language provides free English courses in Newcastle and Sunderland city centre to [...]
Music and singing are well known for boosting your wellbeing, so it’s been wonderful to welcome Sam and Wakanda from Citizen Songwriters to the InterAction Drop-in for a series of three songwriting workshops. Local [...]
Action Language volunteer Hilary Bennison is pulling on her goggles and plunging into her local pool this weekend to make a start on her 22 mile fundraising swimathon, which she aims to complete over [...]
