Join in with the Captain Tom 100 Challenge!
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 [...]
Nada Al-Hadal: ‘Change makers should be women’
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 [...]
How a pre-loved guitar brought Zahra joy
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 [...]
InterAction welcomes new Manager Yvonne!
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 [...]
What’s your zoom class like? By a teacher
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 [...]
Julian Prior to step down as Action Foundation’s CEO
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 [...]
Meet our new Support Worker Reena!
We’re delighted to introduce you to Reena who started with the Accommodation Team this month, assisting clients across our supported housing projects, and making sure they have everything they need. Find out more about [...]
Action Foundation services boosted by Barclays £100k Community Aid package
Action Foundation have been awarded with a £100,000 Community Aid package by Barclays to boost our work reaching parts of the community worst hit by the COVID-19 crisis. In April, Barclays announced a £100m [...]
Winter Welcome Appeal hits £10k target!
Action Foundation are celebrating raising £10,406 for the ‘Winter Welcome’ Christmas appeal, giving a much-needed boost to our InterAction Drop-in project. The money was generated in just under six weeks, through the generosity of supporters, volunteers and local organisations. Our innovative [...]
January lockdown update
From Tuesday, 5th January England has been placed in a lockdown and people will have to stay at home and only go out for essential reasons. In order to keep everyone safe over the [...]