Banish Blue Monday by helping refugees
It’s Blue Monday today, which is meant to be THE most depressing day of the year, so we thought we’d put on our positive pants and show how you could cheer yourself up by [...]
How Action Foundation helped Jawad tackle a mountain of obstacles
Asylum seekers wait months and sometimes years to hear if they’ve been granted refugee status so they can live and work in the UK. However, this is not the happy ending you might expect, [...]
Home or Alone Christmas appeal raises over £10k in under 4 weeks!
Action Foundation are celebrating an impressive £10,581 campaign total for the Home or Alone Christmas appeal, created to raise much-needed funds for the continued running of the Action Hosting project. Action Hosting matches volunteers [...]
Let’s hear it for 2019!
As the year draws to a close, Action Foundation have not only been celebrating our 10th anniversary, but also 12 months of growth, success and supporting even more refugees and asylum seekers. Celebrations culminated [...]
‘Exciting’ new English language Hub launches in Sunderland
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 [...]
We’re celebrating Trustees Week!
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 [...]
Double win for Action Foundation at North East Charity Awards 2019
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 [...]
Debenhams provide personal shopping experience for Action Housing residents
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 [...]
Former Lord Mayor & Lady Mayoress celebrate year of fundraising
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 [...]
Great news for InterAction volunteer Amir
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, [...]