Win a dream quilt
Our talented fundraiser, Viv Harrison, has crafted a second Christmas quilt to raffle on behalf of Action Foundation - and you could be its proud owner for just £1. Last year, Viv's 'amazing [...]
We launch our Warm Hearts Winter Appeal
Action Foundation has unveiled its winter appeal to help support vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers through the cost of living crisis. Our Warm Hearts Appeal is being supported by our friends at the Aviva [...]
Thank you to our Trustees
It's Trustees' Week 2022 and we'd like to say a huge THANK YOU to our Board of Trustees who give their time, commitment and effort to help Action Foundation to thrive. We asked some [...]
‘Green therapy’ for female refugees thanks to Newcastle University grant
A group of women refugees from our InterAction Drop-in spent a day 'forest bathing' at Kielder Water and Forest Park to discover the healing power of nature. The idea for the visit came [...]
Thank you to all our Great North runners!
Team Action Foundation did us proud in the Great North Run this year raising more than £7,000 to help refugees and asylum seekers across Tyne and Wear. First across the finish line for [...]
Eyob gets refugee status – and a place in the Great North Run with Action Foundation!
An African refugee from the region that has produced a roll-call of Olympic champions is running the Great North Run to raise money for Action Foundation. Eyob, a volunteer with our InterAction Drop-in [...]
Thank you for Stepping Up for Refugees!
A huge thank you to everyone who took part in or supported our Step Up for Refugees Challenge summer fundraiser this August - you have helped raise more than £2,000 to help the [...]
Cycle challenge success
Dave Bowditch, our Head of Fundraising, has successfully completed the second of his three major fundraising feats - a 170-mile coast to coast cycle ride between Morecambe on the west coast and Bridlington [...]
Important update about our Action Language project
by our CEO, Duncan McAuley We have made the difficult decision to significantly reduce the size of the Language project for this academic year and beyond. This decision is not one we have taken [...]
Emily takes on zip slide as part of our Step Up for Refugees Challenge
Our Step Up for Refugees Challenge has just over one week to go and this Friday (August 26) one of our Super Steppers, will be ‘walking in the air’ [...]