GNR Solo Challenge: 5 weeks in!
Our fantastic Great North Run Solo Team are just over halfway through their 10-week challenge of completing 40 runs between June and September. This time we've caught up with Megan, Francesca and Pete. It’s [...]
A new role for Action Hosting’s Lesley Dunn
As the Action Hosting project is put on temporary hold due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Hosting Co-ordinator Lesley Dunn is turning her sights to the InterAction Drop-in. She’ll be joining fellow Co-ordinators Lizzie Walsh [...]
Action Language Teacher’s Diary: Hunting for pictures!
Our team of brilliant Action Language volunteers taught and supported 12 zoom classes with 80 learners last week. Action Language volunteers Hilary and Michael are some of the teachers who are leading these online [...]
InterAction Drop-in set to open its doors again!
We're delighted to announce that after a four month break due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, our InterAction Drop-ins will be starting up again on Tuesday 28th July. InterAction Manager Kate Townsend has been working [...]
GNR Solo Challenge: Team Action Foundation update
We were gutted when the Great North Run was cancelled due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, BUT then came the arrival of the Great North Run Solo Challenge. Entrants need to complete 40 runs (of [...]
New project activities and new jobs!
The Covid-19 Pandemic has been a challenging time in terms of delivering some of our services, but Head of Client Services Duncan McAuley has got all the latest news about some upcoming positive developments [...]
Hosting Project to temporarily close
Due to the Coronavirus outbreak Action Foundation has made the difficult decision to temporarily close our Hosting Project. Action Hosting matches volunteer ‘hosts’ offering a spare room in their home with a destitute asylum [...]
Action Language teacher’s diary: learning in miniature
We’ve started our Action Language groups on Zoom and are in the process of organising self study resources online, on paper and via phone calls. We started with 20 people, last week we had [...]
Covid-19 Crisis Support update: Three months on…
The team at Action Foundation have been working incredibly hard over the last three months of lockdown supporting refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants. Isolated and vulnerable people around Tyne & Wear are being [...]
Action Language teacher’s diary – Zoom classes have begun!
Action Language classes have been slowly starting up again this month after the UK went into lockdown. The team have been working incredibly hard to find new ways of making sure asylum seekers, refugees [...]