Coronavirus Update: 27th March
Good morning everyone, I wanted to get in touch with an update on what we’ve been up to, what we’re planning and how you might be able to get involved. These are difficult times [...]
Super swimmer Hilary raises over £1,000 despite coronavirus pool closure
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 [...]
Coronavirus Update: 18th March
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 [...]
Coronavirus Update: March 12th
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 [...]
Coronavirus update: March 11, 2020
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. [...]
Refugee status surprise for Samal
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 [...]
Life in a Beginner’s Action Language class: ‘My Teacher is Joking. With a J.’
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 [...]
Song writing sessions bring joy to InterAction Drop-in
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 [...]
Hilary set to swim 22 miles in 12 weeks for Action Foundation
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 [...]
LUSH Newcastle treat Action Foundation beneficiaries with soap donation
The Action Foundation offices are smelling particularly sweet after a generous donation of 100 soaps from the Newcastle branch of ethical cosmetics brand LUSH. InterAction Manager Kate Townsend went to collect three huge bags [...]