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 [...]
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, [...]
We were delighted to welcome the MP for Sunderland Central Julie Elliott to Action Foundation at the end of September. It was a lively time to drop in, so Julie not only got to [...]
The Action Foundation team is growing with the additions of two new members of staff this month – Andrea Ward is starting her role as PA to CEO Julian Prior, while Joel Sinyard is [...]
Action Foundation has been shortlisted in two categories in this year's North East Charity Awards, with CEO Julian Prior in the line-up for Charity Leader of the Year and the Foundation itself in the [...]
Action Foundation's team of 15 brave and mighty runners for this year's Great North Run have done the charity proud by not only completing the gruelling half marathon course on Sunday, but also by [...]
As part of the Frontline Network Shadowing Fund, InterAction Drop-in were able to visit Bristol Refugee Rights, to see what lessons could be learned from another organisation supporting asylum seekers and refugees. Richard, (Director [...]
Thank you to the City of Sanctuary for giving us three Golden Tickets for the European Rugby Champions Cup on 11th May! These were offered on a first-come-first-served basis and two of them went [...]
In October 2018 the UK government announced a strategy to tackle loneliness in England, along with dedicated funding to help communities build stronger connections and alleviate loneliness. Action Foundation’s successful bids through the Building [...]
Our newest recruit, Abi Walker, tells us a bit more about herself. Born in Middlesbrough, Abi moved to Newcastle for university and fell in love with the City! She spent the last two years [...]
