This year, three dedicated students from John Snow College at Durham University are taking on the iconic half marathon for #TeamActionFoundation. We were thrilled to be chosen as John Snow’s charity partner for [...]
We’re excited to welcome Ella to the Action Foundation Great North Run team! Alongside her busy role with Cancer Research UK, she’s taking on the iconic half marathon in her former university city [...]
We caught up with Richard Smyth, our second-year Great North Runner extraordinaire who has already exceeded his £1250 fundraising target! He also happens to be a professional writer, so we’ll let him [...]
We are delighted to welcome Karen de Lange as our new Finance Manager. After starting out in retail management, Karen discovered a passion for finance, studying for her accountancy qualifications while gaining experience [...]
This September, David Lyall is taking on the 13.1-mile challenge alongside his three sons – Adam, Sam, and Matthew – as a family unit for #TeamActionFoundation. A close friend of Action Foundation’s [...]
Each year, Action Foundation proudly takes part in the Great North Run, one of the world’s most iconic half marathons, with a team of passionate runners raising money for refugees and people seeking [...]
Action Foundation is part of the newly launched North East Women's Homelessness Alliance whose mission it is to end women's homelessness in our region for good. Research shows that women experience homelessness differently [...]
Meet Jemima Welcome to Jemima, our new InterAction Project Officer! She recently returned to Newcastle after working in Greece and brings experience in community engagement and refugee empowerment. We’re so glad to have [...]
School's out for summer for our English language students - but school's out forever for long-serving volunteer teacher, Hilary Bennison. She's finally retiring from her role as a Language & Learning teacher after [...]
We are delighted to welcome Dr Vanessa Montesi to Action Foundation as the new manager of our Language & Learning service. She brings with her a true love of languages, being fluent in [...]
