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 [...]
It’s Volunteers' Week– a time to highlight the work of all those amazing people who give their time and skills freely so that charities like ours can support those using our services. Here [...]
This week we've been highlighting the life-changing contribution made by our network of philanthropic landlords, who allow us to rent out homes to newly-recognised refugees. Here, one of our former residents, Oliver, explains just [...]
All this week we’re going to be shining the spotlight on our unique Letting service which provides safe accommodation for refugees who might otherwise be homeless. That’s people like Adam, who was forced [...]
Action Foundation is honoured to be the chosen charity for this year’s Culture Festival at Royal Grammar School Newcastle (RGS) - a vibrant, student-led celebration of diversity, creativity and connection. Now in its [...]
People seek asylum in the UK for all sorts of reasons. Mum of two, Nadia, was forced to flee Afghanistan because she was an advocate for girls’ educational rights. "I left Afghanistan in 2019 [...]
Following the mid-point review of our five year strategy we’ve been seeking feedback from clients, staff and volunteers on how they think Action Foundation is performing. It’s been a big consultation exercise and we’re [...]
Action Foundation has been chosen by IMIX, to be one of three hosts nationally for their Refugee Media Mentorship Scheme. IMIX is a team of media and communications specialists lifting the voices of [...]
