Action Foundation Chief Executive, Duncan McAuley, is taking on a bold challenge this May. Along with four friends, he’ll be leading a swimming relay of the English Channel from Dover to Calais with the [...]
Action Foundation Chief Executive, Duncan McAuley, plans to lead a relay team in swimming the English Channel from Dover to Calais in May to raise thousands of pounds for refugees. At the same time, [...]
Government plans to deport people seeking sanctuary in Britain to Rwanda are expensive, unworkable, unethical and will do nothing to stop the people smugglers says Action Foundation CEO, Duncan McAuley Just imagine for a [...]
Newcastle City of Sanctuary is holding a webinar today (Thursday April 7) between 2pm and 3pm for people who would like to find out more about hosting refugees from Ukraine. It is open to [...]
This year's Great North Run returns to its iconic city to sea route from Newcastle to South Shields and we're looking for people to run the 'world's best half marathon' for Action Foundation. But [...]
Fouad Qamar and Raphaela Berding are the latest recruits to our InterAction Drop-in team. Fouad is a refugee from Kuwait who was formerly a volunteer with our Digital Inclusion Project whilst Raphaela is from [...]
A group of Action Language learners enjoyed a theatre trip to Northern Stage last week to see Here, a new play by the Theatre of Sanctuary company, Curious Monkey, which tells the fictional story [...]
In common with many organisations, Action Foundation has been overwhelmed and humbled by the number of enquiries we’ve received from people offering a helping hand to refugees fleeing the conflict in Ukraine. Our thoughts [...]
Our fantastic fundraiser Richard Dawson has raised more than £1,200 - six times his original target - to support refugees and asylum seekers across Tyne and Wear by completing a gruelling 48-mile challenge. Richard [...]
Reading is such a fantastic way to step into someone else's shoes. This World Book Day we asked our staff to recommend a book they've read on migration, either fiction or non-fiction. Why not [...]
