December 2023
Help us to house more people like Mohsen
Receiving a positive asylum decision should be a cause for celebration, particularly because many of our clients can wait years to receive their refugee status. However, as the Home Office tries to clear its [...]
Pop art and pottery – Action Language students enjoy the Baltic
Action Language students don’t just learn inside the classroom – in the last few weeks they’ve been out enjoying enrichment activities at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. These striking collages pictured above are [...]
Bridget heads up new Action Foundation project
We're delighted to welcome Bridget Stratford MBE to Action Foundation. Bridget is going to be managing our brand new project supporting children, families and young people from asylum seeking or refugee backgrounds. Welcome Bridget! [...]
Celebrating Friendship at our End of Year Celebration
Clients, volunteers, staff and friends of Action Foundation gathered together for a fantastic End of Year Celebration. Everyone got into the festive spirit, joining in games like Pin the Nose on Rudolph and Reindeer [...]
‘No such thing as an illegal human being’ – Bishop of Durham’s farewell message as our Patron
We have been so honoured to have the Rt Revd Paul Butler as our Patron but when he retires in February after ten years as Bishop of Durham, he will retire from Action Foundation too. [...]
‘I’ve bought a tent and sleeping bag in case I become homeless’
It’s six years since Rekar first came to the UK after fleeing Iraq, yet his asylum claim is still undecided. And whilst he is praying that his refugee status will be granted soon, he [...]