March 2022
Welcome to Action Foundation, Fouad and Raphaela!
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 Germany [...]
The play’s the thing – review of Curious Monkey’s ‘Here’
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 of [...]
Homes for Ukraine statement
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 are [...]
Richard raises more than £1k for refugees and asylum seekers
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 ran [...]
Recommended World Book Day reads from the Action Foundation team
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 put [...]
‘I think about the students I taught who are now old enough to fight’ – Action Language teacher, Ian, reflects on his time in Ukraine
Action Language teacher and co-ordinator, Ian Raby, began his career teaching English as an additional language out in Ukraine. As Russian forces close in on the capital Kyiv, Ian reflects on his time there and [...]