August 2022
Action Foundation staff Step Up for Refugees
Meet the Action Foundation Super Steppers! Nine staff are currently battling it out for Super Stepper status in the Step Up for Refugees Challenge - a month-long summer fundraiser aimed at getting people active at [...]
Dave takes on triple challenge ‘farewell fundraiser’
Our Head of Fundraising, Dave Bowditch, has just completed the first of a hat trick of epic challenges he has taken on as a farewell fundraiser before he retires from Action Foundation this autumn. Dave's [...]
July 2022
Why I’m taking on the Step Up for Refugees Challenge – ex Puma pilot, James Fairman
On Monday we launch our Step Up for Refugees summer fundraiser - a step challenge created to show asylum seekers and refugees that they do not walk alone and that there are people willing to [...]
Just the Ticket campaign – first tickets go out to refugees
We are so grateful to everyone who supported the Newcastle City of Sanctuary 'Just the Ticket' crowdfunder earlier this year. As the first tickets are distributed by Action Foundation staff and volunteers, here's an update [...]
June 2022
Curious Monkey and curry – celebrating Refugee Week
Curry followed by a drama workshop with the theatre group, Curious Monkey, was on the menu for a group of Action Foundation clients this Refugee Week. The group, mostly made up of learners from our [...]
Refugee Week 2022 – a time for healing
This year the theme of Refugee Week is Healing and a group of refugees and asylum seekers from Action Foundation have been working with Northern Print on an exhibition that will open at BALTIC Centre [...]