May 2022
Meet the ‘Swim for Refugees’ Team
Action Foundation CEO, Duncan McAuley (above right), is leading a relay team in swimming the English Channel from Dover to Calais in May to raise money for refugees. Last week, we caught up with Duncan as [...]
April 2022
Why I’m taking on this Channel challenge – CEO Swim
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 aim [...]
‘Cruel and ill-thought-through’ – our CEO’s response to Rwanda plan
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 moment [...]
‘Go for it!’ Andy’s advice to would-be runners
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 what [...]
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 [...]