February 2020
Refugee status surprise for Samal
Samal* came from Iraq where he’d worked as an artist, to seek asylum in the UK five years ago. He was referred into Action Foundation by the West End Refugee Service in 2017, after becoming [...]
Life in a Beginner’s Action Language class: ‘My Teacher is Joking. With a J.’
Libby has been volunteering as a teacher for Action Language since 2008 and increasingly specialises in Beginners' classes, which she loves. Action Language provides free English courses in Newcastle and Sunderland city centre to refugees, [...]
Song writing sessions bring joy to InterAction Drop-in
Music and singing are well known for boosting your wellbeing, so it’s been wonderful to welcome Sam and Wakanda from Citizen Songwriters to the InterAction Drop-in for a series of three songwriting workshops. Local musician [...]
January 2020
Hilary set to swim 22 miles in 12 weeks for Action Foundation
Action Language volunteer Hilary Bennison is pulling on her goggles and plunging into her local pool this weekend to make a start on her 22 mile fundraising swimathon, which she aims to complete over the [...]
LUSH Newcastle treat Action Foundation beneficiaries with soap donation
The Action Foundation offices are smelling particularly sweet after a generous donation of 100 soaps from the Newcastle branch of ethical cosmetics brand LUSH. InterAction Manager Kate Townsend went to collect three huge bags of [...]
InterAction launches new Health Pop-ups giving vital access to local services
The InterAction team have introduced new monthly Health Pop-up sessions at both their CastleGate and West End Library Drop-ins this month. Stalls were set up by a mixture of health services who came along and [...]