March 2021
How a pre-loved guitar brought Zahra joy
Action Foundation beneficiary and keen guitar player Zahra, a former cabin crew worker from Iran, arrived in Newcastle just before the third lockdown last year without her beloved instrument and has felt quite isolated as [...]
February 2021
InterAction welcomes new Manager Yvonne!
We're very excited to introduce you to our new InterAction Manager Yvonne Cheung, who will be leading the team providing our innovative Drop-in service offering a friendly, accessible, interactive and supportive environment to help new and [...]
What’s your zoom class like? By a teacher
One of our fantastic Action Language teaching volunteers, who leads some of our free English language classes for refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants, has written us a blog post about what it’s like to [...]
January 2021
Julian Prior to step down as Action Foundation’s CEO
Founder and CEO of Action Foundation Julian Prior has announced he will be stepping down from his role at the helm of the charity he created 16 years ago to support refugees and asylum seekers [...]
Meet our new Support Worker Reena!
We’re delighted to introduce you to Reena who started with the Accommodation Team this month, assisting clients across our supported housing projects, and making sure they have everything they need. Find out more about the [...]
Action Foundation services boosted by Barclays £100k Community Aid package
Action Foundation have been awarded with a £100,000 Community Aid package by Barclays to boost our work reaching parts of the community worst hit by the COVID-19 crisis. In April, Barclays announced a £100m Community [...]