March 2022
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 [...]
February 2022
Support Richard as he takes on gruelling 48-hour running challenge for refugees
It’s one of the toughest new fitness feats around – the 4x4x48 Challenge will be nothing short of ‘absolute torture’, according to Richard Dawson, who is taking on this amazing two-day endurance test to help [...]
Accommodation team welcomes Joanne
We're very pleased to introduce Joanne Reidy, Support Work Manager for Action Housing and Action Lettings. Joanne has worked in a wide variety of roles addressing homelessness and she's looking forward to making a difference [...]
Learning about Hadrian’s Wall
Local artists and a videographer visited our Drop-in to find out what refugees and asylum seekers in Tyne and Wear know about Hadrian's Wall. It was all part of a Hadrian's Wall 1900 Festival project [...]
January 2022
Report on Action Foundation’s groundbreaking pilot project shows there is a humane alternative to detention
Analysis of Action Foundation's pioneering 'Action Access' pilot project which was funded by the Home Office, has found it is more humane and significantly less expensive to support vulnerable asylum seekers in the community as [...]