May 2021
New CEO appointed for Action Foundation
Action Foundation has announced that Duncan McAuley has been appointed as their new Chief Executive Officer. Duncan has been working at Action Foundation as Head of Client Services since February 2020 and will transition into [...]
InterAction call-out for men’s clothes
Can YOU help the InterAction Drop-in team support people seeking asylum who have newly arrived in Newcastle with just the clothes they are stood up in. InterAction Drop-in Manager Yvonne Cheung told us: “The people [...]
April 2021
Action Foundation tackle 100 mile cycle for #CaptainTom100
This bank holiday our Senior Management Team are taking on an enormous challenge as part of the ‘Captain Tom 100’ fundraising weekend. Our Chief Executive (Julian), Head of Fundraising (Dave) and Head of Client Services [...]
Meet Action Foundation’s Patron – The Bishop of Durham
We're very proud to have The Bishop of Durham, Paul Butler as Action Foundation's Patron. We caught up with him to find out how he came to be a Bishop, why he decided to get [...]
InterAction Drop-in re-opens its doors
With tier 4 restrictions giving way to another full national lockdown, our twice-weekly InterAction Drop-in service had to close at the end of 2020. In the first few months of 2021 Yvonne and her team [...]
Can you help us raise £500 to fund our ‘Grow’ project?
As lots of us head out into our gardens to start the growing season, we thought our beneficiaries would really benefit from a spot of gardening too! Action Foundation’s ‘Grow’ project looks to support refugees, [...]