May 2021
Action Foundation’s plans for Refugee Week 2021
Refugee Week (14th – 20th June) is just around the corner and we can’t WAIT to tell you what we’ve got planned. The theme of this year’s Refugee Week is ‘We Cannot Walk Alone’ and [...]
Theatre project transforms ‘quiet’ Lily to confident performer
Cardboard Citizens is a unique theatre company working with people who have lived experience of homelessness to create productions that activate social change. Co-ordinator Rosa Stourac McCreery started working with the InterAction Drop-in in 2020, [...]
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 [...]