April 2021
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, [...]
Another ‘new plan’ to increase destitution
Action Foundation’s CEO Julian Prior reflects on Priti Patel’s ‘New Plan for Immigration’ that she said would amount to the “biggest overhaul of our asylum system in decades” to “fix this fundamentally broken [asylum] system”. _______________________________________________________________________________ For decades, the asylum system has [...]
How a new tablet has transformed Zainab’s language learning
Imagine trying to join in with English language classes on a battered old mobile phone with a tiny screen and limited internet access – not an easy prospect for those living on £5 asylum support [...]
Join in with the Captain Tom 100 Challenge!
Following the outpouring of heartfelt messages since the death of Captain Sir Tom Moore on 2 February, his family pledged to celebrate his life with an event that everyone, in the UK and around the [...]
March 2021
Nada Al-Hadal: ‘Change makers should be women’
Monday March 8th is International Women’s Day, a celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. So, we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to champion one of our brilliant Action [...]