June 2020
Fouad: ‘My family arrived just before lockdown…’
Refugee Week 15-21 June is a celebration of the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees - something that is more than evident in this moving story we'd like to share. Human Rights student Fouad fled [...]
Refugee Week 2020: How to cook the perfect Kuku Sabzi
We asked InterAction Drop-in Co-ordinator and Iranian Refugee Jonah Mesgarnezhad, who is also an extremely enthusiastic and talented cook, to share one of his favourite dishes with us to celebrate Refugee Week. The result?! An [...]
Refugee Week 2020: Just Love Newcastle launches 2,700 mile challenge
Just Love Newcastle are raising money for Action Foundation by running, walking and cycling 2,700 miles across three weeks, representing a common journey travelled by refugees from Damascus to London. We caught up with Mary [...]
Refugee Week 2020: Local Ambassador MD gets the party started
Refugee Week 15th - 21st June is a UK-wide festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees. Founded in 1998 and held every year around World Refugee Day on the 20 June, Refugee Week [...]
Action Foundation’s CEO Julian Prior reflects on damaging effects of racism
"The Black Lives Matters protests have given us all an opportunity to reflect on the disturbing prevalence of racism and its deeply damaging effects on people from a BAME background. Not only in America, but [...]
Action Language teacher’s diary – let’s get ready to zoom!
Action Language classes came to an abrupt halt in March as the UK went into lockdown and the Covid-19 pandemic turned everyone’s lives upside down. Since then the team have been working incredibly hard to [...]