March 2020
Coronavirus Update: March 12th
Good afternoon everyone Further to my message yesterday, I wanted to update you on Action Foundation’s developing plans regarding the Coronavirus outbreak. After careful thought and consultation we have decided to close all Action Language [...]
Coronavirus update: March 11, 2020
Good morning everyone We wanted to update you on Action Foundation’s response to the current Coronavirus outbreak, as we know you’ll have concerns regarding how services may be affected and how we should respond. This [...]
February 2020
Refugee status surprise for Samal
Samal* came from Iraq where he’d worked as an artist, to seek asylum in the UK five years ago. He was referred into Action Foundation by the West End Refugee Service in 2017, after becoming [...]
Life in a Beginner’s Action Language class: ‘My Teacher is Joking. With a J.’
Libby has been volunteering as a teacher for Action Language since 2008 and increasingly specialises in Beginners' classes, which she loves. Action Language provides free English courses in Newcastle and Sunderland city centre to [...]
Song writing sessions bring joy to InterAction Drop-in
Music and singing are well known for boosting your wellbeing, so it’s been wonderful to welcome Sam and Wakanda from Citizen Songwriters to the InterAction Drop-in for a series of three songwriting workshops. Local musician [...]
January 2020
Hilary set to swim 22 miles in 12 weeks for Action Foundation
Action Language volunteer Hilary Bennison is pulling on her goggles and plunging into her local pool this weekend to make a start on her 22 mile fundraising swimathon, which she aims to complete over the [...]