September 2023
Thank you to our Great North Runners!
Members of #TeamActionFoundation braved record breaking heat and then horrendous downpours in yesterday's Great North Run as they pounded the streets in support of refugees and asylum seekers. Kevin Higgins (top left in photo collage) [...]
Sophie ‘books in’ for Great North Run
Bookseller Sophie Pitches is one of the runners on our 21-strong #TeamActionFoundation this Sunday for the nation's favourite half-marathon, The Great North Run. And as Sophie works at Whitley Bay's 'the bound' bookshop, part [...]
August 2023
Top law firms take on Great North Run for Action Foundation
Six staff from two of the North East's top law firms are joining #TeamActionFoundation in this year's Great North Run. We're hoping for some healthy competition between the trios from Muckle LLP and Clifford [...]
Running on repeat – meet our return runners!
"I'm a big fan of the essential work Action Foundation does in reaching out to those at the sharp end of the British border system. It matters a lot to me that refugees and [...]
Action Foundation welcomes new Digital Fundraising Support Officer, Katie
We’re super excited to introduce our brand new Digital Fundraising Support Officer Katie Mitford – the latest addition to the Action Foundation team. Katie will be part of the Business Development and Communications Team, [...]
My grandad was welcomed here as a refugee – why I’m running the GNR
It's a stark fact that Helmut Anderson may not have survived World War 2 without the welcome people showed him as a refugee. That's something which has had a profound effect on his grandson, [...]