Join our Step Up For Refugees summer fundraiser!
Would you like to set yourself a fitness challenge this August and raise funds for refugees and asylum seekers in the North East? Action Foundation is launching a summer step challenge called Step Up [...]
Just the Ticket campaign – first tickets go out to refugees
We are so grateful to everyone who supported the Newcastle City of Sanctuary 'Just the Ticket' crowdfunder earlier this year. As the first tickets are distributed by Action Foundation staff and volunteers, here's an [...]
Curious Monkey and curry – celebrating Refugee Week
Curry followed by a drama workshop with the theatre group, Curious Monkey, was on the menu for a group of Action Foundation clients this Refugee Week. The group, mostly made up of learners from [...]
Refugee Week 2022 – a time for healing
This year the theme of Refugee Week is Healing and a group of refugees and asylum seekers from Action Foundation have been working with Northern Print on an exhibition that will open at BALTIC [...]
It’s Volunteers’ Week 2022!
Our work here at Action Foundation heavily depends on the commitment and generosity of our dedicated volunteers. In fact we just couldn't deliver the work that we do without them. Last year an amazing [...]
An update from Ukraine – from Action Language teacher, Ian
Ian Raby, ESOL coordinator with our Action Language team, is looking forward to meeting the first Ukrainian refugees in Action Foundation's English classes. Here, he gives an update on his friends and former colleagues [...]