‘Cruel and ill-thought-through’ – our CEO’s response to Rwanda plan
Government plans to deport people seeking sanctuary in Britain to Rwanda are expensive, unworkable, unethical and will do nothing to stop the people smugglers says Action Foundation CEO, Duncan McAuley Just imagine for a [...]
Advice on hosting published
Newcastle City of Sanctuary is holding a webinar today (Thursday April 7) between 2pm and 3pm for people who would like to find out more about hosting refugees from Ukraine. It is open to [...]
‘Go for it!’ Andy’s advice to would-be runners
This year's Great North Run returns to its iconic city to sea route from Newcastle to South Shields and we're looking for people to run the 'world's best half marathon' for Action Foundation. But [...]
Welcome to Action Foundation, Fouad and Raphaela!
Fouad Qamar and Raphaela Berding are the latest recruits to our InterAction Drop-in team. Fouad is a refugee from Kuwait who was formerly a volunteer with our Digital Inclusion Project whilst Raphaela is from [...]
The play’s the thing – review of Curious Monkey’s ‘Here’
A group of Action Language learners enjoyed a theatre trip to Northern Stage last week to see Here, a new play by the Theatre of Sanctuary company, Curious Monkey, which tells the fictional story [...]
Homes for Ukraine statement
In common with many organisations, Action Foundation has been overwhelmed and humbled by the number of enquiries we’ve received from people offering a helping hand to refugees fleeing the conflict in Ukraine. Our thoughts [...]