Former Lord Mayor & Lady Mayoress celebrate year of fundraising
The former Lord Mayor of Newcastle, Councillor David Down and The Lady Mayoress Barbara Down visited Action Foundation this week to present the charity with a cheque for £1,350. David and Barbara selected us [...]
Great news for InterAction volunteer Amir
Amir is one of our brilliant volunteers at the InterAction Drop-in, and arrived in the UK in November 2018 after escaping persecution in Iran. We chatted to him for our blog back in May, [...]
Warm welcome for Julie Elliott MP at Action Foundation in Sunderland
We were delighted to welcome the MP for Sunderland Central Julie Elliott to Action Foundation at the end of September. It was a lively time to drop in, so Julie not only got to [...]
Meet Andrea and Joel – Action Foundation’s new additions
The Action Foundation team is growing with the additions of two new members of staff this month – Andrea Ward is starting her role as PA to CEO Julian Prior, while Joel Sinyard is [...]
Action Foundation shortlisted in two categories for North East Charity Awards
Action Foundation has been shortlisted in two categories in this year's North East Charity Awards, with CEO Julian Prior in the line-up for Charity Leader of the Year and the Foundation itself in the [...]
Team Action Foundation smash Great North Run 2019
Action Foundation's team of 15 brave and mighty runners for this year's Great North Run have done the charity proud by not only completing the gruelling half marathon course on Sunday, but also by [...]