New chapter for Amir
Amir is a familiar face at our InterAction Drop-in where he's one of our brilliant volunteers. He got involved with Action Foundation after moving to Newcastle in December 2018 as an asylum seeker who [...]
InterAction Drop-in re-opens its doors
With tier 4 restrictions giving way to another full national lockdown, our twice-weekly InterAction Drop-in service had to close at the end of 2020. In the first few months of 2021 Yvonne and her [...]
How InterAction made Iveth feel welcome despite the Pandemic
Action Foundation are asking supporters to give the gift of community to refugees this Christmas with our Winter Welcome Appeal, raising money for the InterAction Drop-in project. Today we want you to meet one [...]
Action Foundation’s Winter Welcome Appeal launches
Action Foundation are asking supporters to give the gift of community to refugees this Christmas with the launch of our Winter Welcome Appeal, raising money for the InterAction Drop-in project. Donate Here Migrants arriving [...]
A new role for Action Hosting’s Lesley Dunn
As the Action Hosting project is put on temporary hold due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Hosting Co-ordinator Lesley Dunn is turning her sights to the InterAction Drop-in. She’ll be joining fellow Co-ordinators Lizzie Walsh [...]
InterAction Drop-in set to open its doors again!
We're delighted to announce that after a four month break due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, our InterAction Drop-ins will be starting up again on Tuesday 28th July. InterAction Manager Kate Townsend has been working [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Meet our Drop-in team!
Meet the team heading up our new interaction Drop-ins, Kate Townsend, our Drop-in Manager. Our Drop-ins, for asylum seekers and refugees, take place on a Tuesday at CastleGate and on Thursdays at the [...]