Thank you to our fantastic volunteers!
It’s Volunteers' Week when we highlight the amazing impact of the people who are the lifeblood of our charity – those who give up their time so generously to help our clients. Last [...]
Fundraising Volunteers embrace Refugee Week with series of events!
This year we had another busy Refugee Week (14th-20th June) and we’re excited to tell you all about what we’ve been up to! The theme of this year’s Refugee Week was ‘We Cannot Walk [...]
What’s your zoom class like? By a teacher
One of our fantastic Action Language teaching volunteers, who leads some of our free English language classes for refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants, has written us a blog post about what it’s like [...]
Action Language Teacher’s Diary: Hunting for pictures!
Our team of brilliant Action Language volunteers taught and supported 12 zoom classes with 80 learners last week. Action Language volunteers Hilary and Michael are some of the teachers who are leading these online [...]
Meet Helen – Language and Covid-19 Crisis Volunteer and Fundraising extraordinaire!
Our volunteers are total superstars, and once they get started at Action Foundation, they tend to get stuck right into helping in any way that they can. Helen Johnson is a wonderful member of [...]
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 [...]
Asylum seeker Amir drops-in to help us!
Amir arrived in the UK on 24 November 2018 having fled persecution in Iran and then moved to Newcastle in December 2018 where he is currently awaiting news of a date for his asylum [...]
Action Language volunteers enjoy Golden Tickets!
Thank you to the City of Sanctuary for giving us three Golden Tickets for the European Rugby Champions Cup on 11th May! These were offered on a first-come-first-served basis and two of them went [...]
NEW Drop-ins for asylum seekers and refugees in Newcastle
In October 2018 the UK government announced a strategy to tackle loneliness in England, along with dedicated funding to help communities build stronger connections and alleviate loneliness. Action Foundation’s successful bids through the Building [...]
A good day in the saddle for the Sandstone Way Turnitin team!
On Sunday April 28th the 6 members of the Turnitin Sandstone Way team set off to tackle a large training ride out in Northumberland. Team member Nathan explained: "The ride took us from the [...]