What an amazing day at the GNR! 🏅🌬️ We weren’t just blown away by the winds, but by the incredible support too. Huge thanks to our runners, with some smashing personal bests, and to everyone who sponsored them, together raising over £10.5K to support people seeking sanctuary in the North East. 💪🧡

Thank you so much @alanrew.bsky.social 🧡 Every donation makes a real difference to the lives of refugees and asylum seekers we support.

Bonus running content, apologies: I wrote this for @actionfdn.bsky.social about my terrible friend Pete and my Forrest Gump running strategy.

Our resident wordsmith Richard is back for his 2nd Great North Run with #TeamActionFoundation! 🏃‍♂️🧡 Read about his training and fundraising journey here: actionfoundation.org.uk/running-comm...

Read this very nice thing by my mate Richard about why he's doing the Great North Run for @actionfdn.bsky.social, and then give him some money. Better still, give *me* some money actionfoundation.org.uk/running-comm...

We love the (not so) friendly competition💸

And we can now confirm... TARGET COMPLETE ✔️ Amazing work Richard! 🧡

Reminder to get your tickets + join our Comedy Night! 🎤 Every ticket sold helps us continue our work with refugees across the North East.🙏 📆 Date: Monday 16th June 📍 Location: 36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PQ 🕢 Time: 19:30 🎟️ Ticket Price: £15 Link: thecluny.com/listing/stan...

Pink hot chocolate and some fantastic henna designs marked the start of our new Wednesday Drop-in for refugee and asylum seeking women. The new female-only space will offer casework advice alongside fun activities 11am-1pm at CastleGate. Kids welcome.🧡

We're delighted to share that our brilliant Young Lives service has been awarded £120k over the next three years by BBC Children In Need. 🧡 This will make a huge difference to the lives of children & young people from asylum seeking & refugee families. 🙏🙏🙏 #youthwork #youngpeople #RefugeesWelcome

Great to have you back Richard! 🧡💪

Six amazing years and counting Pete! 🧡

In #VolunteersWeek2025 & we've been celebrating the contribution of our volunteers who really make Action Foundation the amazing charity that it is. 🧡 Here's Charles' story: actionfoundation.org.uk/its-hugely-i...

Join us for a night of comedy this Refugee Week!🎤 Every ticket sold helps us continue our vital work with refugees across the North East.🙏 📆 Date: Monday 16th June 📍 Location: 36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PQ 🕢 Time: 19:30 🎟️ Ticket Price: £15 Link: thecluny.com/listing/stan...

📢 We're hiring! Join our passionate team supporting refugees as our new Finance Manager 💼 If you're ready to use your financial skills for good, we'd love to hear from you. actionfoundation.org.uk/finance-mana...

Do you have a property to rent? 🏠 Join our philanthropic landlords scheme to help more people like Haddi. Visit out website for details. #homelessness #refugeeswelcome youtu.be/SBxYeMHhS4o

🏠 All this week we're highlighting the invaluable contribution of our philanthropic landlords who, last year, helped us house over 100 refugees. Here, Fiona explains why she became a landlord. Find out more on our website. #refugees #homelessness #togetherwithrefugees

“Low wages, poor housing, and poor public services are not the fault of people who come here, they’re political failure.” Same man, different day. Immigration is not the cause of the UK’s problems. Austerity is. Share this video. Let’s re-write yesterday’s speech.

Alice is one of our amazing philanthropic landlords who changes lives by renting her property to us. Alice gets a commitment of monthly rent, we manage her property & refugees get the support they need. #TogetherWithRefugees #RefugeesWelcome #homelessness

Refugee homelessness CAN be tackled. Our philanthropic landlords are proving that. Last year we housed over 100 refugees thanks to their generosity. Watch Adam's story for more info. Please share @naccomnetwork.bsky.social @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social

It’s 25° in Costa del Newcastle, but we’re already planning for winter! ❄️ We’d love local people, businesses & orgs to join our festive fundraising 🎄 In return, you'd get great comms💻 Interested? Email: [email protected] Let’s make this winter warmer for refugees together! 🧡

A wonderful week of beach & surf trips 🏄‍♂️ Thanks to the Department for Education's #HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) programme, Newcastle City Council & Street Games UK. Our Young Lives project had SO MUCH FUN! 🧡

Children & young people from our Young Lives service enjoyed a fantastic day at the beach yesterday! #HAF #RefugeesWelcome

Wishing all our BlueSky followers a very Happy Easter. Hope the Easter bunny hops your way! 🐰

This little boy couldn't wait to break into his Easter egg before our media volunteer, Rekar, took his photograph! 🤩 Every child visiting our Drop-in last week went home with an egg thanks to our amazing friends at Love Amelia & their supporters who gifted them to Action Foundation. 🙏🙏🙏

There's no Drop-in tomorrow (17th) or next Thursday (April 24) but we'll reopen after Easter on Thursday May 1st. Here's a piccy of this month's InterAction Drop-in Volunteers of the Week. A huge well done to (from left) Hussein, Rachel and Richard. Super proud of you all!🤩🤩🤩

We're in search of excellent youth workers to join our Young Lives service which runs youth clubs, holiday activities and offers support to young people from asylum seeking and refugee families. Please share our job ad below if you can. 🧡https://actionfoundation.org.uk/youth-worker-x-2/

We're thrilled to be the chosen charity for Black Bull Blaydon’s April & May pub quiz nights!🍻 Every £1 quiz entry helps supports refugees, asylum seekers & migrants across the North East.🧡 Join us every Tuesday at 7:30pm at The Black Bull Blaydon and let’s quiz for a great cause! 💥 #charityquiz

Nadia was forced to flee Afghanistan simply because she supported the right of women and girls to get an education. Read her story on our blog today #TogetherWithRefugees actionfoundation.org.uk/nadias-story/

Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating 🎉from all of us here at Action Foundation! 🧡

With Mother's Day coming up on Sunday, staff and volunteers were handing out gift bags to mums visiting our InterAction Drop-in today. Rozita, mum to six-year-old Danish, was amongst the lucky recipients. Huge gratitude from all at Action Foundation to @loveameliababybank for donating the gift bags.

🌟Volunteers of the Month!🌟   A huge congratulations to the barbers for being named Volunteers of the Month!🎉   Well done for all of your hard work and we are so grateful for all that you do!🧡   #volunteerappreciation #communityheros #makingadifference

Have you seen our latest film created by young refugees in our Young Lives project? 'Small Matters' was launched at the Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead on Friday - do give it a watch if you can! 🧡 youtu.be/zPGxNwKsT1k?...

📣We've an exciting opportunity here at Action Foundation for someone looking to make a real difference to the lives of asylum seekers and refugees. Come & join our friendly team! actionfoundation.org.uk/accommodatio...

So proud of our Young Lives ambassadors who've been on BBC Radio Newcastle today. 🧡You can listen again here from 2 hours 15 in: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Well done to our volunteer and Lived Experience runner, Paul.🏃‍♀️ He's been putting in a lot of hard work, as seen at the South Shields parkrun last week! Want to run alongside Paul on 7th September as part of #TeamActionFoundation? Email [email protected] 📧 #GNR2025

Ramadan Mubarak to everyone celebrating! 🧡

Huge thanks to @westendwomenandgirls for welcoming girls from our Young Lives project to their wonderful farm. They had a blast! @refugeestogether.bsky.social

It's just under 200 days until the GNR 2025🏃‍♀️ That's plenty of time to train up and run for a great cause! Join #TeamActionFoundation, and we’ll be here to support you every step of the way 🎉 Interested? Email [email protected] 📧 #greatnorthrun #greatnorthrun2025

As the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches next Monday, we spoke to Ukrainian Refugees Nina and Olia about how they’ve discovered a welcoming community at Action Foundation. #togetherwithrefugees #RefugeesWelcome #Ukraine

It was lovely showing MP @chionwurah.bsky.social our Digital Skills Workshop yesterday. Thanks to the Virgin Money Money Foundation for funding this project through the Improving Digital Skills Fund and for facilitating this meeting. Their ongoing support means a lot to us 🧡

Huge thanks 🙏to the bound bookshop, #WhitleyBay, part of @forumbooks.bsky.social for sharing the love & displaying Valentine's Day 🧡 poems by our English language learners. They're on show all weekend - why not pop along? #TogetherWithRefugees #RefugeesWelcome 🧡

Visitors to our InterAction Drop-in have been busy today decorating orange hearts for Valentine’s Day. Action Foundation is a proud member of the #TogetherWithRefugees coalition and Valentine’s Day has become an important day for refugee organisations to show support for people seeking sanctuary.

A group of students from one of our Language and Learning ESOL classes visited the treasures of the Laing Art Gallery with their teacher Libby Selman. Student Necati Kola said he'd particularly enjoyed seeing paintings of Newcastle from the past. * Photographs courtesy of Necati

Thank you for sharing our ESOL students' cards on Bluesky @refugeestogether.bsky.social - Action Foundation will be taking part again this year! 🧡

Happy Lunar New Year to all those celebrating. 🥳🥳🥳 If you'd like to join in the celebrations for Year of the Snake 🐍🐍🐍there's a spectacular parade in Newcastle this Sunday (Feb 2nd) starting at Greys Monument at 11.30am & culminating in the lion dance in Stowell Street. 🧡🧡🧡

Today is #HolocaustMemorialDay, when we remember all those murdered during the Holocaust, Nazi persecution of other groups, and in more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. Visit the @HMD_UK website to find out more: www.hmd.org.uk

It was great to welcome the housing and homelessness charity @sheltercharity.bsky.social to our InterAction Drop-in today. Emma Craigie, a Lived Experience Coordinator and Dawn Tennet, a Housing Rights Worker, came in to conduct a survey with clients who have experience of homelessness.

HUGE thanks 🙏to each & every one of you who supported our winter fundraising campaign, Unwrap the Joy. Our Crowdfunder backed by @avivauk.bsky.social & offline donations come to at least £9.5k which will support refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants in the coming year. Thank you! 🧡

First InterAction Drop-in of 2025! 🎉 We welcomed new volunteers providing casework, tea & coffee ☕, plus healthy living advice from Health Works Newcastle. 🚭 Our Drop-in is open Thursdays 9am-2pm for advice, a cuppa, ping pong, or a free haircut. 🧡