Amazing! Thanks so much for your support Peter. We can't wait to see that orange running vest in action 🧡

Peter Mitchell@pdkmitchell.bsky.social · last mo.

Once again I am doing the Great North Run for @actionfdn.bsky.social, a fine organisation who give essnetial support to refugees and asylum seekers in the North East. Give us your money! ajbellgreatnorthrun2026.enthuse.com/pf/peter-mit...

To mark #RefugeeWeek 2026 our English class students have helped write a song about courage with The Crossings Band. We hope to share the finished song with you very soon! youtube.com/shorts/MJnOp... #RefugeeWeek #SimpleActs #Courage #Welcome #Inclusion #Community #ActionFoundation

A song for Refugee Week 2026 from Action Foundation

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This Refugee Week the theme is Courage 💛 Not just big moments, but everyday resilience: showing up, starting again, supporting others. 🎥 Watch our CEO Karen's message below #RefugeeWeek #Courage #SimpleActs

Our CEO, Karen, wanted to take a moment to share a heartfelt thank you to our incredible volunteers this #VolunteersWeek 💛 🔗 actionfoundation.org.uk/thankyou-to-...

In our new blog, Stuart talks about what he does as a language and learning #volunteer, what motivates him, and how through #volunteering at Action Foundation, you get back as much as you give! actionfoundation.org.uk/volunteer-sp... #volunteersweek

To mark #VolunteersWeek, we invited our volunteers to share what volunteering means to them in a few words, adding their reflections to our Volunteer Tree as part of last week’s Volunteer Thank You event. It was wonderful to watch the tree grow as each new leaf was added throughout the event 🍃

To mark A Million Acts of Hope Week (13–20 May), we asked our staff and volunteers what hope means to them 💛 Here are just some of their inspiring responses 👇 @1mactsofhope.bsky.social Don't forget to sign the UK's biggest ever thank you card on their website 👉 millionactsofhope.org

We are getting behind the @1mactsofhope.bsky.social campaign, and can't wait to share our acts of hope this week ♥️ For more information on the campaign and information on how to get involved visit the link below 👇 🔗 millionactsofhope.org #MillionActsOfHope #TogetherWithRefugees

A Million Acts of Hope

In May 2026, community and faith groups, plus charities big and small, will come together to celebrate and inspire A Million Acts of Hope across Britain. There is far more that connects us than divide...

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It’s great to see an Action Foundation running vest in the sun today ☀️

Richard Smyth@rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Taking my @actionfdn.bsky.social vest out for a run. I'm not fundraising for them this year but they're still the absolute best people doing the absolute best work.

Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating! 🌙✨ From all of us here at Action Foundation, we wish you a joyful and peaceful Eid filled with togetherness, gratitude and hope.🧡🧡🧡

We recently attended some amazing #IWD events. On Friday, we joined the Women’s Homelessness Alliance conference. Yesterday, we were at Hay & Kilner’s International Women’s Day celebration, joining a panel inspired by #GivetoGain to highlight the strength of women in our community 🧡

It’s International Women’s Day on Sunday and this year the theme is #GivetoGain. 🧡 Our staff and volunteers are at the heart of this work. They stand beside women during some of their most vulnerable moments, offering guidance, advocacy and compassion. #GivetoGain | #IWD2026 | #GenderEquality

📢 Shout-out for donations 📢 We need toiletries for refugees and asylum seekers living in our accommodation. Can you help? Donations can be dropped off at City Church, Melbourne Street, Newcastle, NE1 2JQ from 9.30am to 4pm on week days - please label any bags 'For Action Foundation'. Thank you 🧡

As our outgoing CEO prepares to say goodbye to Action Foundation later this month, he shares his thoughts on current attitudes towards migration. 🧡 actionfoundation.org.uk/we-must-re-f...

'We must re-find our humanity.' Our outgoing CEO's farewell message - Action Foundation

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Happy Lunar New Year to all those celebrating 🥳🥳🥳 As we welcome the Year of the Horse 🐎🐎🐎, we recognise and celebrate the rich cultural traditions and meanings of this special time for many communities. 🧧✨

One of our InterAction drop-in volunteers, Idrees, got to try being a firefighter today when Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service came to visit. Mehrban Sadiq advised clients and volunteers about the Importance of smoke alarms and the need to check fire safety in rented accommodation.

📣Come & join our friendly team & help us shout about the fantastic work our staff & volunteers do to welcome refugees & asylum seekers to the North East! Please share our job ad! 🙏https://actionfoundation.org.uk/communications-officer/

Communications Officer - Action Foundation

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We're ‘Opening Doors' with North East Combined Authority, Tyne Housing & others - research identifying the barriers to employment faced by vulnerable adults living in supported accommodation. @emmaaudreyadams.bsky.social @fuseonline.bsky.social @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social bit.ly/4roAKnm

The theme for #HolocaustMemorialDay 2026 is Bridging Generations. A call to action and reminder that the responsibility of remembrance doesn’t end with the survivors – it lives on through their children, their grandchildren and through all of us. #HMD2026 #HolocaustMemorialDay

Some of our students got a glimpse into the beauty industry this week thanks to The National Beauty Academy Sunderland🙏 Employability Adviser Lucy said, "The participants appreciated the approachable manner of the facilitators of the beauty taster session. They came away wanting to learn more!"💄👄

Everyone should see this. Watch it, share it - these are the voices we need to hear that are so often ignored in the poisonous debate about hotels.

Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU)@gmiau.bsky.social · 7mo ago

'Our Side of the Story' Created by the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group and Stand & Be Counted Theatre, this short film features people with lived experience of asylum hotels. The group is supported by us, and the film presents a spoken version of a statement they shared a few months ago.

The Government is introducing the biggest immigration overhaul in 50 years. They want to make settling here harder than ever as part of a broader attack on migrants and refugees. Now, they're asking what YOU think of their plans. Use our guide & speak up today. www.praxis.org.uk/consultation...

Consultation — Praxis for Migrants and Refugees

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Four years since our Home Office funded alternative to detention pilot, Action Access, proved it's more humane and significantly cheaper to support vulnerable women in the community rather than detention centres. How many more years before the Govt accepts that detention harms? tinyurl.com/ec4efer6

Report on Action Foundation's groundbreaking pilot project shows there is a humane alternative to detention - Action Foundation

Analysis of Action Foundation’s pioneering ‘Action Access’ pilot project which was funded by the Home Office, has found it is more humane and significantly less expensive to support vulnerable asylum ...

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Women for Refugee Women@4refugeewomen.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Today @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social released an inspection report on Derwentside. 📢 The report shows what we already know: detention harms. ➡️ Pregnant women & survivors of violence are still detained ➡️ Vulnerabilities ignored Detention is never safe. It’s time to #EndDetention. 1/🧵

New year, same hostility. Today, new powers come into force subjecting men, women & children to invasive searches - including inside their mouths - to seize their phones. This comes despite a 2022 court ruling that found a similar policy unlawful. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

UK’s plans to seize asylum seekers’ phones condemned by campaigners

People who are sent to Manston processing centre will be eligible for searches for electronic devices from Monday

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Refugees shouldn't have to wait 20 years to know if they are safe. New rules are leaving families separated and lives in limbo. Join the campaign calling on Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to scrap the 20-year wait. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...

Don’t leave refugees in limbo: Scrap the 20-year wait

Imagine living in limbo for 20 years, not knowing if you’ll be allowed to stay in the only home your children have ever known. That is the reality facing refugees under new government proposals. A gr...

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NEW YEAR, NEW JOB? We're looking for a talented Office Manager to join our Central Services team on a fixed term basis. Interested? Deadline to apply: 9am Wednesday 28th January. Come join our friendly team! 🧡 actionfoundation.org.uk/office-manag...

Office Manager - Action Foundation

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Love this film about the work of our Women's Drop-in. 🧡 Please give it a watch & if you're moved to donate to our winter fundraiser, head to our @crowdfunder.bsky.social page (see our pinned post). youtu.be/isA_Xwg8oDk?...

Stand With Refugee Families this Winter

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Look at these fantastic cards, made by refugee children and young people from our Young Lives project. 🎄🎄🎄 Some will be winging their way to donors who've selected a reward on our Stand With Refugees crowdfunder. Would you like one too? 🎅🎅🎅 Here's the link: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stand-with...

Abbas and Ale, regulars at our Young Lives project, are the stars of a powerful new film on poverty and hope, commissioned by @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social 🎥🧡 The council's Lynne Canessa said: “The end result took my breath away." youtu.be/FyhkzDsB8lw?...

Gateshead

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