Action Foundation is an award-winning charity based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Through our free InterAction Drop In / Casework service, Language & Learning, and supported housing projects, we support refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants to integrate successfully into the community and lead more independent and resilient lives.
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Project Manager (InterAction)
We are looking for an enthusiastic leader to manage our InterAction project, providing support to asylum seekers and refugees in Tyne and Wear, empowering them to overcome immediate barriers, integrate with the community, and build skills for the future. Our Interaction Manager is key to running one of our core client [...]
Head of Client Services
We are looking for an experienced leader with a strong track record in contract performance and people management to oversee our project activity at Action Foundation and join our Senior Management Team. We need an individual who is analytical, innovative, and able to undertake a collaborative and strategic approach to developing the [...]
Finance Manager
Are you looking for a better work-life balance? Would you like to work in a vibrant city and make a real difference to people’s lives using the financial and leadership skills you’ve developed in your career so far? Action Foundation is an award-winning charity that supports and empowers asylum seekers, refugees [...]
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Action Letting
Action Letting provides supported accommodation to newly granted single adult refugees at risk of homelessness during their rapid transition to mainstream housing. We currently manage 15 properties in Newcastle, Gateshead and Sunderland on behalf of private landlords.
Find out more about Action Letting.
Action Housing
Action Housing provides supported accommodation to destitute asylum seekers with no recourse to public funds. Due to their immigration status this extremely vulnerable group are unable to work or receive any government support and are therefore entirely reliant on the help of charities or friends to survive.
Find out more about Action Housing
Language & Learning
Language & Learning provides free English lessons and employability skills to people seeking asylum, refugees, and other migrants.
We offer tuition, guidance and advice in safe learning spaces for people aged 18+
Find out more about Language & Learning.
InterAction
InterAction provides a friendly, accessible, interactive and supportive environment to help new and other migrants experiencing loneliness, isolation and feelings of disorientation, to connect with other people and cultures, local places and services.
For more information about InterAction.
Young Lives
We provide specialised practical, emotional and social support for asylum seeking and refugee children, families and young people. Our aim is to provide a specialised and trauma informed service that can be accessed by families or by individual young people.
Find out more about Young Lives.
“I got the chance to improve a lot my English language and to meet new people and friends. Thanks to Language & Learning, I got my job in the UK, I really feel much more confident.”