Pierre Ekwah: Our Community Champion in pictures
See the story behind Pierre Ekwah's Community Champion Award in pictures.
It’s great to see how the Sunderland AFC badge is being used to help youngsters with their schoolwork and the team from the Foundation have done an excellent job bringing the subjects to life with the help of football.
Josh Maja, Sunderland AFC forwardMiss Jordan, Teacher at St.Paul’s Church of England Primary School commented: "The children have really enjoyed today’s event, it’s great that the younger age group can come along, get involved and learn in such a fun way." Foundation of Light delivers award-winning sports and education programmes for schools and academies across the North East, bringing subjects to life for pupils helping improve attitudes and skills while also increasing enthusiasm and motivation within the classroom. All sessions are mapped to the National Curriculum in areas including literacy, numeracy, ICT, physical education, Personal Social and Health Education (PSHE) and more. All in-school delivery is suitable for Ofsted inspections.
See the story behind Pierre Ekwah's Community Champion Award in pictures.
Sunderland midfielder Pierre Ekwah has been named as Foundation of Light’s Community Champion by the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) for the 2023-24 season.
Foundation of Light has been awarded a £10,000 grant from the Sky Bet EFL Building Foundations Fund to the Wear Together programme.