Northumbria University forms part of the Wallace group which was established in 2005 bringing together 6 of the UK’s leading sporting universities ; Bath, Durham, Loughborough,  Northumbria , UWIC and Stirling to work on strategic international sport development projects. In 2011 the group was also joined by St.Andrews University.

The Wallace group works in partnership with UK Sport to deliver the Zambia IDEALS project (International Development, Education and Leaderships through Sport). This community project based in the capital city, Lusaka, utilises the skills of students to engage with children and young people through the delivery of physical activity and sport to educate about HIV/AIDS.

In pairs students work with local peer leaders and site coordinators from two partner NGO’s (Non Government Organisations), Sport In Action and EduSport on a 6 week placement in one of the community sites around Lusaka; Kalingalinga, Chipata, Munali, Chawama, Ngombe, and Fountain of hope.



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Trio of IDEALS 2012 students complete Great North Run for Foundation

Tue 18th Sep 2012 : 15:31

Three Northumbria students that formed part…
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Northumbria Sport Foundation out of the Blocks

Mon 17th Sep 2012 : 14:59

The Northumbria Sport Foundation was officially…
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Wallace Tournament Number Two is a Huge Success

Wed 22nd Aug 2012 : 16:11

IDEALS 2012 staff member, Christa Haworth from Cardiff…
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