During the summer of 2023, adidas donated their pitch time to young people from charity partners for a ‘Play on the Pitch’ event at Emirates Stadium.
The event gives participants from Arsenal in the Community and other No More Red charity partners the amazing opportunity to play on the hallowed turf where their heroes ply their trade.
No More Red charity partner participants, whose ages ranged from eight to 65, participated in a mixture of matches and challenges, as well as engaging in educational workshops throughout the day, and they were also joined by Arsenal Academy players Amario Cozier-Duberry, Noah Cooper, Josh Nichols and Hubert Graczyk.
The players spoke to our participants, refereed matches and got involved with our activities alongside Gunnersauraus, who was on hand to welcome all the groups.
The community projects involved were:
- Premier League Primary Stars
- Premier League Kicks
- Positive Futures
- Football Plus
- NCFE Study Programme
- Islington Care Programme
- Double Club
- Walking Football
- Down Syndrome football with North London United
- Open Access Disability Programme
- Adult Learning Disability Programme
- Premier League Inspires
- Women and Girls only
- Shape Up
- NHS Trust Mental Health Programme
- Coach Development Programme
- Amputee Football
We were also joined by our charity partners from the No More Red campaign in St Giles Trust, Octopus Community Network and Copenhagen Youth Project.
A big thanks to adidas for donating their pitch time to the No More Red charity partners for this memorable experience.
More information on No More Red can be found at arsenal.com/NoMoreRed and adidas.co.uk/footballcollective
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