Play on the Pitch 2024
Arsenal in the Community marked the end of the season by inviting a host of our programme participants to Emirates Stadium to emulate our first-team stars by playing on Arsenal’s home pitch – and here are the highlights
Gunners join North London United
Five Arsenal Women players made a surprise visit to our Down Syndrome participants during North London United’s session at The Arsenal Hub recently – and we caught them in action
2023 Community highlights
It has been another busy 12 months for Arsenal in the Community, with new projects, special guests, events at The Arsenal Hub and thousands of local people benefitting from our work. Here are some of the highlights
Wilshere and U18s help at the Hub
Jack Wilshere and our scholars visited the Community Hub to help out with donating food to the Islington Foodbank – and we caught them on camera
Play On The Pitch in pictures
What happens when more than 800 people descend on Emirates Stadium to play on Arsenal’s hallowed turf? A whole lot of fun – that’s what…
Shape Up hits the mark
Our Shape Up health and fitness programme can help men lose weight, get fitter and eat more healthily, with expert advice from Arsenal in the Community coaches and support from fellow participants. Oh, and there’s boxing too – as you’ll see in our Shape Up gallery
Arsenal stars launch new kit in style
A number of our players visited local projects to celebrate the people and places that make our community and to mark the unveiling of a new kit that is supporting the work of Arsenal in the Community
Arsenal’s Covid response
The Covid pandemic brought football to a halt in March 2020 – but it didn’t stop Arsenal from making a difference in the community. We just had to take a slightly different approach…
Dutch legends open Cruyff Court
Relive the day when Johan Cruyff, Dennis Bergkamp and Robin van Persie opened the new football facilities at Elthorne Park
Having a Ball for charity
The Arsenal Foundation Charity Ball, otherwise known as A Night To Inspire, is an annual tradition that shines a light on the fund-raising activities of The Arsenal Foundation and the work of Arsenal in the Community while raising money to help continue that work
The day The Hub opened its doors
The Arsenal Hub – home of Arsenal in the Community – opened its doors to the public for the first time back on Friday, May 8, 2015 with a special launch event.
Arsenal and Centrepoint link up
Two Arsenal stars were on hand to help celebrate the launch of our new football programme with youth homeless charity Centrepoint
Ken Friar returns to open school pitch
Club director Ken Friar was on hand to celebrate the opening of a new football pitch at his old primary school St John’s Highbury Vale
Arsenal’s innovative inclusion event
Arsenal have hosted the club’s biggest disability inclusion event to date, welcoming 60 children and young people to Emirates Stadium for a unique day
Arsenal star makes surprise visit
Arsenal Women forward Beth Mead was at Market Road in Islington to cheer on girls taking part in our Premier League schools tournament
Literacy initiative launched with UCL
Secretary of State for Education Justine Greening attended the launch of a new partnership between Arsenal in the Community and the University College of London’s Institute of Education
BT support Arsenal in the Community
Arsenal in the Community welcomed a volunteer group from BT Sport to support some of its projects taking place at the Arsenal Community Hub and around Islington
