Last week our men’s and women’s first-team players and club staff visited our communities across north London to spread some festive cheer in the lead-up to Christmas.
Players including Gabriel Jesus, Laura Wienroither, Ben White, Kim Little, Declan Rice and Teyah Goldie took time to visit children’s wards at the Homerton, Whittington, Barnet and Royal Free hospitals, spending time and speaking with young patients and their families to spread smiles and share laughs.
Members of the local community were also served up a surprise at The Arsenal Hub as men’s players Bukayo Saka, Emile Smith Rowe, Oleksandr Zinchenko, William Saliba, Eddie Nketiah, Reiss Nelson and Takehiro Tomiyasu paid a visit to watch, take part in and chat to those participating in a number of local community programmes, including Arsenal Bowls, North London United’s Down Syndrome football session and Primary Stars.
Players were given the chance to sit in on several lessons, speaking to BTEC/NCFE level 3 students about our sports development, coaching and fitness programmes. They also took part in an Arsenal Bowls session, a programme delivered in partnership with Islington Council at local community centres and The Arsenal Hub to help people stay active and socialise.
It was a chance for the players to see the huge breadth of work the Community team undertakes, and participants were excited to meet and connect with them.
Check out the photos from the visits in our gallery below, or press play on the video above to see our players coming together with the Arsenal family.
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