We’re Neem Cup winners!
The football teams we support in Kenya, the Bore Lions and Bore Lionesses, took part in the region’s annual Neem Cup competition last week – and came close to a double!
Going green
The very latest pictures of our Arsenal Forest have arrived – taken on April 4 – and, our planting project in Bore, Kenya looks like… well, a forest!
The Arsenal Forest comes to London
A very important delegation arrived for a tour of Emirates Stadium last week – visitors from the Arsenal Forest in Kenya and our partners in the project, CarbonLink. And no one came away empty-handed…
The trees are growing!
We have received pictures of the first trees we planted in the Arsenal Forest in late 2021 – just look at the size of them! On the downside, the rains that have helped the trees grow have made some of the forest’s residents a little grumpy…
Whatever the weather
Weather conditions are presenting a challenge at the Arsenal Forest in Bore – but our workers will always find a way around (or over) the challenges
A team project
Our Arsenal Forest in Africa has made a real difference to the lives of many in the community in Bore – mainly through the well-paid employment that it created. Here are some of our key staff members
The kit has landed!
As part of our support for Bore, home of the Arsenal Forest, every season we send a huge consignment of Gunners kit out to Kenya – and the latest batch has arrived safe and sound.
Busy in Bore
There’s lots going on in Bore, the area of coastal Kenya where we are growing the Arsenal Forest, with capacity on the rise and a new business springing up
We grow again!
The matchday programme will again offset all of the carbon produced in the production of the publication by planting trees, so here’s the latest from our ever-growing Arsenal Forest – including some new arrivals
The rain arrives
The “big rains” have finally arrived at The Arsenal Forest in Bore, Kenya, making for some very happy neem trees
The Arsenal Forest continues to flourish
Our increased focus on sustainability led the matchday programme to partner with a non-profit reforestation organisation, Carbon Link, to ensure the publication was carbon neutral - and the Arsenal Forest in Bore, Kenya was born. Here’s an update on our progress so far
Waiting for the rains
The neem trees in The Arsenal Forest are drought resistant, but they’re still in need of some rain – which should be on the way soon
Invincible Lionesses
The women at the Arsenal Forest are finding success on the pitch to go with their employment off it
End of season report
All the stats from our first season planting the Arsenal Forest in Bore, Kenya – it’s good news for both the local population and the planet
The Bore Lions
As part of the partnership between Arsenal and the tree planting community of Bore in Kenya, we have supplied the local team, the Bore Lions FC, with some genuine Gunners kit
The trees are planted!
It has been a busy time in Bore – we’ve been building, fencing and, with the onset of rain, planting the Arsena Forest’s first seedlings
Work is underway
Work began in Bore this week in preparation for planting 12,500 neem seedlings, ready for when the ‘little rains’ come in the next couple of months
Welcome to the Arsenal Forest
The Arsenal matchday programme has committed to offsetting the carbon consumption from the printing process by planting a forest in Bore, Kenya, where our 12,500 trees will each absorb 20kg of CO2 over the next ten years
