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Head of Arsenal in the Community awarded MBE

Arsenal’s Head of Community, Freddie Hudson, has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for 'Services to Arsenal’s community'.

Freddie has enjoyed a 37-year career with us, dedicated to driving social inclusion, raising aspirations, and improving wellbeing across our community, creating a sense of belonging in vulnerable and underrepresented individuals and groups, supporting them in reaching their potential.

He joined Arsenal in the Community in the 1987/88 season, shortly after its inception, when he supervised a group of young people on an 'Action Sport' scheme – a programme aimed at engaging unemployed people through sport.