The Arsenal Foundation has helped to fund Mimbre Youth, a programme run by the female-led Mimbre acrobatic theatre company that offers sessions to local youngsters on Milton Garden Estate. Local youngster Kiki tells us why she loves them.

“I My name is Kiki, I’m 12 years old and I have two younger brothers. We are a very sporty family, and I have been dancing and doing gymnastics since I was two. My mum even said when I was five months old and she was changing my nappy that I starting dancing, wiggling on the changing mat to her music. Now, I train with Mimbre doing dance and acrobatics, and I’m also part of the London Youth Circus at the National Centre for Circus Arts. 

“My brothers like to fight and play football. My seven-year-old brother plays football all the time, and he even plays at Hale End sometimes.

“I was six or seven when I joined Mimbre Youth. My friend was going and it was the perfect fit for me – much more fun than the gymnastics classes I’d been to before. Everyone was so friendly and now we are like family. Some of the older kids feel like...