Supporters Direct Newsletter - July
| It seems a long time ago already that over 300 trust activists debated a better vision for football at the Savoy Place in London, and witnessed the launch of the social value of football report. It seems even longer that the English delegates celebrated a Steven Gerrard goal at the drinks reception! Alongside admiring the passing of the Spanish and the finishing of the Dutch we've managed to speak to the people who presented at the sessions and gather together as much information from the 2 days to share with everyone. This makes up the main focus of the July news email. Enjoy! |
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A Better Vision For Football This year’s Annual Conference was split into two days of debate, discussion, learning and sharing of experiences. Scottish Conference 2010 A very successful Scottish conference was held in Stirling again this year with Andy Walsh (pictured below) of FC United of Manchester and Keith Ferguson of CAFE proving to be be popular and informative speakers. Andy was particularly inspiring in discussing the values and principles of a football club and Keith eloquently described the experiences of disabled football fans who just want to go and watch the game.  A significant section of the conference was devoted to discussing the current review of Scottish football by former First Minister, Henry McLeish, as well as an examination of the wider issues that are ready for reform. The sessions provided a lot of interesting and diverse views but there was unanimous agreement that supporters' trusts and Supporters Direct should be more confident at putting their views forward. SD in Scotland are currently finalising the conference report and exploring the options for a wider campaign on football reform.New Community Clubs Over the past few months we have seen a rash of new trust owned clubs with fans of Merthyr Town FC, Chester FC, Fisher FC and Stirling Albion. Congratulations to all from SD and the trust movement. After some turbulent recent times (to say the least!) there is definitely some light at the end of the tunnel. A record 20 clubs are now owned by their supporters trust across football, rugby league and ice hockey Co-operative Fortnight Supporters Trusts were out in force to celebrate Co-operatives fortnight including an event at Villa Park hosted by the Midlands Co-operative with the Rams Trust exhibiting, plus FC United ran a hugely successful family fun day at their proposed site for the new stadium at Newton Heath. New look SD You'll notice from the new logo on this email, and the branding if you were at the Conference that there's a new look and feel about SD. Following a review of what we do, we’re focusing on being a much more outward looking organisation, campaigning for the kinds of changes we all want in our sports. Keep an eye out over the coming months, the logo is just the start. |
Click on the links below to view the Conference presentations Community Shares Using social media to get your message across Just how broken is football’s financial model Ways to know your club is up the financial creek before it enters administration Social and Community Value of Football Newport County ST Cardiff City ST Bristol City ST Newcastle United ST Watch, use and pass them on! Related to the Conference you will also find The Social Value of Football Summary Report, Plus on the WIKI this month some other related documents that were discussed at the Conference Should we offer free membership? talks about a hot topic in the trust movement, and Deciding on the right community project for your trust and Social Media build on successful workshops that ran at the Conference last month Dates for your diary SD Cup & SD Shield 24th July, Telford Everyone welcome along to see the clubs do battle for the SD Cup and SD Shield. More details Rugby League Conf & Challenge Cup October 9th and 10th George Hotel and the Zone Huddersfield More details to follow Funding Central A website that we’d recommend trusts take a look at is Funding Central. You can sign up to receive tailored information about relevant grants in your area |
Rugby League: laura.harrison@supporters-direct.org
Media Enquiries: kevin.rye@supporters-direct.org
Supporters - Scotland: elaine.millar@supporters-direct.org
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Other Enquiries: enquiries@supporters-direct.org
