WHATS THE ROLE OF SUPPORTERS DIRECT?
We at Supporters Direct help fans form trusts by offering them advice on what form it should take and how to get it off the ground and ensure that as many people get involved as possible. Having worked with fans setting up over 40 trusts in the last year, we can advise fans on what works and what doesn’t and give examples of good ideas from other places. As the fans who get involved are volunteers, it’s important that they don’t get disheartened of feel they wasted time on something that hasn’t delivered, so we help them not go up blind alleys and instead spend their time on things that will be positive. We can also take some of the load off their hands if we can, as we have full-time staff dedicated to a group of clubs, and we’re at the end of a phone to advise if needed. We also pay for all the legal costs of setting up a Trust and provide small start-up grants, to cover things like advertising, printing, and room hire and so on.
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