Football strategyRecap: How the Football Board fits in with the club’s long-term football and recruitment strategy. With the January transfer window now closed, we have been getting questions about the long-term football and recruitment strategy of the club’s Football Board, so we thought a reminder of how the board was set up and constituted would be helpful. We invited Head of Recruitment & Analysis Will Daniels to host a Meet The DTB special back in November, and the full recording can..
3.3 is the magic number as Plough Lane Bond remains open
Having smashed its initial target, fhe Dons Trust is delighted to accounce that their Plough Lane Bond scheme remains open. Already this year more than £2.4m has been invested in the scheme, which is continuing to aim at a new target of all the threes: “3.3 by 3/3”. This hopes to bring the total well over £3m in March. Bonds can be purchased with a choose your own interest rate of up to 6% for new purchasers, or 7% for..
Dons Trust Board meeting summary – 16 February 2022
On Wednesday 16 February 2022, the Dons Trust Board (DTB) gathered via Microsoft Teams for its regular monthly meeting. This is a summary of matters discussed, pending publication of full minutes.
Attendees were as follows:
From the Dons Trust Board (DTB): Charlie Talbot, Freddy Flaxman, Graham Stacey, Hannah Kitcher, Kris Stewart, Luke Mackenzie, Michele Little, Niall Couper, Xavier Wiggins.
Also in attendance: Secretary – Martin Newton, Minute Taker..
Dons Trust Programme notes – Sunderland 12/2/22
BOARD MEMBER NIALL COUPER CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF THE DONS TRUST
“Take over 1,200 Wimbledon fans, add a liberal sprinkling of VIPs including MPs and members of Merton Council, guest speakers, a passionate MC, over 60 stewards, the FA Cup and a host of ex-players. Place in a theatre for three hours, and gently stir and infuse with emotion. What have you got? The launch of the Dons Trust on 10 February 2002.”
Those are the memories of Lou..
Dons Trust Programme notes – Rotherham 8/2/22
DTB MEMBER NIALL COUPER DISCUSSES THE POSSIBILITY OF THE CLUB BECOMING A B CORP.
Over the last 12 months, the Dons Trust has been developing an over arching strategy. And as part of that process the Trust asked its members how they would feel about the club becoming a B Corp.
It is a huge step for the club and if successful the club would become the first EFL club to become a B Corp.
B Corporation Certification is given..
We Need You! Volunteers Wanted
We need you! Our team of volunteers will be handing out leaflets to promote the Plough Lane Bond at tonight’s game against Rotherham and at upcoming home games. Could you spare an hour ahead of kick-off?As part of our efforts to hit £2.2million on the Plough Lane by 22.2.22 we are also looking to distribute around 20,000 leaflets through letterboxes over the next few weeks and need additional volunteers to help make this happen. If you are able to help,..
Celebrating 20 years of the Dons Trust
The Dons Trust turns 20 this month!
Join us to celebrate this fantastic achievement next Thursday 10 February 2022 from 18:00 GMT at The Phoenix Pub.
Come down to toast 20 years of our fan-owned club, in our pub back at Plough Lane.
No registration is required, just turn up and enjoy!
The club shop and museum will also be open until 19:00 GMT.
With thanks to Founding Chair, Lou Carton-Kelly, for coordinating this celebration.
Dons Trust Programme notes – Cheltenham 1/2/22
DTB MEMBER NIALL COUPER HAS A CHALLENGE FOR EVERYONE ATTENDING TONIGHT’S GAME.
It’s Tuesday night, so it must be football night (again).
You know what, there’s not much that beats watching the Dons under the floodlights.
Anyway, as you sit here admiring the stadium we built together do turn your attention to what we can do next.
Basically, my friends it’s action time!
Get out your phones, there are three things I’m going to ask you to do right now…
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Dons Trust Programme notes – Shrewsbury Town 29/1/22
DTB MEMBER LUKE MACKENZIE REFLECTS ON OLLIE PALMER’S DEPARTURE AND HIGHLIGHTS A FEW PROJECTS OFF THE PITCH.
The phrase ‘football is a game of opinions’ never rings more true when a transfer happens. I’m writing this on Monday, the day Ollie Palmer signed for Wrexham. I remember being excited when he signed, watching the boxing video to announce that he was coming in. He certainly had patches in his time with us where he looked unplayable. But he also had..
Dons Trust Programme notes – Ipswich Town 25/1/22
DTB MEMBER GRAHAM STACEY TAKES US BEHIND THE SCENES. WHAT DO WE ACTUALLY DO?
Since I joined the board, I’ve been asked a lot of questions. And I’ve always tried to answer them as openly as possible – it’s something I strongly believe that we, as a board, should try our best to do. But the most common question is what do we actually do? So I thought it might be vaguely interesting to give you an idea of how..
