Think Fan Engagement Silver Award“AFC Wimbledon and the Dons Trust are delighted to have received a Silver Award in the Think Fan Engagement Index 2025.
At the Dons Trust and AFC Wimbledon, fans are at the heart of what we do. Fan engagement is baked into our ownership model and the way we operate every day.
We are delighted to jabe achieved a silver award this year in the Fan Engagement Index.
But we can’t ever rest on our laures and we are..
The Dons Trust Board held it’s scheduled September meeting on Wednesday 10th September. Apologised were received from Ian Robinson and Simon Hood. The board approved the August minutes. An update was provided on the latest in the election process. Including a vote being taken in relation to a decision made by the ESG. The board then reviewed the outstanding actions list and reviewed the papers for the recent Club board meeting and discussed the topics due to be discussed at..
DT Election 2025: The HustingsDons Trust Election Hustings are live! The six candidates for the Dons Trust Elections 2025 have taken part in hustings videos which can now be viewed on YouTube on the platform’s @DonsTrustHustings channel https://www.youtube.com/@DonsTrustHustings The Individual candidate videos can be found via the following links: Alex Folkes https://youtu.be/mIG2JEv8BxM Sam Spencer https://youtu.be/SB6siD1_YAw James Ledward https://youtu.be/BxQ3Ta2ylyk Martin Drake https://youtu.be/EsjsSGnkpyg Chris Atkinson https://youtu.be/Tt1gPzMMUpg Simon Hood https://youtu.be/_Q5w4mc1RI8 Please note these hustings are unofficial and organised by volunteers. We would like to thank everyone involved in putting these together. Full candidate..
DTB elections and board statement – September 2025We understand that recent events surrounding the Dons Trust board elections, including resignations and candidate withdrawals, have caused concern, disappointment and confusion among some members.
The Dons Trust board share those feelings. This has been a challenging period for everyone involved.
We are committed to rebuilding trust, improving transparency and strengthening our democratic processes.
This update aims to set out what has happened, why certain decisions were made, and what steps we are taking..
Dons Trust Election 2025: Candidate AnnouncementWe are proud to be a fan-owned club, and the ultimate decision makers are the people Dons Trust members elect to the Dons Trust Board. The ESG are pleased to say that they have accepted 8 candidates to look to fill the vacant places, so there will be a contested election.
The candidates names have been randomised in the order they appear here with a separate random order being used on Dons Discord. Paper ballots will use a different random..
Fair Game Index Gold AwardAFC Wimbledon and the Dons Trust are delighted to have received a Gold Award in the Fair Game Index published today. The club is also one of only five in the English leagues judged ‘Regulator Ready’.
“This award is a testament to the hard work of club staff, our club board and the Dons Trust, the majority owners of AFC Wimbledon,” said Angus Fox, Chair of the Dons Trust. “We know that fan-owned clubs are the most reflective of our..
Dons Trust SGM: Your Questions, Our Updates, and Two Big Votes
On Monday 11th August 2025, we held our latest Special General Meeting in the 1889 Lounge at Plough Lane and online. It was another brilliant night that showed exactly what makes us a fan-owned club.
A Flying Start with Aaron Paul We kicked things off with a special Q&A as Maddi Sweetman sat down with broadcaster Aaron Paul to talk about the season ahead. Aaron gave his take on..
The Dons Trust held its August meeting on 13th August with apologies being received from Hannah and David. The board approved the minutes from both July meetings. A number of email decisions taken over the last month including: The appointment of James Ledward to fill a casual vacancy position, The appointment of David Rey to fill a casual vacancy position and the appointment of Dave Boyle to assist the ongoing constitution rewrite and to help advise the secretariat when needed..
Constitution review update – August 25The Dons Trust board is pleased to announce some changes to the constitutional review process that have been agreed to drive the process forward in the next few weeks.
New board member James Ledward will now be leading this on behalf of the DTB. We have asked Dave Boyle to work with James to get a draft constitution ready for consideration in October.
James brings professional governance experience from his time at Deloitte working in the Governance, Risk and Compliance..
Dons Trust Elections 2025We are proud to be a fan-owned club, and the ultimate decision makers are the people that Dons Trust members elect to the Dons Trust Board annually.
Elected members serve on the Board for a fixed time period, with a third stepping down each year, and this year however due to two board members not completing their terms there will therefore be elections to choose a minimum of five members.
Three will be elected to serve three year terms and..