James Ledward and David Rey join the Board

Posted on August 11, 2025 by

The Dons Trust are pleased to announce the appointment of James Ledward and David Rey to its board. Each has experience we identified the board needed.

We also thank the other two candidates with useful skills who put their names forward to fill these demanding roles.

James Ledward – Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I). James recently caught the Dons bug, having lived in Colliers Wood for a couple of years. He has incredibly strong ED&I experience having worked tirelessly engaging with under-represented groups including chairing an..

Sky Survey

Posted on July 29, 2025 by

Following some concerns raised by AFC Wimbledon fans and members about the impact of the new Sky TV deal, the Dons Trust Board decided to survey all our members about the positive and negative impact of the the deal. This survey was conducted before the welcome recent announcement by Sky about better notice periods for re-scheduled games.

We received almost 1,000 responses, making this the biggest return of any of our regular surveys.

We found that more than 30% of..

Dons Trust SGM 11th August 2025

Posted on July 21, 2025 by

Special General Meeting of The Dons Trust We are pleased to invite you to a Special General Meeting, to be held on Monday 11 August 2025 at 7.00pm in the 1889 Lounge at Plough Lane and online.

The meeting will begin with a special Q&A with special guest Aaron Paul live from 7pm to preview the 2025/26 season.

The meeting will include a vote on the minority investment from John Green and Across the Pond Dons LLC. More information on..

Secretary and Assistant secretary made permanent

Posted on July 18, 2025 by angusf

George Jones has been Acting Secretary and Reece Wheeler-Kelly has been Acting Assistant Secretary since their appointment last year. At our last regular board meeting, on 9th July, it was agreed by the board that they had demonstrated by their activities since then that they were no longer ‘Acting’ and we are pleased to announce that they are now our Secretary and Assistant Secretary.

The board would like put on record our thanks to both of them for their continued..

The Dons Trust board has two vacancies for new members

Posted on July 16, 2025 by angusf

Our elected board is looking for two additional members to help us with our work immediately. We are looking for enthusiastic, experienced members to bring additional expertise and capacity. The knowledge, skills and experience we need most are:

Corporate finance and/or strategy: We would like someone who has previously worked in the assessment of capital requirements and analysis of detailed budgets and has experience of advising leadership on strategic financial opportunities. Equality, diversity and inclusion: We want to find someone with expertise in EDI..

DTB July Short Notice Meeting Summary

Posted on July 15, 2025 by

A Dons Trust Board Meeting was held on the evening of Monday 14th July online. Apologies were received from Ian Robinson. All other remaining board members were present.

The meeting was called following the board being informed that Sean McLaughlin had resigned from the Dons Trust board and Club board with immediate effect.

At the meeting Angus Fox was elected as chair, Graeme Price was elected as vice chair and James Longhurst elected as a representative on the Club board.

Dons Trust Statement

Posted on July 15, 2025 by

Sean McLaughlin has resigned from the Dons Trust board and Club board with immediate effect. Following this a Dons Trust board meeting was held on the evening of Monday 14th July where Angus Fox was elected as chair, Graeme Price was elected as vice chair and James Longhurst elected as a representative on the Club board.

DTB July Meeting Summary

Posted on July 12, 2025 by

The Dons Trust Board held its July meeting at Plough Lane on the 9th July. Apologies were received from Alex, Hannah and Martin. The board approved the minutes from the June meeting. The outstanding actions list was reviewed with a number being completed since the last meeting. The decision to approve the 2025-26 budget was ratified. A discussion took place surrounding topics covered at the recent club board meeting. An update was provided on the clubs financial position with a lengthy..

Vacancy: advisor to the Dons Trust secretariat

Posted on July 4, 2025 by angusf

Following a review which began towards the end of last year, the Dons Trust is seeking suitable applicants for the role of advisor to the Dons Trust secretary.

Responsible to the Dons Trust board and supporting the secretariat in its work the advisor’s key duties are to provide advice and guidance as well as mentoring and coaching to our secretary and assistant Secretary to develop our competence as our club grows.

The role of the secretary is defined in our..

Dates for your diary summer 2025

Posted on June 28, 2025 by

We are delighted to confirm two dates for your diary including an open strategy and the details for our Summer SGM.

Monday 14th July 7.30pm: Strategy consultation online open meeting.

A live meeting where members can ask questions and give their views to the board on the strategy document shared at the Spring SGM. The document can be viewed via: Link

This meeting will take place live on the Dons Discord. If you have not registered yet you can join..

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