We are pleased to invite you to a Special General Meeting, to be held on Monday 28 April 2025 at 7.00pm in the Legends Lounge at Plough Lane and online.
The meeting will begin with a special Q&A with special guest Jacqui Oatley live from 7pm in the Legends Lounge.
The meeting will include a presentation from the DTB looking at the strategy for the coming years and the opportunity for members to ask their questions. Following this the scope..
The public version of the ESG report following the 2024 election is now available via: ESG Report 2024
George Jones
Acting Secretary
Save the Date
The next Dons Trust SGM will take place on Monday 28th April More details will follow in due course.
The deadline for members resolutions is Monday 31st March. If you intend to submit a members resolution or would like any assistance in relation to one please feel free to email secretary@thedonstrust.org
George Jones
Acting Secretary
The DTB held its full March meeting on Wednesday 19th March at Plough Lane.
Apologies were received from Simon Hood, Hannah Kitcher and Graeme Price, noting that the meeting had been moved from the original planned date. Mick Buckley who was due to attend a section of the meeting also sent apologies.
The meeting began with a presentation from John Lynch on the latest projects and news from WiSH. This was followed by a q&a..
The full Dons Trust Board February Meeting took place on Wednesday 26th February at Plough Lane. Apologies were received from Graeme Price, with the Board noting that this was a result of the change in date for the meeting. The rest of the board were in attendance in person alongside George Jones and Reece Wheeler-Kelly. Michele Little and Craig Cope were also present for specific agenda items.
The minutes from the January board meeting were approved for publication.
At the meeting the..
Dons Trust Board meeting Monday 17th February 2024
A meeting was convened in addition to the scheduled February meeting to discuss the club season ticket proposals. Apologies were received from James Longhurst and Ian Robinson who both sent in their views on the topics up for discussion and Reece Wheeler-Kelly.
At the start of the meeting Sean placed on record the Board’s sorrow at the passing of Tom Adam, who was elected to the first DTB in 2002, later..
Plough Lane Bond – 2025 redemptions updateOn the 31st January, the first of the 2020 Plough Lane Bonds (essential in the funding of our stadium) became due to be repaid.
As ever our members and bondholders have shown phenomenal generosity. The Dons Trust contacted all the relevant bondholders and gave people a range of options for their bonds. £585,000 of bonds were due to be repaid, and the options taken broke down like this:
£14,250 was donated directly to the..
Dons Trust StatementThe Dons Trust is disappointed to announce that Ivor Heller is unfortunately not able to take up his position on the Dons Trust Board. Ivor was looking forward to using his knowledge and experience to help the Club continue its development and progress in this role, however he will continue to contribute as a valued Dons Trust member and Club Life Vice-President .
The DTB will begin the process for appointing a new board member at its next meeting
Dons Discord Now LiveOur Dons Discord server is now live and you can join by following this link.
If you do not already have a Discord account you will have to create one here: https://discord.com/register
If you already have a Discord account, simply log on and follow the link above to join the server.
Once you are on the server, please follow the instructions on the rules and account guidelines channel to be permitted to see all of the channels and start interacting..
Over the last few years we have had multiple questions and discussions about the decisions and planning around Plough Lane and especially the West Stand.
The board have worked closely with the club leadership and management team to give members some more insight here: