Earlier today the Greater London Authority (GLA) announced that it was beginning a consultation in relation to the club’s planning application for a new stadium in Merton.

Please see the GLA website  for the statement in full.

As we understand it, this latest news means that the Mayor of London has called for any additional information that may challenge the original decision by Merton Council to approve the application.  If no substantial new information is forthcoming during the 14 day consultation..

The Dons Trust Election Steering Group, which manages the annual elections process through which Dons Trust Board members are chosen, is keen to recruit new members with a range of electronic media skills.

Roles include:

Facilitating Trust member/candidate exchanges through the Trust Webjam (which is due to launch soon) during the election period Liaising with members who are promoting independent election Twitter debates, podcasts and the like Administering the election’s Survey Monkey tool used for electronic voting

Any Trust member..

The Dons Trust Board is keen to draw its membership from as wide a cross-section of the membership as possible.

If you are thinking of standing in the 2016 election, you can discuss the role of a Board member with members of the current Board. This can be done in an informal way on match days (including the friendlies) at the Dons Trust kiosk (located on the entrance road to The Cherry Red Records Stadium) where Dons Trust Board members..

Dons Trust Board member Jane Lonsdale gives an update on the work she has been doing on behalf of the Board and Trust to enable members to be involved, be informed and be heard as part of the wider member engagement project.

 As you may be aware for a number of years now the Dons Trust Board has been looking for ways to add value to Trust membership. Board member, Jane Lonsdale, with support from David Growns and a project working..

The Trust has picked up about 350 new members in the last few weeks (we normally get one or two a week). Consequently, we need to organise a mass mail out and will need quite a lot of help.

Membership secretary John Stembridge is planning on preparing the packs (essentially envelope stuffing with certificate, letter, card and badge) over two evenings, Wednesday 13 July and Thursday 14 July, at the Sultan pub in South Wimbledon.

He plans to start around..

The Trust has received the following message from USA-based fan-owned club San Francisco City:

“From the membership of SF City FC, congratulations on your promotion!

“As a fellow supporter-owned club, if you are ever in San Francisco, we’d love to host you at a match. Email us in advance and we’ll be happy to give you complimentary tickets.

“We’re also proud to offer AFC Wimbledon members a 10% discount on any of our merchandise, with the discount code CONGRATSDONS on our..

The Dons Trust Board (DTB) held its monthly meeting at The Cherry Red Records Stadium on Tuesday, June 14. Ahead of publication of the redacted minutes, this article summarises the main points that were discussed.

The meeting started by expressing its thanks to the club staff and volunteers who worked hard in the build-up to the play-off final, especially those who helped staff the pop-up shop in Wimbledon Centre Court and others who contributed to the merchandising effort.

With club..

Earlier today the club published a press release issued by the English Football league announcing that Premier League Academy teams will be invited to enter the EFL Trophy (more recently the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy) for season 2016-17.

The Dons Trust Board strongly opposes this change and accordingly AFC Wimbledon Chief Executive Erik Samuelson spoke against it and voted against it at the EFL’s annual general meeting.  Regrettably the majority of League 1 and 2 clubs decided to vote in favour.

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The Dons Trust, the owner of AFC Wimbledon, is pleased to announce that contracts have been exchanged for the sale of Kingsmeadow stadium to Chelsea FC. 

This is an important next step in the club’s plans to move to a new stadium in Wimbledon. The funds raised by the sale of Kingsmeadow represent a significant contribution towards the cost of the new stadium.

Although contracts have been exchanged the deal will not become final until a number of conditions have..

The Dons Trust Board congratulates everyone who played a part in achieving Monday’s promotion success at Wembley.

That includes the fans who turned up at Wembley in unprecedented numbers to show their support for Wimbledon’s football club and its team.

It includes all the volunteers who put so much time and effort into making our club a success.

It includes all the club officials and the office and support staff who work tirelessly to deliver on the commitments they make.

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