With a General Election scheduled for next year, all the main parties have this week made a football-related announcement. In this article, David Growns summarises what’s happening:

Each of the announcements will strike a chord with us as fans and members of a supporter-owned football club. First the Liberal Democrats came in with support for the introduction of safe standing, which is welcome news. Whilst standing is allowed in League 2 it’s currently outlawed in the top two tiers. The..

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A BOARD MEMBER?

Dons Trust Vice Chair David Growns looks at what you should bring to the table.

You should know by now from the many announcements that it’s election time again! I think it’s safe to say that the club is currently experiencing the widest range of activity ever, and the Dons Trust Board (DTB) is in the thick of it. So what does it take to be a DTB member..

With the annual Dons Trust Board election about to take place, here is your chance to help set the direction of your club, says Board Secretary David Hall. AFC Wimbledon is owned by its supporters through the Dons Trust. The Dons Trust Board (DTB) sets the strategic direction of the club, appoints the staff who deliver the strategy and ensures that they deliver it. The DTB also engages with Trust members, and the wider community, to ensure that the strategy..

The second of the three general meetings for 2014 of the Dons Trust, AFC Wimbledon owner, took place on Thursday, 18 September.

Unusually, there were no special resolutions on which members were asked to cast their votes, so the whole meeting was an opportunity for the Football Club and Dons Trust boards to provide business updates, answer questions and be quizzed on matters uppermost in members’ minds.

Much of the focus of the FCB report concerned the latest on the Club’s..

James Mathie, Manager of the Supporters Direct Club Development team, is encouraging football clubs to take advantage of a new funding initiative for community enterprises.

At SD Club Development we recently spent an interesting morning being introduced to a new fund called Power to Change, which will enable 150 million of Big Lottery money to be directed towards community enterprises. The fund is due to be up and running by early 2015, and the aim is to support local communities..

In this article from the Burton programme, Dons Trust Board member Mark Davis has news of some events to look forward to this season, and appeals for volunteers.

Many of you will remember fundraising events that have been held to raise money for the Dons Trust. These have included dinners and buffet evenings attended by heroes from the club’s recent and more distant history, sponsored walks, sponsored runs, six-a- side football tournaments and occasional matchday raffles. These events have provided..

The next Special General Meeting of 2014 will be held at The Cherry Red Records Stadium at 7.30pm on Thursday 18th September.  Below is the invitation sent to all DT members and links to all the relevant documents:

Agenda :

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7h0V1pXh6kxakxTLXpGR0UtZnM/edit?usp=sharing

Minutes of the previous meeting:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7h0V1pXh6kxRVBZalRSeGV3TTQ/edit?usp=sharing

Dear Fellow Member,

I’m writing to invite you to the second of this year’s Dons Trust Special General Meetings (SGM), details as above.

As you may know, the Dons Trust holds..

At last Tuesday’s Capital One Cup tie in Buckinghamshire, AFC Wimbledon fans gave very visible support for Coventry City supporters’ campaign to return their club to the Ricoh Stadium, by holding up ‘Fix Football’ posters in the 35th minute of the game. The following is a letter of thanks to the Dons Trust Board from the Secretary of the Sky Blue Trust.

Very many thanks for the support given to the plight of Sky Blue fans at your game at Milton Keynes last..

Board member Kris Stewart reports on the recent Supporters Summit held at Wembley, which was attended by several Dons Trust Board members. This article originally appeared in the Dons vs Shrewsbury Town matchday programme on 9 August 2014.

Exciting times, eh? Another season back in the Football League, some very encouraging signings, and we’re looking the best we ever have for actually getting home. I hope our achievements together make you as proud to own our club as they do..

This article first appeared in the Dons v Chelsea pre-season friendly on Saturday 19 July 2014.

 Chairman Matthew Breach provides an update from the Dons Trust Board on close-season developments.

First I’d like to welcome everyone back to The Cherry Red Records Stadium as we start our preparations for our fourth season back in the Football League. Amazingly this will be the first time we’ll have spent a fourth consecutive season in the same division since our relegation from the..