Communications Manager wanted

Posted on September 14, 2023 by kevinrye

The Dons Trust https://thedonstrust.org/ is the membership organisation which owns AFC Wimbledon https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/ – the football club started in 1889 and which has been fan-owned since 2002.

We are looking for a comms-savvy volunteer to help support The Dons Trust’s external and internal communications.

This position will help to gain hands-on experience and training in many aspects of communications, public relations, and marketing, while also gaining a good understanding of the workings of a large, voluntary organisation, a professional football..

Help the Dons Trust Board

Posted on February 15, 2021 by The Dons Trust

The Dons Trust is looking for volunteers to share in minute-taking duties for board meetings and for general meetings with members.

The Dons Trust Board (DTB) is looking to enhance the Secretariat support as its tackles its priorities for this year and so is recruiting additional minute takers.

In all, there are around 15–18 formal meetings per year and this is increasing. The Secretariat wishes to expand the team of minute-takers so as to share the workload and ensure that..

The Dons Trust Board is seeking a Treasurer

Posted on May 16, 2020 by The Dons Trust

The Trust’s Treasurer, Mukesh Desai, has decided to stand down, owing to the conflicting pressures of his day-job and performing the role of Treasurer. The board wishes to extend its thanks to Mukesh for the valuable work he has performed for us over the past year. Mukesh has kindly agreed to remain in post for a few more weeks until the Trust’s year-end accounts have been prepared.

The Trust’s board wishes to recruit a suitably qualified Treasurer to replace Mukesh…

Can you help our media output?

Posted on October 11, 2019 by The Dons Trust

Earlier this summer the Dons Trust Board approved a new ‘communications ethos’. We are now seeking two volunteers to help deliver it on an ongoing basis.

The two volunteers will work together to:

attend monthly board meetings and produce a summary of discussions for uploading to the Trust website use Zoho Social to increase the Trust’s presence and engagement on social media use Mailchimp to create monthly emails to members monitor the contact@thedonstrust.org email address to respond to inbound email..

Can you help the Junior Dons?

Posted on October 9, 2019 by The Dons Trust

The Junior Dons section of the Dons Trust is looking to recruit several new volunteers.

Jane Lonsdale (Trust board member with responsibility for Junior Dons) is looking to recruit several volunteers to assist them. The adverts are lower down on this page and the roles cover:

Junior Dons Christmas Party volunteers Increasing the member offer for 12–16 year old Junior Dons Junior Dons Working Group members

Scroll down this page to see more details about the different roles.

The Junior..

Help the Junior Dons

Posted on May 29, 2019 by The Dons Trust

The Junior Dons Working Group is looking for a volunteer to collate and distribute gift requests from new Junior Dons.

The Junior Dons is the aged 16 and under members of the Dons Trust – the owners of AFC Wimbledon. The Junior Dons section was set up to promote the engagement of young supporters with both the club and the Trust so that their engagement and participation is maintained as they grow older.

There is currently a vacancy for a..

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Wanted: Volunteers to support Dons Trust membership section

Posted on May 12, 2019 by The Dons Trust

Help needed to ensure we support Dons Trust members applying for and renewing their membership.

Since its formation 17 years ago, the Dons Trust has grown to an organisation of over 3,500 members, spread across senior and junior sections. Throughout that period, the task of servicing members’ applications to join and renew annual membership has fallen to our loyal membership secretary, John Stembridge, with occasional support from volunteers on mailing out membership cards.

The Dons Trust now..

Giving something back

Posted on April 6, 2019 by The Dons Trust

Dons Trust Board member Jane Lonsdale reflects on the importance of letting our volunteers know how much we appreciate the work they put in.

I recently took a phone call from Blackpool Supporters’ Trust seeking our advice. They were putting out a plea for volunteers to help get their club back on its feet as soon as the receiver had officially taken control. They wanted to learn from our experiences of working with and recruiting volunteers.

It was a reminder..

New Trust treasurer

Posted on March 28, 2019 by The Dons Trust

We are pleased to announce that Mukesh Desai has stepped forward to become the Trust’s new treasurer.

Mukesh volunteered following an appeal for help made by the Trust board in February. His offer was formally accepted at last night’s Dons Trust board meeting. Mukesh’s is a non-board role looking after the Trust’s own accounts and finances.

We would like to thank outgoing treasurer Sean McLaughlin for his 13 years of service, including continuing to carry out the role until Mukesh’s..

Getting our priorities right

Posted on March 14, 2019 by The Dons Trust

Dons Trust Board member Hannah Kitcher has news of the Board’s priorities for the year ahead, and which members will be overseeing which areas.

On this page in the West Ham programme in January, I said that I’d share with you my targets as a Dons Trust Board (DTB) member. By sharing our targets with members, you then have something to hold us to account for. I admit that I did promise to do this by the end of February,..