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Submit your views on supporter involvement in football clubs

December 10, 2014

A message from Supporters Direct

As you may know SD has been working behind the scenes with the UK Department of Culture, Media and Support (DCMS) and football authorities to bring about the long awaited Expert Working Group.

We now have a fantastic opportunity to shape the landscape of English football, and supporters’ role within it forever.

As a reminder, one of the key recommendations from DCMS’ Select Committee Football Governance Inquiry (2011) was to set up an Expert Working Group (EWG).
The purpose of the EWG is to identify solutions to current barriers preventing greater collective supporter share ownership of football clubs and explore the greater facilitation of supporter engagement and involvement in the governance and running of football clubs.

As you may know the first meeting of the EWG took place last month, and now an important step in the process has just been announced; a call for evidence.

The call for evidence is your chance to input into the process, critically sharing your experiences and expertise in some very specific areas. The EWG are looking for:

  • Expert evidence from supporter groups and from the sectors and industries involved outlining experience and opinion on which current football rules and regulations and / or statutory law create barriers to supporter ownership of football clubs; 
  • Ideas and opinion on any suggested changes to existing regulation or legislation which would support, sustain and incentivise greater collective supporter and community ownership of football clubs; 
  • Suggestions of best practice or ways to sustain and increase broader supporter engagement at football clubs in England and Wales.

To find out more, including the Terms of Reference for the group and how to submit evidence, please go to:
httpss://www.gov.uk/government/news/football-supporter-ownership-and-engagement-expert-working-group-issues-call-for-evidence

The EWG is due to produce initial recommendations in March 2015 and the call for evidence closes on January 9th.

SD are represented on the EWG by Robin Osterley and James Mathie, if you would like to discuss any submissions or have any questions about the process please drop James a line at james.mathie@supporters-direct.coop

 

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Trust launches monthly draw

December 8, 2014

The Trust board really appreciates the loyalty and support of members for the work and aims of the Trust movement. It is more vital than ever that we have a strong voice for supporters of Cardiff City Football Club.

As a thank you for your continuing support, The Trust board has agreed to launch a monthly draw for members from next month.

The monthly prize will be a £10 Marks & Spencer shopping voucher and it is planned to make the first draw towards the end of January. They will continue monthly throughout 2015.

Existing members will need to have renewed their membership and continue to be an active member to be eligible for all draws.

To be valid for the first draw, new members or renewals will need to have joined the Trust or renewed by December 31, 2014.

New members joining during any month will be eligible for the following month’s draw.

All winners will be notified following completion of the draws.

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Get your Santa Blue hat and more from Trust office

December 4, 2014

We will again be selling blue Santa hats from the Trust office before the Rotherham game on Saturday.

The hats cost just £2 and £1 from every sale goes to the work of the children’s hospice at Sully.

And just a reminder that we have copies left of Mario Risoli’s excellent book on Cardiff City’s European adventures, From Tashkent with Love. It’s available for £15 for Trust members – a discount of £1.95. It would make a great Christmas present for any Cardiff City fan and is signed by the author, Mario Risoli.

We’ve also still got a few copies left of the acclaimed Journey Back book by Paul Evans and Richard Holt.

The Trust office also has old programmes for sale, Fred Keenor statue T-shirts to clear for just £1, statue badges and the special commemorative programme produced for the statue unveiling.

Why not pop in. We’re open from 1-2.45pm

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Can you help the children’s hospice Tŷ Hafan?

December 3, 2014

The Supporters’ Trust and the club are coming together to raise funds for our chosen charity, Tŷ Hafan, which offers help and comfort to life limited children and their families.

We will be organising a bucket collection before our match against Fulham on Saturday, January 10, and are looking for Trust members to rattle the buckets and help us raise as much money as possible.
If you are interested in volunteering then send an email to help@ccfctrust.org
Take a couple of minutes to watch this moving film about Alice Hicks, a little girl who has a condition that means her life is going to be short. It shows how Tŷ Hafan supports Alice and her family, and helps them to create precious moments together that will last forever. https://youtu.be/nXU3S1TzYno

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Malky Mackay: A Statement

November 25, 2014

The Trust board has today issued the following statement​ ​

When the initial allegations of racist, sexist and homophobic emails were first revealed, the Trust board said that it would wait for the results of a Football Association inquiry, fully expecting that to be concluded within weeks. It has not.

We have recently been in contact with anti-racist campaigners and our members have again lobbied us to take action over the honorary Trust membership, originally awarded to Malky Mackay for his achievements as manager of Cardiff City.

The Trust is committed to working to bring together communities of all races and its partnership work with Show Racism the Red Card. The Trust, which has been commended for that work, abhors racism, sexism and homophobic behaviour in all its forms.

With still no timetable for the FA to report, we have decided to withdraw Malky Mackay’s honorary membership of the Trust with immediate effect.

The board is disappointed that the FA has yet to report but feels that it can wait no longer for the FA to come to its conclusion.

As members will know Malky Mackay, who has admitted using inappropriate and offensive language, is now a manager of a rival Championship club ​ and​no longer has any connection with Cardiff City.

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