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With so much going on at a local level it is often difficult to fully appreciate the work of other trusts, see the successes they have had and how they've achieved them. This session gave an opportunity to hear from supporters' trusts that have had a particularly busy year for different reasons - be it running campaigns, scrutinising their clubs, engaging and growing their membership or building partnerships and influence - something for everyone. We know that the relationship that a trust has with the club they support can have a big bearing on the type of work that goes on, so in the first session we heard from trusts that have a good partnership with their club, whereas in the second session we will heard from trusts that either have no working relationship or a begrudging one at best.
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OUR CLUB
BECAME A TRUST IN JULY 2009
OVER 33,000 Members .
Over 11,000 Facebook followers.
Members in over 30 countries.
Twitter Community.
Community Roadshows.
Supporter Surgeries.
Working to Encourage Club involvement in a truly representative supporter’s panel.
Hall of Fame events.
Local Achievers match tickets.
Junior section of the Trust – Fans of today supporting tomorrow.
Involvement with local charities.
£7,800 donated to the SBR Foundation.
Donations also made to the Charlie Crowe scanner appeal, Special care baby Unit and Multiple Sclerosis charities.
Actively campaign on issues that affect both club and community
£50 Million in pledges to support a Trust led buyout
Cross party support from local Council Politicians
Positive political support at Parliamentary level from local MP’s.
Actively seeking support of the Local Business Community.
Gained outline support from the FSA for the development of a financial vehicle that would suit fan based buyouts.
SUPPORT, ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE LOCAL TALENT
Part of a thriving Newcastle United fans community that embraces
Two nationally respected fanzines – True Faith and the Mag,
A weekly internet based fans Radio Show – Toon Talk
A fans website that gains more hits than the Club’s official site – NUFC.COM
At least 12 On-line fanzines, Blog sites and forums dedicated to NUFC
Strong support from local and National Press, Radio and TV
