Stirling Albion FC Supporters Trust

THE SUPPORTERS CLUB

WELCOME THE TRUST

For many years now the supporters club has been the main connection between the club and the supporters, now with the emergence of the supporters trust the supporters of Stirling Albion have another vehicle to bring them closer to the club. This will be a massive step to take the club closer to the community, which can only be for the club. The supporters club is fully behind the introduction of the trust and we intend to have a very close working relationship with each other. Steph Torrance and myself attended a number of the trusts working party meetings and were impressed on what a trust can do for the supporters, the club and community.

With things going well on the pitch this season the trust aims to bring this progress off the pitch as well. With our new commercial manager beginning to lay the foundations commercially and with the full support of the supporters club and the trust things can if we all join together have a bright future for Stirling Albion. So the supporters club is urging all fans to join the trust and give their enthusiasm for the club to all the fund raising activities and the acquisition of shares in the club in the coming years. With membership they will have their say in how the club is run when the trust gains a representative on the board. Below you will see the seven aims that the trust aims to achieve.

Jim Watson
Chairman
Stirling Albion Supporters Club

Aims of the Trust

1. to strengthen the bonds between the Club and the community which it serves and to represent the interests of the community in the running of the Club;
2. to benefit present and future members of the community served by the Club by promoting encouraging and furthering the game of football as a recreational facility, sporting activity and focus for community involvement;
3. to further the development of the game of football nationally and internationally and the upholding of its rules;
4. to encourage the Club to take proper account of the interests of its supporters and of the community it serves in its decisions;
5. to encourage and promote the principle of supporter representation on the board of any company owning or controlling the Club and ultimately to be the vehicle for democratic elections to the board;
6. to promote, develop and respect the rights of members of the community served by the Club and people dealing with the Society as set out in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, having regard in particular to the need to provide information to members and conduct the affairs of the Society in accessible and appropriate ways;
7. to promote coaching schemes to develop the skills of young people and to widen interest in football regardless of the sex or ethnic origin of those involved.