It’s just over 12 months since we signed our Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the club, so we thought it would be a good time to look back at what has happened to us as a trust since then.

As part of the MoU, the club agreed to have regular meetings with us and we are now meeting quarterly, with minutes published on our website (view here). The latest meeting was held on 5th Aug and the notes will be issued to members and posted on the trust website in the near future.

In addition, we do meet more regularly with the club to discuss specific items as and when necessary. FanZone, season ticket prices, crowd behaviour and disabled supporter facilities have all been on the agenda over the last 12 months.

We are proud of our involvement in helping make the FanZone happen and look forward to being involved in further developing the facility from the fantastic launch and adding even more to the match-day experience.

Elsewhere, we sponsored the first Lifetime Achievement Award that was presented to Simon Marland at the End of Season Awards Evening in May. We also hosted 5 trust members (plus one) at that event as winners of our members free prize draw.

As another benefit to members, in conjunction with one of our sponsors, Bernsteins Kitchens, we established the Trust Family Season Ticket scheme which gives trust members the chance to nominate a family who they feel deserve a day out at the UoB. This allowed many new families to attend a game, who may have otherwise not done so, was fully subscribed last season and is up and running again this season and nominations for September home games v Charlton and Peterborough can be made on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Our trust is now represented on the FSA National Council and several trust board members are involved in the Fair Game project.

An advertising board in the ground, presence in the FanZone, a page in the match-day programme, a growing number of affiliates and a partnership with Her Game Too have all meant this last 12 months have been the most successful and productive in the six years since our formation. For this we thank Sharon Brittan, the club board and Neil Hart, because relationships like this need input from both sides in order to grow and flourish.

The passion and commitment that exists throughout our club was evident at Port Vale yesterday, when over 3,000 travelling Wanderers fans played their part in helping us take a point and stay undefeated in what can only be described as “difficult circumstances”.

The whole vibe about our club is better now than it has been at any point during the last six years and is evidence of the progress made during the last 12 months since the signing of the MoU.

The trust board would like to thank our members for their valuable input during this period, as their voice is now being heard. And that is why we need to build on this positive relationship and grow the trust to represent as many BWFC fans as possible, wherever they are in the world, and act as a conduit for their views to be heard.

If you are already a member, thank you for your support and please make sure you are on annual subscription status by logging in here.

If you are not a member, please consider joining us and helping us take our relationship and standing within our club to even higher and more meaningful levels. You can join by clicking here and becoming a trust member for the equivalent of 20p per week.

You can also visit us in the FanZone prior to every home game for a chat and join the trust there.

Let’s do this together!

BWFCST
14 Aug 2022