If you’re in two minds whether to join up or not, here are some of the benefits that you will receive upon signing up:
- You get a newsletter emailed out at the start of every month that details what the Trust has been up to and what is coming up. A Trust survey suggested that members found this newsletter to be the best way of keeping up to speed with Trust activities.
- Trust members are given the opportunity to ask questions to the Dale board. The Trust will meet with the Board of Directors twice a year, and in the build up to that will invite questions from Trust members. We conduct regular meetings with the club as well where we will convey the opinion of the members to them.
- You get discounts for Trust activities. Whilst many of our activities are free of charge, last year the Curry Night was £25 for members and £30 for non-members. Similar discounts will be offered for all paid events.
- You get the chance to win a Player’s Shirt. Each month, we do a poll to find the Player of the Month, and one member drawn at random makes the presentation to the winning player and gets that player’s shirt, and a copy of the plaque presented. When we do the draw, we will often have to draw several times before we get a Trust member
- The Trust will have three Matchball Sponsorships throughout the season wherein six Trust members will join us and a Dale legend for hospitality before the game and tickets to the game. The Trust members will be selected randomly from the membership list.
- Trust members are offered discounts at a number of local businesses. You can save far in excess of your £5 membership fee by taking advantage of our Friends of the Trust.
- Members decide who is on the Trust Committee. When needed, elections are held to fill the positions on the Trust Committee which gives members the opportunity to make appropriate changes.
- Finally, our Exiles Coordinator Ian Goodwin (Sheffield based) issues monthly Exiles Newsletters and organises two Exile Days per season, one at the Crown Oil Arena and the other at an away game.
Click here to join as an Adult or Exile
Click here to sign more than one person up at a time
Click here to join as a Junior