YOUR CLUB, YOUR TRUST
Membership Rights
The Gloucester City AFC Supporters Trust operates on a one member, one vote basis - regardless of how you joined or how much you pay for your membership. Each member owns a share in the Trust 'company' for as long as your membership is paid up to date.
Significant decisions and the election of Board Members are usually decided by our Annual General Meeting. You have a right to see how the Trust uses your money and to see the accounts.
If you have an idea or want to get involved, your opinion and help will always be welcome. If you don't like something, or want us to do something more, get involved.
We can only do as much as our members enable us to do. It's your organisation.
You can find out more about the Trust's aims, structure, decision making, code of conduct - and your rights and responsibilities as a Trust Member inside ourGCST Member's Handbook - download it here.
Benefits
Well, right now this is a fairly awkward question... Isn't the best benefit the warm glow of knowing you're helping our football club, your fellow fans, and our fair city?
What we can now say is that since March 2024 the Trust is now a joint owner of Gloucester City AFC having acquired a formal 16% shareholding, and achieving our long held founding ambition for the fans to once again hold a collective stake in our football club. That shareholding means that each Trust member in turn also now owns an equal share of that 16% stake in the club.
However the Trust isn't really about benefits, the Trust is not about asking what your football club can do for you, but asking what you can do for your football club. And in turn making sure it improves and grows in a way you want, and thrives within our community. And of course each of our members gains an equal £1 non-refundable share in the Trust itself for the duration of your membership.
However, the Trust is now running supporter coaches for away games so we can offer a 10% discount to Trust members on away travel. In the past the Trust was able to offer members some other small benefits as a thank you for your support and whilst this hasn't been possible in recent times we hope to revisit this in the near future. We do feel you, the supporters, should be recognised for the contribution we make.