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25/04/2008 - press Release; Nottingham Forest Supporters Trust

Fans vote overwhelmingly for the right to have a say.

At a meeting held last night at the Village Hotel Chilwell, Nottingham Forest fans voted overwhelmingly for the creation of a Supporters Trust at Nottingham Forest with 87.5% of those attending presented the working group with a mandate to proceed.

The working group can now move forward and establish the Trust with the help of Supporters Direct. A supporters’ trust is an inclusive, democratic, transparent and accountable organisation which will undertake to;

• To encourage the club to take proper account of the interests of its supporters and of the community it serves in its decisions
• To develop a formalised and structured relationship with the club
• To strengthen the bonds between the club and its communities
• To give supporters, collectively, the opportunity to acquire and have a stake in the Club

For further information on Trusts in general please refer to www.supporters-direct.org

Editors Notes:

• Supporters Direct is an Industrial and Provident Society, owned by its members, and funded by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund – the partner organisation of the Football Foundation, and in Scotland by the Scottish Government.
• We have assisted in setting up over 150 supporters' trusts in England and Scotland. 
• Trusts have a combined membership of over 120,000 people
• Trusts have now put over £28 million into football, have 13 clubs in ownership or control and there are over 40 supporters' trusts with directors on the boards of their clubs
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