Membership to the Trust is open to any individual aged 16 years or over or any firm, business, group, organisation or likewise (by way of single representation aged 16 years or above) providing applicants agree to, adhere to and are in compliance with the Trust Rules.
Membership is currently available at 3 levels, Annual Individual Membership, Annual Business Membership and Honorary Membership, details of which can be found below.
Membership fees must be paid in full upon submitting a completed Membership Application Form and are non-refundable under any circumstances.
Annual Individual Membership
Annual Individual Membership is open to any individual aged 16 years or over providing they agree to, adhere to and comply with the rules of the Trust and their accompanying side policies.
Individual Membership costs just £2 per year and runs from 1st September to 31st August.
Please see Membership Benefits for further information.
Annual Business Membership.
Annual Business Membership is open to any firm, business, group, organisation or likewise (by way of single representation aged 16 years or above) providing they agree to, adhere to and comply with the rules of the Trust and their accompanying side policies.
Business Membership costs just £10 per year and runs from 1st September to 31st August.
Please see Membership Benefits for further information.
Honorary Membership
Honorary Membership is reserved for those individuals, businesses and organisations that the Trust Board see deserved including (but not limited to) current and former Walsall FC players, managers and staff and Trust sponsors.
Honorary Members do not own any shares in the Trust itself and membership does not carry the same right or Membership Benefits as paid up Individual or Business Members.
Honorary Membership runs for life unless the Board are asked to cancel it by the recipient member or in the case of sponsors etc, until their support of the Trust comes to an end.
Life Membership.
Life Membership is no longer available. Existing Life Members registered under previous Trust Boards are entitled to the same rights and benefits as Individual Members on a rolling membership and are not required to renew their membership annually.
Membership Benefits
In addition to securing one equal share in the Trust (at £1), there are a number of other benefits that being a paid up Trust Member brings.
Paid up members are able to attend all Annual General Meetings and Special General Meetings held by the Trust and are entitled to an equal vote in any decision making (in person or in writing where a vote is required) as well an equal vote in any elections held by the Trust.
Paid up members are also eligible to stand for election to one of the offices of trust on the Trust Board, providing they are compliant with both the Trust Rules and Election Policy.
Paid up members are also allowed to bring forward Resolutions to any Annual General Meeting or Special General Meeting (in accordance to the rules) as well as question the Trust Board on its decision making and how it operates.
From time to time we are also able to offer you a number of Member Offers and Discounts to goods and services made available through our Business Members, so please feel free to check that out too.
Additional Benefits for Business Members
The named representative from any firm, business, group, organisation or likewise has the right to the same benefits as any other paid-up member and as posted above providing the are in compliance with the Trust Rules.
In addition, paid up Business Members are entitled to 1 x colour graphic (either banner or block) advertisement to advertise their business or service on our Business Members page (either your own artwork or logo or we can do that for you), along with a short descriptive write-up and links to their website and/or social media platform or platforms (3 max).
The graphic and supporting write up / links will remain on our site for as long as you are a paid up member of the Trust.
Additional advertising space may be available for an agreed fee and any enquiries regarding this should be made via email to enquires@walsallfctrust.org.uk.
Honorary Members.
The Membership Benefits noted above are for paid members only and DO NOT apply to Honorary Members.
Cancelling Membership
Although we hope you never see reason too, membership to the Trust can be cancelled at any time in writing to the Secretary of the Trust at:-
Steve Davies
Walsall Football Supporters' Trust
159 Woodland Road
Stanton
Burton-on-Trent
Derbyshire
DE15 9TJ
Or electronically via email to walsall1888@aol.com.
Please allow up to 28 days for your membership cancellation to be completed.
Once cancellation is complete, your share in Walsall Football Supporters' Trust will be returned to the Trust and may not be sold or transferred to any third party in accordance to the Trust Rules.
Under no circumstances will a refund of membership fees be offered or made upon a membership being cancelled.