Congratulations to Barry Worthington

The 1895 Trust would like to congratulate committee member and Fundraising Officer Barry Worthington on completing the Belfast City Marathon on Monday, May 2nd.

Despite picking up an injury to his left knee after just 10km, Barry soldiered on and managed to complete the full 42km in less than five hours despite being in serious pain.

Barry trained for a full six months for the event and footed the entire bill to compete himself with all donations going to the 1895 Trust. We’re extremely thankful to anyone who donated to the cause and, if you haven’t done so, you can still donate online via the Trust’s PayPal account. Payment can be made using PayPal, by sending payment to shelstrust@gmail.com.

Congratulations again to Barry, the pints afterwards were fully deserved!

1895 Trust Business Plan Discussion

We are opening a discussion up to the end of June on the below document.  The business plan is a collation of all the information we have discovered and a reflection of what we consider to be the most likely scenario for fan ownership given the current state of play within the club. However we don’t have a monopoly on good ideas.  We are looking for all members of the 1895 Trust to read it and as many people as possible to contribute to shaping the final document.  The draft document is available here The 1895 Trust Business Plan 2016 Draft

We are looking for all sections of the club to read it and contribute too.  We will make an effort to present it to as many concerned people as possible within the club for input.  There will be a follow up meeting just on the document after we have finished taking on board the contributions we receive.  At the SGM on Thursday the 21st of April at 7:30pm there will be a presentation of an overview of the plan by myself.  If you want to contribute to the discussion on this please email us at shelstrust@gmail.com with the Subject line “Business Plan Discussion”.

I hope to see as many of you as possible tomorrow where hard copies of the document will be available.  Don’t forget we will also be voting on new members of the Trust Committee, hearing reports on the finances and membership and taking questions as a committee.

Acting 1895 Trust Chairperson,

Brian Stafford.