
From the moment it was formed The Posh Supporters' Trust has received wonderful support, advice and information from Supporters Direct. But what exactly is Supporters Direct?
It is a government initiative, funded by public money, whose aim is to help people who wish to play a responsible part in the life of the football club they support. It exists to:
In order to achieve this, Supporters Direct helps in the formation of supporters' trusts as Industrial and Provident Societies to ensure democratic, transparent, representative bodies for supporters at their clubs; the democratic representation of supporters' trusts on football club boards; the ownership of shares in clubs by trusts and the pooling of individually-held shares in a club under the influence of the trust.
From over 200 enquiries from interested groups Supporters Direct has helped set up more than 120 supporters' trusts in England, Wales and Scotland.