BEDFORD TOWN PROGRAMME NOTES 16th November 2024

 Dear Supporter

 

Thank you to everyone who has paid to have their name on the Working Together Boards and also joined the Trust.  We raised £1085 via this scheme – we paid the Club for the boards (obviously!).  We gained 49 Trust members and 2 life members. 

 

The initiative has come to an end now – you can still join the Trust though - visit POPPIES TRUST: MEMBERSHIP (ktfctrust30.blogspot.com); membership is £10.  Life membership is £100.  U16s free.

 

Our next fund-raising initiative will be raffling off the subsequent FA Cup goals we have scored since the last raffle a few seasons ago – look out for details coming soon.  We still have some goals to score so it may be a few weeks before we have to start this fund-raising scheme!

 

 

Just a reminder that The Trust are registered with easyfundraising, which means you can raise FREE donations for us every time you shop online. Over 7,000 brands will donate to us when you use easyfundraising to shop with them – at no extra cost to yourself!  These donations really mount up and make a BIG difference to us, so we’d really appreciate it if you could take a moment to sign up and support us. It’s completely FREE and only takes a moment.  So far, those supporters that are registered have raised a total of £1218.22

You can find our easyfundraising page at https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/poppiestrust/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pmc&utm_content=gs-email1. Anyone who has already signed up - don't forget to go through the easyfundraising web page or app to shop online, to make sure your donations are activated.

 

Back in October, Trust Board member, Martin Bellamy, was presented with a Recognition of Valued Service Award along with other Club stalwarts, Sue Samuels and Bryony Gates.  The Award was presented to them by Rosie Whiting, MP for Kettering, at the home game versus Sudbury.  To be fair, Martin has been a stalwart of the Club whether he has been on the Trust Board or not – well deserved Martin.  And well done to Sue and Bryony too.

 

We are now well and truly back into League games with the FA Cup 2^nd round tie on the back-burner for now.  Last Saturday saw us take on Redditch Utd at home.  Redditch were a decent side but we plugged away and picked up 3 valuable points to stay top of the League.  A crowd of over 1800 turned up at Latimer Park for this game which was fantastic.  I know the voucher scheme was in operation once more but the interest is there.  Once the FA Cup is behind us, hopefully, some of those who have come along will stay for a while as this season looks like it is going to be a good one. 

 

Today we welcome Bedford to Latimer Park – another tough game in store.  At the time of writing, Bedford lie in the top 10 and only 5 points behind us – that’s how tight it is amongst those top 10 teams.

 

Thanks for your continued support and come on your Reds!

 

Karen Spencer-Lewis

Supporters Trust

Kettering Town (Poppies) Supporters Trust, PO Box 6492, Kettering, NN16 0YT

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Trust Board Members:  Karen Spencer-Lewis (Chair), Mark Severn (Treasurer),

Richard Atkinson (Vice Chairman), Bill Pringle, Lewis Horne, Martin Bellamy, Dave Tailby and Ed Palmer