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Minutes from the Trust Board meeting held virtually on 7th September 2021. Present: Peter Warrilow (PW), Mo Razzaq (MR), John Taylor (JT), Stuart Paul (SP), Stephen Morley (SM)   Apologies – Karl Bowater (KB), Neil James (NJ) ClubCollect Membership System – MR now has full access to the Admin part so can access members detailsRead more

Minutes from the Trust Board meeting held virtually on 25th August 2021. Present: Peter Warrilow (PW), John Taylor (JT), Stuart Paul (SP), Stephen Morley (SM)   Apologies – Karl Bowater (KB), Neil James (NJ), Mo Razzaq (MR) Minutes of last meeting  – reviewed and updated. Handover –  Domain name appears to have been paid forRead more

Minutes from the Trust Board meeting held virtually on 28th July 2021. Present: Peter Warrilow (PW), Mo Razzaq (MR), Stuart Paul (SP), John Taylor (JT), Neil James (NJ), Stephen Morley (SM), Karl Bowater (KB)   Apologies – none Minutes of last meeting – reviewed and updated Finance – Current account still £10,596 but does notRead more

Minutes from the Trust Board meeting held virtually on 27th May 2021. Present: Peter Warrilow (PW), Mo Razzaq (MR), Stuart Paul (SP), John Taylor (JT), Neil James (NJ), Stephen Morley (SM) Simon Goodyear (SG) Apologies: Karl Bowater (KB) Membership – SG joined us for this first item and outlined the systems he has been usingRead more

Matters discussed at the Operational FCG with the Club on July 8th. Fan Representatives Peter Warrilow, AVST; Anne-Marie Fern, Heroes & Villans; Jonathan Fear, Vital Villa; David Michael, My Old Man Said; Nilesh Chauhan, Villans Together; Monnie Bhullar, Punjabi Villans; John Gillett, Lions Clubs; Scott Jones, Villa Talk; Joanne McKibbens, AV Disabled Supporters Association. Apologies:Read more

The Trust and other supporter groups met with club officials on June 24th for a virtual Fans Consultation Group Meeting with Christian Purslow. Here are the matters that were discussed and details of the attendees. Fan Representatives Peter Warrilow & Mo Razzaq, AVST; Joe Costello, Heroes & Villans; Jonathan Fear, Vital Villa; Nick Sanders, avillafan.com;Read more

Minutes from the Trust Board meeting held virtually on 28th January 2021. Present: Peter Warrilow (PW), Mo Razzaq (MR), Simon Goodyer (SG), Jonny Gould (JG), Stuart Paul (SP), Nigel Canin (NC), John Taylor (JT) Apologies: Neil James (NJ), Karl Bowater (KB) We emphasised that we are a community organisation with a broad church of volunteers.Read more

The Trust and other supporter groups met with club officials on April 8th for a virtual Fans Consultation Group Meeting. Here are the matters that were discussed and details of the attendees. Fan Representatives Peter Warrilow & Mo Razzaq, AVST; Joe Costello, Heroes & Villans; John Gillett, Lions Clubs; Scott Jones, Villa Talk; Jonathan Fear,Read more

Following on from the recent meeting with Christian Purslow, we returned to more operational matters when we met with the Club on 24th November. This was in the backdrop of the second national lockdown coming towards an end and talk of fans returning to football matches. Though, this was before the Government announced further detailsRead more

The Trust and other supporter groups met with Villa CEO Christian Purslow on Tuesday 27th October. This meeting was somewhat overdue with our previous meeting being pre-lockdown in December of last year. With Premier League survival confirmed at the end of ‘Project Re-Start’ Christan Purslow summarised the key events and decisions that were made post-lockdown.Read more