Supporters Direct has been working since 2000 to help supporters gain influence in the running and ownership of their club. We have helped our members to establish 192 trusts in the UK and we have worked with supporters to purchase and develop more than 40 community owned clubs. We have supported these members in raising more than £50 million to be reinvested back into their clubs and communities including £6 million through community shares projects; an area where we are market leaders.
In 2017, Supporters Direct Scotland incorporated locally as a democratic Community Benefit Society, founded on cooperative principles.
Supporters Direct Scotland is the democratic structure which gives Scottish football fans a voice in how their clubs, and the national game, are run.
Club Development Consultancy aims to make the fundamental insights from our work in Scottish football available to any club, anywhere, and in any sport, free of charge.
In addition, our expertise in applying these insights is available to any club on a not-for-profit basis, with all proceeds re-invested in the core work of Supporters Direct Scotland.
Our objectives as an organisation are as follows:
We have been active in Scotland since 2002 where we’ve helped establish over 30 Supporters Trusts and groups. Of these, 8 have majority ownership of their club, and a further 7 have a degree of representation within the governance of their club.