Thanks for the question Rob. The first thing to say is that the current Junior Grecians set up is doing a fantastic job and the first name on anyone's voting slip should be Clive in recognition of this. Promoting the Club, Junior Grecians, and the Trust to local football team members is of paramount importance as all of these players have an interest in football already and we need to foster this and grow it to relate it to their local professional club. The club already do a lot of work getting junior teams in to play at half time and the Football in the Community do a fantastic job promoting the club and matchdays. The one area where we need to improve is in promoting the Trust to the same people and I am not sure I have an answer as the reason for being is far removed from their own experiences of football. I'd welcome suggestions and indeed have been talking to other Trusts about both this and the recruitment and retention of members. Most other Trusts are jealous of our membership numbers and retention rates but if we want to stay in this position then its something we have to crack.I believe there’s nothing more important than fostering our local youth sports to provide children a safe place to get physically active and enjoy competitive football matches with their peers.
How would you like The Trust to be more involved in youth teams further promote The Trust & Junior Grecians and of course ECFC to all our FA Team members who play every weekend in the Greater Exeter Area.
Rob
HUFC & ECFC Supporter
Cheers, Neil