Within our first meeting with Acun, Tan and Jim we were asked how can the Club get people back to the stadium and watching City. With this in mind, we created a survey and launched it to the Hull City fanbase, not just our members. The survey was amplified over social media by the Club, members and local radio.
Positively, almost a thousand fans responded. Besides collating fan demographic data we were interested in the fans view of the following:
Attendance of matches Moving away fans / City fans behind both goals Safe standing Current membership scheme What would stop fans attending Supporter committee meetings
We have presented the findings to the club, who were very appreciative of the information and have promised to study it further.
Hull City Supporters Trust have supported Hull City Ladies for five years as player sponsors currently the longest serving player sponsor for the Club.
The Ladies are not affiliated to Hull City AFC and therefore have to survive on local organisations and businesses generosity.
This season has been a tough one for The Ladies with a very young squad –playing in a tough league, often against opposition who do enjoy being owned by or closely affiliated too their local mens clubs.
On Sunday 10th April Hull City Supporters Trust will be Hull City Ladies match sponsor for the ladies match against Huddesfield. Match sponsorship being something that has been carried over from last seasons Covid interruption when the Ladies League ended abruptly.
It will be great to see Trust Members supporting the girls at Hall Road Rangers on Sunday, members will have a 20% discount on tickets, just use the Code “ OneCarolThomas”.
Why do we mention Carol Thomas? Well Carol is finally receiving the respect and recognition she deserves as the first Woman to win 50 England Caps and she’s still a stalwart for the Ladies Game locally, as Hull City Ladies Club Ambassador, as well at further afield.
Hull City Supporters Trust will be recognising Carols achievements on Sunday but those details will follow very soon!
We can confirm that our Annual General Meeting will take place on Tuesday 10th May 2022 via Zoom.
We can also confirm that 5 Board positions will be available for election or re-election at the AGM.
Any fully paid up member aged 16 or over can be considered for nomination but will need to be nominated by 2 other fully paid up members. It is recommended that any members potentially interested fully read and understand the Trust Election Policy, (available here ), and pay particular attention to points 13-22 of that Policy.
As you will be aware, 2021 proved to be a very busy and influential year for the Trust Board, which at times led to feedback generally positive, (and occasionally negative) and the change of ownership at the start of 2022 bodes well for the future, so if you feel you have the desire and capabilities to enhance the Board and drive HCST to greater heights, then get involved.
We welcome applications from all Members fulfilling the criteria above and taking an active role in one of the many sub-groups we have in place working on our key areas of focus and development.
The Election Nomination form can be accessed via the link here for Word and here for PDF and needs to be received by our Secretary by Tuesday 12th April 2022 (So you have plenty of time to consider applying).
Should any Member wish to receive further details of the role and activities as a Trust Director, then please drop an e-mail to secretary@hullcityst.com or come and find us prior to any Hull City home game in the William Gemmell Social Club on Anlaby Road
In an early positive sign of changing times, Trust Chairman Graham Cannon and Vice Chairman Russell Anson were very happy to meet with new Club Chairman Acun Ilicali, Tan Kesler & Jim Rodwell, along with representatives of the Official Supporters Club and Senior Tigers, before the Preston game on Saturday.
Acun talked about his background and re-itereated how he wanted fans to be integral to the club moving forward. He thanked the people of Hull for the warmth of his welcome.
Acun was very keen for our ideas to help get fans back into the stadium.
It is hoped to have another meeting in 3/4 weeks when more specific details can be discussed. In advance of this meeting we plan to ask members/fans for their views in how to improve the match-day experience to get fans back via a survey. More details to follow.
Hull City’s season so far can certainly be described as a ‘rollercoaster’.
After a very poor start we had an excellent November when we won 4 out of 5 games. December started with two draws and then an unfortunate defeat to Nottingham Forest (after a very unique interpretation of what constitutes a ‘foul’)
Covid cancelled the rest of the December programme and the team still didn’t look fully match fit against Blackpool, going down to a 1-0 defeat.
January opened with a FA Cup 3rd Round tie against Everton, live on the BBC and our potential new owner Acun Ilicali in the ground. The lads put on an admirable performance, scoring within the first minute, but eventually loosing out to an Andros Townsend goal in Extra time.
Everyone had a bad day at the office against Stoke, the highlight of the game was the performance of D’Margio Wright-Phillips on his league debut. (You know that you are getting old when you realise that Ian Wright is his grandfather..)
What can we say about the Blackburn game last Wednesday? The match had almost got lost in the media frenzy surrounding another event that day (more of that later) Blackburn came into the game lying 3rd in the league and on the back of a10 unbeaten run, but apart for a 10-15 spell of concerted pressure after half-time, a neutral would not know that there are 16 league positions between the teams and on another day we could have run out 4-0 winners.
So on to league-leaders Bournemouth on Saturday and with the current spirit in the dressing room we wouldn’t be surprised to get at least a point.
Club Takeover Completed On Wednesday 19th it was announced that the long-running takeover of Hull City had been completed.
The club have been acquired by Turkish media company Acun Medya Group and its enigmatic owner Acun Ilicali.
Acun was introduced to the fans at the MKM Stadium before the start of the Blackburn game and was given a rapturous welcome by the fans, many waving Turkish flags.
The Trust welcomes Acun and his team to Hull and look forward to working with them in the future.
HCST Board Meeting. The Trust Board held a Board Meeting on Tuesday 10th January via Zoom.
The minutes of this (and previous) meetings can be read here.
Partnership with Hull City Ladies renewed The Trust are proud to announce that we will be working with Hull City ladies for the fifth consecutive season.
This season the Trust will be sponsoring Faith Martin and will be a match day sponsor at one of the Tigresses FA Women’s National League games.
Further information on the planned events can be found here on the Hull City ladies website.
Amber Ribbon Campaign. The Trust are planning to relaunch the Amber Ribbon Campaign. The campaign was originally planned in August 2020 to help bring together the very divided fanbase following the relegation to League One and issues with the then custodians of the club.
The new owners have talked a lot about how fans should be at the heart of the club and we believe that the Amber Ribbon Campaign fits in with and will help these aims.
More details will be released shortly.
Hull City Ladies The Tigresses are finding life tough in The FA WNL Northern Premier Division, currently lying in bottom position.
On Sunday (23rd) they are away to Brighouse Town Ladies, before returning to face Middlesborough Ladies at Haworth Park on Sunday 30th january – kick off 2 p.m.
More details on fixtures and other activities can be found on their website here.
Asset of Community Value The Trust can confirm that the registration of the MKM Stadium as an Asset of Community value has been renewed by Hull City Council.
An Asset of Community Value (ACV) is land or property of importance to a local community which is subject to additional protection from development under the Localism Act 2011. Voluntary and community organisations can nominate an asset to be included on their local authority’s register of asset of community value.
In essence it means that if there are any plans to sell the stadium , then the Trust must be informed.
More details of ACV’s in Hull can be found here on the HCC website.
“The likes of Hull City” blog. More wise words from the excellent (Sir) Charlie Palmer.
HCST’s Partners. In this week’s Partner of the Week section, we have an in-focus look at two HCST Community Partners – Hull and East Yorkshire Mind & Dementia Friendly East Riding.
Hull and East Yorkshire Mind is a local mental health charity, working so that everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect.
The impact of mental illness can be devastating. Not only for those directly affected but also their families, friends, colleagues and loved ones.
Hull and East Yorkshire Mind helps people improve their mental health. They work with individuals to support them in a way that works for them- building confidence and social networks, helping people establish a safe place to live and call home, helping people to find hope and to recover.
They also work to prevent mental ill health through education and prevention work, and campaign to challenge the stigma and discrimination that sometimes occurs with mental health problems.
Mind have linked with the English Football League to promote awareness about mental health, and HCST have partnered with the Hull and East Yorkshire branch to tie in with that.
More information about Hull and East Yorkshire Mind can be found on their website They are also active on Facebook & Twitter.
There are currently 850,000 people with dementia in the UK, with numbers set to soar to 2 million by 2051.
One person will develop dementia every three minutes.
It effects so many more people though; in particular the loved ones of those diagnosed. If you are not affected by it now, chances are you will soon know someone who is.
Dementia Friendly East Riding (DFER) is a charitable organisation which aims to raise awareness and understanding of dementia, and provide activities to support people living with dementia.
DFER is pleased to work in partnership with HCST, and is happy to assist any HCST members and organisations with training and advice on how we can all become dementia friendly.
Hold the front page! HCST are looking for new contributors to our website.
These can be articles about football in general, all things Hull City or match reports. So, if you’re a sports journalist in the making or just fancy giving it a go as a hobby, please let us know – you don’t need to be a professional – all articles will be welcome. There’s no requirement to produce words every week or month, just as and when you are able to. If you are interested, please email us here.
The Trust would like to extend a warm welcome to our new owner Acun Ilıcalı and his team and look forward to working with them in the future for the benefit of our members and the wider Hull City fanbase.
A meeting was held between the Club and the Trust, together with a representative of the OSC regarding issues in the East Stand.
The reasons for the increased security presence is a safety issue. Fans were seen to be migrating from other areas of the stand into E2 and E3 and therefore exceeding the capacity of those areas. There had also been issues, in these areas with fans reporting to the Club that they and their children were increasingly feeling intimidated. They had also received a number of complaints of injuries being sustained in these areas due to the overcrowding.
A visit by the Sports Ground Safety Authority had also noted these problems. Ultimately if these issues were not dealt with they have the authority to restrict ground capacity, or, in extreme circumstances, close the ground.
The Club therefore has introduced checks to prevent the migration of fans and, after concerns were raised, acknowledged that stewarding has not always been up to the standards they would wish for. It has therefore introduced further steward training, with the aim to increase awareness of the skills required at a football stadium, as opposed to other venues.
We were assured these measures are under constant review and will be scaled back when deemed safe to do so. This has already been demonstrated by memberships and match by match tickets being back on sale in these areas.
The Trust fully support the club in matters of fan safety, and will continue to pass on fans concerns to the club.
In view of the ongoing issues in the East Stand, the club have invited us to a meeting on Tuesday with themselves and the SMC to explain the rationale behind their decisions. We will report back after this meeting and ask for members feedback.
There has been a lot of discussion in recent days regarding the possible sale of the club.
The Trust wish to clarify our position on this matter.
The purpose of Hull City Supporters Trust is to work constructively on behalf of our members, ( and the wider fanbase, ) with whoever are the owners of Hull City AFC.
This has been our aim in the past and will continue to be so in the future.
If a sale does occur, then we will open communication channels with the new owners.
Independently of any changes which may happen, we welcome the thoughts of our members on how to improve relations with the club, encourage fans to return to the stadium, improve the match day experience and build ties with the local community.
Lets be generous & just say that City have had a less than stellar start to the season..
The feelgood factor after the opening day victory at Preston was soon dashed by a combination of defensive naivety and the inability to put the ball in the net at the other end.
Granted the first few games have been against teams who you would expect to be challenging for promotion or thereabouts, so hopefully we can pick up a few more victories in the coming weeks.
The victory against Middlesborough (with an altered formation) will hopefully have steadied the ship, and the return of Honeyman & Huddlestone should help.
On to Huddersfield and with a following of over 2,000 fans City will be hoping to send them home happy with 3 points.
Supporters Committee The Trust are pleased to announce that we will be attending future Supporters Committe meetings. Chairman Graham Cannon and Secretary Jean Cannon recently met with Ehab Allam at the MKM Stadium when the matter was discussed.
Details of these meetings will be announced by the club in the near future.
HCST Board Meeting. The Trust Board held a Board Meeting on Monday 20th September at the William Gemmell and via Zoom.
The minutes of this (and previous) meetings can be read here.
Pledgeball Huddersfield Town Supporters Association have designated their game with us as a ‘Pledgeball’ fixture.Pledgeball is an organisation that encourages football fans “to make small, easy changes to their lifestyle to collectively have a big impact on the planet.”
Further information on the planned events can be found here on the HTSA website.More details on Pledgeball can be found here.
FSA Network Elections. Trust Board member Geoff Bielby is standing for election to the Championship Network of the FSA National Council.Details of the Nomination & Election process can be found here on the FSA website.
Hull City Ladies The Tigresses are finding life tough in The FA WNL Northern Premier Division, currently lying in 11th position.On Sunday (17th) they face WBA Ladies at Haworth Park – kick off 2 p.m.More details on fixtures and other activities can be found on their website here.
*** Stop Press *** We will be shortly be sharing some news about a project which we are working on with Hull City Ladies – watch this space..
Tigers Trust Congratulations to the Tigers Trust on their recent ‘A Question of Sport’ event!
The evening was most enjoyable, with many who attended hoping that it will become an annual event – over £3,000 was raised on the evening to allow them to help support even more local people.
Details of the great work which they do can be found on the Tigers Trust website here.
“The likes of Hull City” blog. Introducing a new blog on all matters related to Hull City – written by the excellent (Sir) Charlie Palmer.
You can read his musings here.Follow the blog on twitter here.
Tigers Down Under The latest podcast from our antipodean friends. Available on YouTube .
HCST’s Partners. In this week’s Partner of the Week section, we have an in-focus look at two HCST Community Partners – Hull and East Yorkshire Mind & Dementia Friendly East Riding. Our first partner of the week is Hull and East Yorkshire Mind .
Hull and East Yorkshire Mind is a local mental health charity, working so that everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect.
The impact of mental illness can be devastating. Not only for those directly affected but also their families, friends, colleagues and loved ones.Hull and East Yorkshire Mind helps people improve their mental health.
They work with individuals to support them in a way that works for them- building confidence and social networks, helping people establish a safe place to live and call home, helping people to find hope and to recover.They also work to prevent mental ill health through education and prevention work, and campaign to challenge the stigma and discrimination that sometimes occurs with mental health problems.
Mind have linked with the English Football League to promote awareness about mental health, and HCST have partnered with the Hull and East Yorkshire branch to tie in with that.
More information about Hull and East Yorkshire Mind can be found on their website They are also active on
Would you like to know more about Dementia?There are currently 850,000 people with dementia in the UK, with numbers set to soar to 2 million by 2051.One person will develop dementia every three minutes.It effects so many more people though; in particular the loved ones of those diagnosed. If you are not affected by it now, chances are you will soon know someone who is.
Dementia Friendly East Riding (DFER) is a charitable organisation which aims to raise awareness and understanding of dementia, and provide activities to support people living with dementia. DFER is pleased to work in partnership with HCST, and is happy to assist any HCST members and organisations with training and advice on how we can all become dementia friendly.
Hold the front page! HCST are looking for new contributors to our website. These can be articles about football in general, all things Hull City or match reports. So, if you’re a sports journalist in the making or just fancy giving it a go as a hobby, please let us know – you don’t need to be a professional – all articles will be welcome. There’s no requirement to produce words every week or month, just as and when you are able to. If you are interested, please email us here.
So, five games into the new Championship season, and as usual with city it’s been ‘interesting’ do far…
The win away at Preston was a great boost – especially to have crowds back in the stadium, but three defeats in a row was a reality check.Losing to QPR (against whom on another day we could have gained a point ) & Fulham is not surprising – we are not really in competition with these teams this season & the fact that they are 3rd & 1st in the league is no surprise.
The defeat against a ‘weakened’ Derby is harder to accept – these are the teams we need to be beating, but this game showed the benefit of having an experienced back line.
The point against Bournemouth was much better – a brighter performance all round, Tyler Smith looking good on his debut & special mention has to be made of Di’Shon Bernard – he’s going to be a name to remember.
On to Swansea on Saturday, hopefully the break will have benefitted the players after an intense start to the season & hopefully some of our injured will be able to return…
#HerGameToo The Trust fully support the aims of the #HerGameToo campaign to fight sexism in football. We are currently in discussions with #HerGameToo about the best way forward in promoting their aims.More details to follow…
HCST Fans Survey The Trust are currently conducting a survey of Hull City fans to measure how we are doing in representing fans, and what we could be doing better. Details are available here on our website.Alternatively you can go directly to the survey here – It will only take about 5 minutes of your time.Please fill it in so we can better know how to serve you.
HCST Board Meeting. The Trust Board held a Board Meeting on Monday 23rd August at the William Gemmell and via Zoom. The minutes of this (and previous) meetings can be read here.
Safe Standing Pilots Expanded The government have announced that more grounds will be added to the Safe Standing Pilot programme Ministers will instruct the regulator, the Sports Ground Safety Authority (SGSA), to choose early adopters for trials of standing areas in the Premier League and Championship as soon as possible.More details are available from the FSA website here.
Hull City Ladies The Tigresses are back in action!
They are currently in 11th position in The FA WNL Northern Premier Division, after a difficult start to the season.
More details on fixtures and other activities can be found on their website here.
Tigers Trust Congratulations to the Tigers Trust on celebrating 30 years in the Community!
Details of the great work which they do can be found on the Tigers Trust website here.
“The likes of Hull City” blog. Introducing a new blog on all matters related to Hull City – written by the excellent (Sir) Charlie Palmer.
HCST’s Partners. In this week’s Partner of the Week section, we have an in-focus look at two HCST Community Partners – Hull and East Yorkshire Mind & Dementia Friendly East Riding.
Hull and East Yorkshire Mind is a local mental health charity, working so that everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect.
The impact of mental illness can be devastating. Not only for those directly affected but also their families, friends, colleagues and loved ones.
Hull and East Yorkshire Mind helps people improve their mental health. They work with individuals to support them in a way that works for them- building confidence and social networks, helping people establish a safe place to live and call home, helping people to find hope and to recover.
They also work to prevent mental ill health through education and prevention work, and campaign to challenge the stigma and discrimination that sometimes occurs with mental health problems.
Mind have linked with the English Football League to promote awareness about mental health, and HCST have partnered with the Hull and East Yorkshire branch to tie in with that.
More information about Hull and East Yorkshire Mind can be found on their website They are also active on Facebook & Twitter.
There are currently 850,000 people with dementia in the UK, with numbers set to soar to 2 million by 2051.
One person will develop dementia every three minutes.
It effects so many more people though; in particular the loved ones of those diagnosed. If you are not affected by it now, chances are you will soon know someone who is.
Dementia Friendly East Riding (DFER) is a charitable organisation which aims to raise awareness and understanding of dementia, and provide activities to support people living with dementia.
DFER is pleased to work in partnership with HCST, and is happy to assist any HCST members and organisations with training and advice on how we can all become dementia friendly.
Hold the front page! HCST are looking for new contributors to our website.
These can be articles about football in general, all things Hull City or match reports. So, if you’re a sports journalist in the making or just fancy giving it a go as a hobby, please let us know – you don’t need to be a professional – all articles will be welcome. There’s no requirement to produce words every week or month, just as and when you are able to. If you are interested, please email us here.
We are using the international break as an opportunity to survey our Members ( & non-Members) on how we are doing in various areas and where we need to improve.
Please spare the time (approx. 5 minutes) to fill in the survey so that we can use the information to allow us to better serve you moving forward.
A big thank you to all of our members who recently participated in our on-line AGM.
Hopefully next year we can be back to the William Gemmel to meet in person, but we will look at some form of ‘hybrid’ AGM to allow members from a distance to participate.
We asked for your feedback by voting on 3 points:
1. The Accounts are available for review by everyone Do you agree to waive the requirement for an audit?
This was passed with 50 votes for, 0 votes against
2. Do you approve the change to Rule 65 as specified in the Agenda?
This was passed with 50 votes for, 0 votes against
3. Do you agree to the appointment of Peter Thornes and Chris Stern (presently Co-Opted Board members), and the re-election of Geoff Bielby to the Trust Board?
The voting was as follows:
Chris Stern had been elected with 50 votes for, 0 votes against
Peter Thornes had been elected with 49 votes for, 0 votes against and one abstention.
Geoff Bielby had been re-elected with 48 votes for, 1 votes against and one abstention.
No questions were raised.
Members feedback is extremely important and we would ask that you contact us at any time should you have any queries.
Members should have now recieved emails containing details of the AGM Agenda & pre-reading (link here), The Annual Report & Accounts (link here) and a link to the videoed statements of the Trust Officers Jean Cannon (Secretary), Peter Fleming (Treasurer) and Graham Cannon (Chairman) ( link here)
Members have until 12th June to vote on the items raised.
A number of members have reported issues with 犀利士emails going to their Junk/Spam folders, so check there to see if you have recieved them – to prevent this happening in the future you can add our sending email address ( News@hullcityst-mail.co.uk ) to your Safe Senders list in your email client.
If you still cannot find the voting email please email contact @hullcityst.com with the Subject “HCST AGM Voting 2021” quoting your membership number and supplying a simple yes/no answer to the following questions:
1 – The Accounts are available for review by everyone Do you agree to waive the requirement for an audit?
2 – Do you approve the change to Rule 65 as specified in the Agenda?
3 – Do you agree to the appointment of Peter Thornes and Chris Stern (presently Co-Opted Board members), and the re-election of Geoff Bielby to the Trust Board?
We ask that you vote before midnight on the 12th June 2021
May we, as the Board of Hull City Supporters Trust, take this opportunity to thank all our members for your continued support in these difficult times and would encourage you to renew your membership if possible. We continue to engage in many ways in our local area and would encourage you to bring any ideas in which we can continue to do this to our attention. We also appreciate your questions and feedback.
As previously notified, we are unable to have a physical AGM as in previous years, due to the Covid19 restrictions.
In order to fulfil the requirement for an AGM under our own constitution, we have put together an electronic version which will be available to members from Saturday 29th May – this will include a downloadable Annual Report and links to videos of the Officers Reports. Members will be informed by a separate email.
The agenda & pre-reading for the AGM are available to download here.
Your participation would be greatly appreciated.
Jean Cannon Secretary – Hull City Supporters Trust
So unfortunately we could not finish the season with a victory at Charlton.
However, this disappointment was tempered by the scenes of genuine joy when City were presented with the League One Trophy after the game.
The genuine team spirit which has been shown on the pitch was clearly visible in the celebrations after the presentation – the spirit seems to be visible throughout all parts of the club, long may it continue.
During the close season the newsletter frequency will be reduced, but will increase when the season starts and we can hopefully be back at games…
Annual General Meeting The date of the ‘virtual’ AGM is confirmed for Saturday 29th May 2021.
The format will be the same as last year, pre-reading & the agenda will be published shortly and the Annual Report Document & Chairman’s, Secretary’s and Treasurers Report videos will be made available.
Full details of the process will be sent to members shortly.
Charity Run – Pancreatic Cancer UK Trust Board member Mike is planning to run 350 km in May.
Mike is running in aid of Pancreatic Cancer UK following his mums diagnosis of stage 4 pancreatic cancer in January.
More details on the excellent work by Pancreatic Cancer Uk can be found here on their website.
World Retro Shirts Remember, our range of retro Hull City Shirts are still available.
A range of 9 historic shirts (including the 1988-89 home shirt shown above) are available from our partners World Retro on their website here. Sales of these shirts have helped us to raise £2,300 for local worthy causes.
*** Stop Press ***
Shirts available with or without Trust Logo Badge.. Please advise when ordering.
Mental Health Awareness Week – #TerraceTalk Even though Mental Health Awareness Week has finished, the issues don’t just go away & it is timely to remind fans about #TerraceTalk – a supporter-led mental health initiative.
The aim of the campaign is to encourage open and honest conversations about mental health and encourage supporters who need them to seek out mental health support services. A central theme of #TerraceTalk is to also recognise the value that social aspects of the matchday routine provide to fans up and down the country.
More details of the campaign can be found here on the FSA website.
The FSA have released a video on the issues raised in the campaign, featuring former Trust chairman Geoff Bielby. The video can be viewed here.
Hull City Ladies The Lionesses are holding trials for Senior players for the 2021/22 season
The trials will take place in June – more details on their website here.
Tigers Trust The Tigers Trust are running NCS Youth Programmes over the summer.
Designed specially for 16- and 17-year-olds, the NCS experience will give you a clearer idea of what you want from your future. It willhelp you realise that big, exciting things can come from feeling a little bit overwhelmed
More details can be found on the Tigers Trust website here.
Tigers Down Under
The latest podcast from our antipodean friends. Available on YouTube .
HCST’s Partners of the Week. In this week’s Partner of the Week section, we have an in-focus look at two HCST Community Partners – Hull and East Yorkshire Mind & Dementia Friendly East Riding.
Hull and East Yorkshire Mind is a local mental health charity, working so that everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect.
The impact of mental illness can be devastating. Not only for those directly affected but also their families, friends, colleagues and loved ones.
Hull and East Yorkshire Mind helps people improve their mental health. They work with individuals to support them in a way that works for them- building confidence and social networks, helping people establish a safe place to live and call home, helping people to find hope and to recover.
They also work to prevent mental ill health through education and prevention work, and campaign to challenge the stigma and discrimination that sometimes occurs with mental health problems.
Mind have linked with the English Football League to promote awareness about mental health, and HCST have partnered with the Hull and East Yorkshire branch to tie in with that.
More information about Hull and East Yorkshire Mind can be found on their website They are also active on Facebook & Twitter.
There are currently 850,000 people with dementia in the UK, with numbers set to soar to 2 million by 2051.
One person will develop dementia every three minutes.
It effects so many more people though; in particular the loved ones of those diagnosed. If you are not affected by it now, chances are you will soon know someone who is.
Dementia Friendly East Riding (DFER) is a charitable organisation which aims to raise awareness and understanding of dementia, and provide activities to support people living with dementia.
DFER is pleased to work in partnership with HCST, and is happy to assist any HCST members and organisations with training and advice on how we can all become dementia friendly.
Hold the front page! HCST are looking for new contributors to our website.
These can be articles about football in general, all things Hull City or match reports. So if you’re a sports journalist in the making or just fancy giving it a go as a hobby please let us know – you don’t need to be a professional – all articles will be welcome. There’s no requirement to produce words every week or month, just as and when you are able to. If you are interested please email us here.
Pledgeball is an organisation that encourages football fans “to make small, easy changes to their lifestyle to collectively have a big impact on the planet.”
Details of the Nomination & Election process can be found 
On Sunday (17th) they face WBA Ladies at Haworth Park – kick off 2 p.m.More details on fixtures and other activities can be found on their website 
