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Contact the Darlington
Disabled Supporters Group


Disabled fans, tell us what you want
BY PAUL HODGSON, Darlington Disabled Supporters' Group
Up until now a Supporters' Trust
sub-group has been involved with the task of creating the
Darlington Disabled Supporters' Group.
But to take it further we need to bring in
various parties who we feel have an important role to play
in the group. The aims of the group are:
- To provide a focal point for disability issues both
at home and away fixtures
- Encourage greater disabled supporters attendance at
Darlo games.
We have some fantastic facilities for them which we should
rightly boast of thus improving a generally neglected area
of fan base.
In
the longer term, we would also like to see Darlington FC
become one of the first professional teams in the country to
have its own powerchair football team and possibly even
provide other leisure facilities for disabled people within
the community.
The club last year won an award from Darlington Association
on Disability (DAD) for its facilities for disabled people,
the award was a great merit to the club but ironically until
the DSG’s formation we were the only north east club not to
have a disabled group associated to it.
We are currently in consultation with the club who fully
support the initiative and are keen to see it fully up and
running
We are also in contact with potential partners within the
community to come on board for what can only be a positive
move for the Football Club.
One interesting and much valued partner has been Hartlepool
United Disabled Supporters Association (HUDSA), who have
provided, and continue to provide, fantastic help to us.
We
hope to launch the group officially shortly before the
Hartlepool home fixture and will be using the goodwill
generated between the two sets of fans on this initiative as
a way of positively promoting the forthcoming derby fixture.
HUDSA have a fantastic organisation in place yet it was
created despite an initially arms-length attitude from their
club.
We go into creation with our club fully supportive of its
formation and fully appreciative of meeting the needs of
disabled supporters that in itself is as good a starting
point as we can hope for.
But to me, to most important people are you, the disabled
fans of Darlington , do you want accessible transport to
away games? What do you want from the group? Contact the
group or the club and between us we will endeavour to
provide it.
Call the DSG on 0709 287 0189

Contact Us

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Join
the Darlington Supporters Trust
(Membership of the Trust entitles you to free
membership of the Disabled Supporters Group)
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Life membership available for £100, annual membership for £5; under 16 £1
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Please send your
name and address along with your payment to:
The Membership
Secretary, Darlington Supporters Trust, P O Box 178,
Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL7 7AG |
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Click the button below to pay £100 for Life Membership of
the Darlington Supporters' Trust

We look forward to talking and working
with you for Disabled Football Fans, their families and
Carers
The Darlington Supporters Trust (Disabled
Supporters Group) is a member of NADS, the National
Association for Disabled Supporters which was set up to
improve facilities for disabled fans across the nation.
To visit the NADS website, click here
NADS
- Informing, Uniting, Supporting
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