THE OBJECTIVES OF STAR AS WRITTEN INTO ITS CONSTITUTION

• to strengthen the bonds between the Club and the community which it serves and to represent the interests of the community in the running of the Club

• to benefit present and future members of the community served by the Club by promoting encouraging and furthering the game of football as a recreational facility, sporting activity and focus for community involvement

• to facilitate the participation of supporters of the club in activities promoting football in communities throughout the United Kingdom

• to encourage the Club to take proper account of the interests of its supporters and the community it serves in its decisions and to honour the contribution made by the community in the past to the life of the club

• to acquire and hold shares in the Club or any company controlling the Club and to be an active and growing shareholder thus giving supporters collectively the opportunity to have a stake in the Club

• to promote the full, accountable democratic and constructive involvement of supporters in the running and direction of the Club, including the principle of supporter representation on the board of the Club

• to continue the work of Reading Football Supporters’ Club, with particular reference to away travel, ticket priority and Fans’ Forums.

WHAT IS A SUPPORTERS' TRUST?

A Supporters' Trust is a secure, not-for-profit, community-minded and democratic organisation run by its shareholding members in accordance with its Constitution and is registered with and regulated by the Registry of Friendly Societies, part of the Financial Services Authority.

There are now well over 100 Supporters’ Trusts and STAR is one of the largest.

The ‘umbrella body’ for these Trusts is Supporters Direct (www.supporters-direct.org), a government-sponsored organisation created to encourage the formation of Supporters’ Trusts and to provide them with support and advice for the benefit of football supporters and the football clubs they support.

WHAT IS STAR?

Like most other Supporters’ Trusts, STAR or, to give it its legal name, Reading Football Supporters’ Society Limited, is an Industrial and Provident Society (IPS). An IPS is a more secure, powerful and trusted type of organisation than a supporters’ club.

Each paid-up, adult member of STAR has an equal £1 share in the IPS and one vote.

You can see STAR’s Constitution by clicking here.