Survey results so far.
Below are some of the most popular ideas and answers from the "Save our South"survey.Please note some of the answers below may be appropriate for more than one question.
1.Fundraisers which SOS could organise which may benefit Queen of the South FC.
a.Concert/battle of the bands at Plamerston.
b.Car boot sales/Farmers market.
c.Annual cup final celebration day.
d.Race nights both in Dumfries and Galloway and in central belt.
e.Hall of fame in conjunction with a speakers night etc
f.Players tops signed and raffled at end of season
g.Copenhagen reunion party night
h.Monthly direct debits into SOS
2.How can SOS help promote the club in the community.
a.Helping hand out posters
b.Organise more local media promoting of the club.
c.Annual family fun day
d.Sponsor tickets to hand out to local youth teams and community groups.
e.Community partenrship with e.g NHS or Council
3.If given the opportunity which projects would you like to see SOS get involved within conjunction with the club.
a.Queens fan on board
b.Club forum
c.Help raise money and gain grants for a 3g community pitch
d.Reduce kids prices back to £1 a game and reduce oap's
e.More use of Palmerston outwith match days eg school visits,kids parties and museume tours etc
f.Purchase of shares through SOS
g.International youth football tournament
h.Run the club shop in a bigger facility with more family orientated merchandise
i.Run the supporters bar like a social club with all profits going back to Queens
4.What changes would you most like to see with regards the future of Queen of the South FC
a.Players mixing more with fans turning up at events and utilise their full time hours better.
b.More communication and honesty from within the club
c.More involvment and use of ex players eg community coaching and hospitality hoasts.
d.Players training in Dumfries
e.Development of old tescos
f.Stop all complimentary tickets
g.More merchandise and a bigger walk in club shop (portacabin)
Please note these are just some of the most popular ideas and answers out of the 100 plus surveys handed in so far.
Comments
9 February 2011
1 year 14 weeks
All,
I was born and bred in Dumfries but no longer live there but I still take an interest in Queens. It's sad to see the predicament that Queens are in and I hope that the club gets back to a sound financial footing quickly. Before I start, I think that Ross Corbett deserves praise for this initiative and all the efforts he is undertaking, so well done Ross.
Is it worth considering writing to lower/non league English (and perhaps foreign eg Dutch/Scandinavian) clubs to get their advice and ideas on how they raise funds and how they manage to be financially sustainable. Queens cannot be the only club to suffer from a lack of funds and the club may get some useful ideas from those clubs who have expierenced similiar difficulties in the past. I'm not sure if these ideas have been discussed already,but some fund raising ideas are:
- easyfundraising.org.uk is a shopping directory listing some online stores including Argos, Next, eBay, Amazon, Debenhams, Vodafone, Toys R Us, HMV, Play.com and over 600 other top name stores. Whenever you shop with any one of them using the links provided on the easyfundraising site, you generate a free donation for Queens of up to 15% of the purchase price every time (BUT THIS REQUIRES SOMEONE FROM THE CLUB TO SET UP A LINK WITH easyfundraising.org.uk IN ADVANCE).
- A Queens credit card where a percentage of monies spent is donated to Queens.
- Holiday club (run in conjunction with Thomas Cook), where the individual can make savings for themselves and earn commission for the club (i think Rangers/Celtic operate this club with Thomas Cook).
- 2011 Queens Calendar.
- A draw with prizes donated by local business
Hope this is a useful starting point.
Sean