About Cambridge Fans United
Cambridge Fans United was established with three aims:
- To help the Club
- To help the Community
- To help the fans
A group of U's fans worked with the Football Foundation (previously the Football Trust) and the Government-sponsored Supporters Direct group to create a fans' co-operative.
In legal terms Cambridge Fans United is an Industrial and Provident Society (like the Co-op). It has been created and will be run by the fans, for the fans. Its legally binding rules ensure that it is fully democratic and non profit-making. Please see the Legal and Financial Conditions page for further details of the Society's structure.
Committee members receive no pay. Members are registered as the owner of a single share on joining but shareholders receive no dividends. All funds raised are put to good use supporting Cambridge United and the community (less a small amount for running costs).
To join there is a membership subscription which is a minimum of £20 per year. Of course we would be very happy if you paid more. This will entitle you to membership of Cambrige Fans United, the right to vote at any meetings and to stand for and elect the Executive Committee and any Fans' Director on the Board at Cambridge United.
Anyone over the age of 16 can be a member. Legally, under 16s are not allowed as members of members of our sort of society, so we have created Young Cambridge Fans United for anyone too young to join CFU. For £5 a year you receive all the benefits and rights of a full Cambridge Fans United member, except you are not registered as a shareholder of the society and cannot vote at its meetings. However, you still receive the same newsletters, event invitations and society benefits as other members.
Cambridge United belongs to all of us. Together we can really make a difference.
How can we help?
Cambridge Fans United aims to raise money to help fund the club's redevelopment. This money is being raised by member subscriptions, events, donations and sponsorship.
As well as raising money for Cambridge United, Cambridge Fans United recognise that a small club like ours cannot ignore its community. Cambridge Fans United have helped raise the Club's profile locally by raising money for the Special Care Baby Unit at Hinchingbrooke Hospital and The Garland Appeal fighting testicular cancer as well as organising a youth football tournament that is attended by over 800 children from under 8 to under 15. Cambridge Fans United welcomes and supports local fans' groups, like St Ives' U's.
How can you help us?
Cambridge Fans United have come a long way, but we have further to go. This is an ambitious project but it is an exciting one that can really make a difference to Cambridge United and through them, the wider community.
We want you to be a part of it as we know that, whoever you are and whatever you do, you have a lot to offer.
You do not have to be wealthy to join. You do not have to commit masses of time. Everyone will be able to contribute something different.
Above all, please get involved. Don't rely on others to help the club you love. We want as many people as possible to join. We want Cambridge Fans United to have a mass membership of fans and others who can help the club and the community by giving a little time, money or advice.
A little help from a lot of people can make a very big difference. We are far stronger together than apart. We can achieve more. And together we can help make the next thirty years an even brighter amber!
