Your opportunity to stand for election to the Board - 2025
"Fan engagement continues to grow in the Premier League, and whilst there is still some way to go, there has never been a better time to be involved in a supporter organisation. With the introduction of the Independent Regulator, there will be further requirements for the club to ensure effective fan engagement and involve supporters on key strategical decisions, including ticket pricing. It would be great to see a heavily contested election at the Trust. The Trust continues to grow from strength to strength and is well placed to represent your views to the club. If you are interested in this and have experience in key areas that can assist both Newcastle United fans and the club, this is a great time to get involved.” - Thomas Concannon, Premier League Network Manager - The FSA
To give you a taster of what's involved in working as a board member, please read the following role spec here.
Each appointment will be for a period of three years. We strongly encourage members to get involved by either standing for election or choosing their preferred candidates.
Please see details of the election process below. The elections will be run under the control of an Election Management Group which will be Chaired by Ashley Brown, the Football Supporter Association’s Head of Governance and Supporter Engagement. Ashley will act as our Independent Chair for this election. The other member of the Group will be outgoing Trust Board member Paul Karter.
Election Timetable and How to Stand for Election
Period 1: Nominations open from Monday 27 October 2025, closing on Friday 7 November 2025.
Members to register their interest in standing for a position on the NUST Board by downloading a nomination form here to be completed and returned together with a statement in support of your nomination (which should be electronically typed, not hand written) and be between 400 and 1000 words to the Independent Chair of the Election Management Group, Ashley Brown - [email protected].
You can find a Statement Template here
NB - The links for the nomination form and statement template can be found in your downloads folder when clicked (please use a desktop / laptop to do so)
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR TWO NOMINATORS MUST ALSO BE MEMBERS OF NUST - For anyone struggling with nominators, please reach out to any board members who will gladly assist. You can do so by emailing us at [email protected]
We are also giving prospective applicants the opportunity to showcase their personality by sending a video that should last no longer than 2 minutes to our Board Chair, Lisa Mole. Once your nomination is in and validated, you'll be sent Lisa's number by Email or WhatsApp to send your video to her. This video should outline why you would make an exceptional Board member, and what your own focus would be should you win a seat.
If by the close of the nomination period there are nominations equal to or less than the number of vacancies then these will be presented to the NUST Board for an affirmation vote for those nominated to become Board members. Should there be more nominations than vacancies then there will be a contested election where the nominees are subject to the votes of the membership.
Period 2: Candidates validated by the Election Committee: Monday 10 November 2025, closing Friday 14 November 2025
Our Election Committee will validate that all candidates and nominators are active members of NUST with up to date subs. Once validated, candidates will receive a message to send their supporting video via WhatsApp or text to the NUST Chair.
Period 3: Member email sent with validated candidates - Week commencing Monday 17 November 2025, with voting closing on Friday 28 November 2025
Candidate information (nomination form statement in support and optional video) to be sent to members via email and will be available on the NUST website for members to view and vote should a contested election be required.
Members to vote for their preferred candidates via Election Runner, a link to which will be sent in the member email. As we are seeking to elect three new Board members, each NUST member will be allocated three votes, so please review each candidate and choose the three candidates that you believe will best represent our membership. NB: Only our Independent Chair will have access to Election Runner.
Period 4: Votes validated by Independent Chair and shared with Election Committee Week Commencing Monday 1st December 2025
NUST Board to receive the election results from the Election Management Group and will announce the results of the election via member email. Election Committee or NUST Chair to notify successful and unsuccessful candidates by telephone. These results will be formally ratified at our AGM in early 2026 (date TBC)
Additional information:
You can find our election policy here.
For further enquiries regarding the election process please feel free to contact the Independent Chair of the Elections Management Group Ashley Brown by email [email protected]
