Carmarthen Town Fans Forum & Fundraising Event – Change of Venue

[Swans Trust News]

Last week Swansea City Supporters’ Trust and Swansea City AFC announced an upcoming Fans Forum and Fundraising Evening in Carmarthen on Wednesday 11th June 2025.

The event is part of the Swans Trust and Swansea City AFC’s commitment to regularly provide opportunities to directly engage with the Jack Army and is also being kindly supported on this occasion by Club partner Swansea Building Society.

Originally it was planned to hold the event in the Carmarthen Town AFC clubhouse to help raise awareness and boost one of the two chosen organisations for the evening – the GO Jones Academy Scholarship. The other – where all proceeds from the event will be shared equally – is the Cwtsh Clos Appeal

Over the past couple of days, we’ve been reviewing registrations and demand from supporters wishing to attend the event and following discussions with the Club, Carmarthen Town AFC and all supporting organisations it’s been decided to move the event to a nearby larger venue in Carmarthen’s Nott Square – the St Peter’s Civic Hall

This now allows more supporters to register online HERE and attend the event should they so wish.

If anyone has any accessibility requirements, we recommend you contact Swansea City at accessibility@swanseacity.com

Note: If you have already registered an interest in attending the original venue you do not need to re-register.

Both Swansea City and the Swans Trust would like to thank everyone who has so far registered to express an interest in attending the forum, the first Swansea City fan engagement event held in Carmarthen since the Swans Trust helped in arranging for Brendan Rodgers to be part of a panel in Carmarthen Town AFC clubhouse before we got promoted to the Premier League.

As of last night, we were advised by Swansea City there were already 130 registrations received with almost two weeks still to go before the event takes place.

Doors will be opening at St Peter’s Civic Hall on Nott Square as originally planned at 5.45pm and the first questions will be put to the panel at around 6.15pm.

We’d like to express our gratitude to the committee at Carmarthen Town AFC who have been working closely with us and Swansea City to allow this event to happen.

As mentioned all proceeds raised for this event will be shared equally between the two chosen organisations and anyone wishing to make a donation towards the event can do so by clicking HERE or by scanning the QR code below.



On the panel will be Swansea City AFC representatives made up of:

Alan Sheehan – Head Coach

Tom Gorringe – Chief Executive Officer

Richard Montague – Director of Football

Kev Johns has kindly agreed to host the event and we are also grateful to Mal Pope for coming along as our special guest to support the Cwtsh Clos Appeal.

During the evening there will be various ways to help raise funds and there will also be items brought along that will be auctioned with all proceeds going towards the two organisations.

Drinks and snacks can be purchased on the evening and there will also be complimentary tea and coffee provided.

If anyone has any further questions, please get in touch with us at info@swanstrust.co.uk or Swansea City at support@swanseacity.com

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[AusinIsOurHero]

'due to demand'...
Yeah right.

 

[Swanjaxs]

We all know the real reason why it's been moved, well done Darran

 

[3swan]

Still the comment about accessibility requirements. Surely as a Civic Hall it should be accessible.
Looks like a rehash of the original article apart from stating more seats
Not a good sign about openness

 

[Ferryjack]

Just looked at St Peter’s Civic Hall & it has a stairlift at the front of the building to allow access.

 

[JackSomething]

No acknowledgment of the original fuck-up necessitating the change of venue, sums up the shadow of a supporters trust that exists these days.

Edit: I missed that they're hiding behind the numbers who want to attend as the reason for the change. But they also say 130 people have registered and Camarthen Town's clubhouse can hold 200 people according to their FB page. Arrant nonsense from those with their snouts in the trough.

 

[FearOfAJackPlanet]

So if the original venue was a little larger, they'd be ok with it not being accessible?

Might be a good first question at the new mahoosive venue.

 

[Swans Jack]

If there is any positive - at least the club has listened to us. If you wanted to be on the other side of the coin and say it should of never got the green light due to accessibility then 100%. Let's hope they learn from this basic and amateur error, by the department dealing with this.

 

[monmouth]

So if the original venue was a little larger, they'd be ok with it not being accessible?

Might be a good first question at the new mahoosive venue.

This has to be asked of the "Trust". Wankers.

 

[bakajack]

I am glad to see common sense has won out even if those involved are hiding behind another excuse for the reason of the change of venue. Considering the club has won numerous awards for its accessibility initiatives in recent years (including the neurodivergent room for those on the spectrum prone to sensory overload amongst large crowds) to have let this go on for as long as it did was a massive own goal, as is not owning up to such a huge mistake.

The funny thing is that if someone had just put their hands up at the start and admitted they made an error and had not considered the accessibility of the venue and that they would look into alternatives ASAP they would have come out with at least some credit for listening to the fan base they represent.

Instead they have managed to make themselves look like clowns and if possible lose even more respect from the Swans fanbase.

 

[Longlostjack]

I really hope that it’s a wake up call for the owners and their faith in the Trust. There are true fans and there are sycophants. Well done Darran.

 

[bakajack]

I really hope that it’s a wake up call for the owners and their faith in the Trust. There are true fans and there are sycophants. Well done Darran.

Back in the day Wales Online and the Evening Post would have slaughtered the club for this sort of thing. Nowadays both are just filled with as many sycophants and yes men as the Trust.