Junior Daggers 2024-25   Pre-Register NOW

PRE-REGISTER NOW FOR THE JUNIOR DAGGERS PACKAGE 2024-25

Pre-registration for next season’s Junior Daggers Package is now open.

Use the QR Code to access the registration form and add your child’s name to the lucky list of Junior Daggers for 2024-25.

No payment is necessary at this time, but the good news is that the package price will remain at a fantastically low £15.

Next season’s Junior Dagger Package will consist of the following:

• Each Junior member will receive a ‘Welcome Pack’ containing a Daggers tote bag, a size 5 autographed (signed by all the First Team players) Daggers football, a signed first team photograph and a membership card.

• All of the Junior Daggers will be invited to meet the players at the Club’s training ground pre-season.

• Twice a year, all of the Junior Daggers will be entered into a matchday Mascot draw. The first lucky winner out of the hat will be a match-day mascot shortly before Christmas 2024. The second draw will take place towards the end of the season.

• All of the Junior Daggers will form a Match-day Guard of Honour and walkout teams in early January 2025.

• Additionally, all Junior Daggers will be invited on an exclusive tour of the ground, going behind the scenes, visiting the changing rooms and other facilities not normally seen by fans. 

• After one home fixture (Around Easter), there will be a chance for the Junior Daggers, with their parents, to meet the players in hospitality, collect autographs and take selfies.

• Each Junior Daggers member will receive both a Christmas and birthday card signed by the First Team.

• Junior Daggers will be able to use their membership card to obtain a 10% discount on club merchandise, plus discounts on group bookings eg a birthday party for a Junior Dagger.

• Lastly, each Junior Dagger will be given five free ticket vouchers so they can bring along a friend, or friends, to a game, or games.

For further information, email: trust@daggers.co.uk

Book early for the Daggers Matchday Mascot Package 2024-25

‘It was the best day of my life, ever!’ Mia Rose Aged 6, Matchday Mascot April 2024

The Matchday Mascot Package provides an opportunity for young people to experience something unforgetable at Victoria Road, together with family and friends.

The Mascot will go behind the scenes prior to the kick off, meet the Gaffer in his office, the players in the dressing room, wear the latest Daggers kit, and have their photos taken during their visit. The players will autograph the programme and the Mascot's first names and photo will be published in the programme, shown on the scoreboard and mentioned by the stadium announcer. The Club photographer will be on hand to take multiple photos, the Mascot will warm up on the pitch, before leading out the two teams for the ‘handshake’ and coin toss.

The Package includes 3 tickets in Gate 8, together with the players’ wives, families and friends, plus scouts from other teams. Additional tickets can be purchased if required.

After the game, the Mascot and their family are invited into hospitality to meet the players and watch the ‘Man of the Match’ presentation.

From start to finish, the experience lasts around 5 hours in total and provided a fantastic family day out which can be part of a special occasion, such as a birthday, or Christmas present.

The Package is very reasonably priced at only £150, which includes a donation to the Club’s registered charity, the Daggers Trust. In retail value terms, the kit would cost around £50, the programme a further £3 and the full face value of the 3 tickets is £69. When added together that makes a total of £122, before the experience is added.

The fixtures for next season will not be published for a couple of months, but that doesn’t stop you from registering your interest name and choosing the game when the fixtures become available.

If you would like to register your child(ren), your grandchildren, or other family members for this unforgettable experience, use the link below or the QR code to go to the registration form.

http://bit.ly/DagMas2425

Support The Daggers Trust

WIN UP TO £25,000 and support the Daggers Trust by buying tickets in the LBBD Weekly Lottery. Tickets are priced at only £1 each and 50% of the money raised will go to support the activities of the Daggers Trust. Just click on the QR Code to register. Every penny raised will be used to support the Trust’s activities in the local area supporting people of all ages.

Please support the Daggers Trust now. Use the link to register and buy tickets

The Dagenham and Redbridge FC Community Trust is a charitable organisation which facilitates and operates a wide variety of activities for members of the local community. The Trust aims to get “Bums off seats” by encouraging people to become active in a number of ways which are fun and promote self-independence, friendship, teamwork, self-esteem and personal development.

The Trust is an inclusive organisation and caters for the needs of all members of the community. It receives some funding from a variety of leading organisations, but the demands on these funds are great and there is never enough to go round.

We need the help and support of people in the community to support the people in need of help in the community.

All coaches are FA qualified and FA CRC checked. The Trust encourages young people to volunteer and, in return, assists the youngsters achieve FA qualifications.

The Trust staff works in, and with, local schools, groups, teams and individuals of all ages.

The Trust Manager, Mr Denis Lawrence, is keen to develop the existing and new ideas, opening even more opportunities to members of the community.

PLEASE SUPPORT THE TRUST - Working in, with and for the local community

Children Are Our Future

Whitney Houston famously sang, “The children are our future” and both the Club and the Trust have been putting this belief into practice over the last season with not only the introduction of the Junior Daggers Package, but also the School Holiday Camps, the Team of eight Ball Boys and Girls, The Guards of Honour, The Walkout Teams, and the Matchday Mascots.

If you were at Victoria Road last Monday when we drew 1-1 against Ebbsfleet, you possibly/probably went home feeling a little disappointed and missed the several hundred young people and their families in the Ted Hardy suite, excitedly meeting their player idols. The atmosphere was fantastic as those present jostled for photographs and signatures. The event was one of many organised for the Junior Daggers, which has included a pre-match Guard of Honour, a walk out with players before kick off and two lucky Junior Daggers have won “Mascot Packages” worth £150. Logan Stichbury is the second lucky recipient who will be leading the team out with Elliot Justham at our last home match on 20th April. A very big “Thank you” to all the players and staff, especially Elliot Justham and Ben Strevens who went above and beyond to make the event a success.

Next Easter, a similar event will take place and a pre-season “Meet the Players” has been suggested for the coming Summer. 

Included in the Mascot Package for ONLY £150 is a full set of strip, 3 free tickets, a visit to the changing room to meet the players before they warm up and meet the Gaffer in his office, a fully autographed match programme, a kick around on the pitch, leading the team out, joining the Captains’ coin toss, and a set of official photographs. At £150, this is an incredible package. Sign up now for next season and the lucky child will receive the new Daggers kit when it becomes available. you can  sign up and pay now, and then choose your fixture when they are published. 

Join the Junior Daggers 100 Club? Win a mascot package for 2024-25 Season

We are fast approaching the end of the season and we would love to bring the total number of Junior Daggers up to 100. At only £15, it still represents excellent value, even at this late stage. The retail value of the items is over £30 and ‘New JD’ will still receive a signed team photo and an ID card with 10% discount on in-shop purchases up to 30th June. If the child’s birthday falls between now and 30th June, they will also be sent a signed birthday card.

As an added incentive, the 100th person to sign up before the end of June will win a mascot package for next season, courtesy of the Daggers Trust.

BUY A JUNIOR DAGGERS PACKAGE NOW AND YOU COULD WIN A MASCOT PACKAGE FOR NEXT SEASON. WILL YOUR CHILD BE NUMBER 100?

At the Ebbsfleet game, we had a team of eight young volunteer ball boys and girls who have served the Club well over the season. The Trust is looking for new and existing volunteers to register to join the team. Initial applications are made online and must be completed by a responsible adult eg Parent, guardian.

Monday’s Guard of Honour was made up of two teams, one girls’ and one boys’ from a club in Wickford and the “Walkout teams” came from a local Scouts’ group.

The Trust would like to have Matchday Mascots, Guards of Honour and Walkout Teams at all of our home fixtures next season. The youngsters certainly gain from their memorable experiences and add to the atmosphere at Victoria Road.

If you are interested in any of the activities mentioned above and would like further information, apply, register, or purchase a new Junior Daggers Package, please contact matthew.admin@daggerstrust.com

Senior Daggers

The late US President John F Kennedy once said, “Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.” He said that in July 1963, when many of our ‘Senior Daggers’ would have been children. At the Trust, we haven’t forgotten our maturer fans either. We are hoping to re-introduce a Senior Daggers Package for next season. Watch this space!

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