Join Star

If you are passionate about football and passionate about Reading FC then join us at STAR.

The Supporters Trust At Reading is a Registered Society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 in the name of Reading Football Supporters’ Society Limited.

Benefits of STAR membership include:

Representation: STAR is a democratically accountable, community-minded non-profit making supporters’ organisation dedicated to representing the views of Reading fans to the Football Club, football governing bodies authorities, the media and the local community. The more members we have, the louder our collective voice is!

Away Travel: STAR runs coaches, whenever possible, to first team away games, for members only.

Fans’ Forums: Preferential access to in-person Question and Answer evenings with key RFC people – players, management and other staff. Zoom based events may also be held.  Fans’ Forums are held throughout the season.

Loyalty Points: For the 2023-24 season STAR members receive 20 Loyalty Points added to your RFC account.

Fanstore Events: Entry to STAR member exclusive Fanstore events.  Two planned for season.  20% discount off items in event.

Communications: STAR Bulletins are sent by email to members throughout the season, in addition to frequent tweets, facebook and Instagram posts, with all the latest events, travel news and STAR views on important issues (please note our email policy to reduce spam detailed in the Email Communication Guidelines below).

Share Ownership: Each Trust Member over 18 owns a £1 nominal share in the Trust, and each eligible member has the right to stand for election to the Trust Board, to vote in the election of Trust Board representatives and to attend the AGM. (NB Members under 18  join as ‘affiliated members’ and are not eligible to vote or stand for Board membership).

STAR DATA PRIVACY POLICY

STAR processes personal data in respect of members and occasionally third parties in order to fulfill its roles and obligations. Although STAR is a ‘Not for Profit’ organisation that is exempt from registering with the Information Commissioner, it  still complies with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 2018 to ensure that your rights are properly protected. Our data privacy policy outlines how STAR will comply with the law and protect your rights. You can download a copy of the Personal Data Privacy Policy here.

Our Email Guidelines

As part of our continued efforts to improve email communication to members we operate a strict member e-mailing list incorporating the latest best practice. When completing your membership application we use the email address from your application to contact you with our Bulletins and Reading Matter newsletters.

We have found in the past that some email accounts on our mailing list become outdated during the season, become full or otherwise unavailable, especially web based accounts such as Gmail and Hotmail and repeated attempts to send to those addresses can unfortunately be interpreted by internet providers as spam.  To help improve deliverability and avoid problems associated with spam filters, emails returned to us as undelivered or unavailable are automatically removed from our main mailing list. We will make a further attempt to contact those account holders to re-subscribe but if unsuccessful those email addresses will remain off our mailing list. You can also help by marking our address of mailer.star-reading@membermojo.co.uk as a ‘friendly’ email in your spam filters.

We hope this will lead to an improvement for the vast majority of our members. Should you find you have not been receiving emails from us, and have checked your spam filter, please contact onlinemembership@star-reading.org with your details.