We had a supporters trust a few years ago to assist the club.

Yes but again they had no influence.
I mean we as supporters actually stake a financial claim into the club not a let’s help where we can just do we’re told with no clout supporters trust.
Let us run our club collectively.

Am well retired and willing to listen to more.

The original ST wasn’t set up to just aid the club, it was set up when the club looked in real jeopardy after Ted Richardson’s era. If no one else had come forward (Steve Parkin & Andrew Glover) then the ST would have run the club probably in League 1 initially.

Once Glover or more accurately Jimmy Elston took control they had no real interest in engaging with the ST and shunned any attempts to get Supporter representation on the BoD.

The take up of shares in the ST was very high and there was lots of genuine interest in what a well run ST could offer and achieve.However the almost complete shutout by Elston left the ST looking like a white elephant and after a few years it was closed

Shame really

So, I'm no means against supporters helping the club, both big ways (like this) and small ways.

The big question for me is the 'influence' or 'decision making power'. I don't really understand how a supporters trust would work.
How will a group of very diverse people with no say in who the other people in the trust are, making good voting decisions.
You only have to look at this forum.

I applaud your drive to improve things but you'd really have to explain how it would all work to convince me.