Carlisle United owners Tom and Patty Piatak have visited the University of Cumbria’s Fusehill Street campus.
They were joined by club chief executive Nigel Clibbens, finance director Suzanne Kidd, and CUFC board member Matt Spooner, for the meeting to discuss how the university and club can work together and with others, to engage local communities, promote Carlisle as a city, and contribute to place vibrancy and vitality.
Professor Julie Mennell, vice chancellor, said: “It was great to meet with Tom and Patty and the wider team to hear their vision for the club and to discuss how our two organisations can deliver even greater benefit to Carlisle and our communities.
“It’s an exciting time to be working with them. I look forward to developing our partnership further and to what will follow from this important city-based collaboration.”
Mr Clibbens said: “We’ve talked about ways that we can all work together and how fantastic the university’s doing, and how it is going to develop in the future. We want to show our support for the students, staff and the institution as it grows.”
Mr Piatak said: “The future of this city is very bright. It takes a village and everyone working together, and we look forward to working with the University of Cumbria, the city and Carlisle United to be the best that we can be.”
It was announced this week that Film and TV students from the university’s Institute of Education, Arts and Society will be working with CUFC and other partners on Be Just and Fear Not, a new Lottery-funded project to preserve the football club’s legacy as it prepares to mark 50 years since achieving promotion to the First Division in the 1974-75 season.
