Carlisle United community sports trust shortlisted in EFL Awards
Carlisle United's Community Sports Trust have been shortlisted in the EFL Awards.
The Blues' community trust have been recognised for their Komatsu Climate Heroes project.
It has earned United a place on a three-strong shortlist for the EFL Green Club Award sponsored by IMG.
It is not the first time the CST's project has earned accolades, after the Komatsu Climate Heroes initiative was highly commended at last autumn's North West Football Awards.
This time the Blues will be up against Championship club Blackburn Rovers with their Sustainability Learning Conference, and League One club Northampton Town for their Cobblers Tackle Food Waste initiative.
United's CST will learn whether they have won the award at the EFL Awards 2025 ceremony in London on Sunday, April 27, which will also be shown live on Sky Sports.
The Komatsu Climate Heroes project, involving a firm that sponsors the Blues, was launched last year.
It has seen visits to several Cumbrian primary schools as well as site visits to Komatsu's headquarters near Carlisle Airport.
Involving about 500 school children at ten to 15 rural and city schools, the project's focus is on sustainability.
After the project was commended at the North West Awards in the community initiative of the season category, United's CST chief executive James Tose told the News & Star: "It's great to get the accolade and recognition for the staff who put all their energy and work into the project.
The project has visited numerous schools in the area (Image: Matty O'Hara / News & Star)
'I think it's also recognition for how a local business can get involved with the football club, and a local charity, and work together. It does take 100 per cent on both sides to really commit to it, to make it such a fantastic project.'
'We're getting lots of kids learning about sustainability, carbon footprint, biodiversity, but also getting out to the factory, seeing what they do, seeing what a sustainable company actually is.
'It's fantastic for Komatsu, the club's official charity in ourselves, and also Carlisle United for making a real difference in the community.'
There is further Cumbrian involvement at the EFL Awards, with Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford, from Greysouthen, shortlisted in the Championship player of the season category.
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