Carlisle United supports anti-spiking campaign in Carlisle

Community safety partners in Carlisle and Workington were out and about on Friday night (December 19) to promote awareness of spiking.

Carlisle United and Workington rugby league worked with partners from the Community alcohol partnership from 5pm until 8pm handing out anti-spiking devices and encouraging people to celebrate safely. 

The team were accompanied by Carlisle United players and their Olga the Fox mascot and, in Workington, the town’s rugby league team mascot, Spike.

In Carlisle the team were in the Citadel area at the top of Botchergate, supported by council safer streets officers. In Workington, Spike and his colleagues were out and about around the town centre and its licensed premises.

These events were supported by the Cumberland Community Alcohol Partnership, which is chaired by Cumberland Council.