Carlisle Racecourse is part of Jockey Club Racecourses. Due to our unique experience and heritage and the strength of the Group today, we are able to successfully deliver competitive and best-of-class horse racing; maximizing profit and re-investing in our future to ensure the long-term and sustainable success of our business. The sustainability of our business and of our environment is essential.
Our catering group, Jockey Club Catering, are part of the Compass Group, and they too also take sustainability very seriously and have five key pillars of Corporate Responsibility they look to adhere to. They are listed below:
OUR PEOPLE – Support and develop our employees
SUSTAINABLE SOURCING – Run our business to the highest ethical standards
WELLNESS AND NUTRITION – Ensure the good health and well being of our consumers
ENVIRONMENT- Reduce our impact on the world we live in
COMMUNITY – Make a positive contribution to the communities in which we live and work
Examples of sustainability here at Carlisle Racecourse
Recycling
We do recycle as much as possible by recycling all cardboard used on site. We are now also going to recycle other dry material including tin cans, plastic cups, wrap and bottles from our site.
Local Suppliers
To cut down on carbon miles and support our local economy we use as many local suppliers as possible. For example all of our meat used for our conference and events buffets and also our raceday restaurant is supplied by Cranstons, a local butcher.
We are currently looking to change our fish and cheese supplier to a local firm.
We even grow our own mint for the Ladies Night Pimms!!!
Green Shop
All the items sold in our Bell Bakery are either;
Locally produced (Cranstons Meat Pies)
Carbon neutral (bottled water)
Free from artificial colours and preservatives (crisps)
Fair-trade products (chocolate bars and chocolate muffins),
Biodegradable and recyclable (soft drink bottles and packaging)
Fair Trade
All tea, coffee and sugar used here at the racecourse is all fair trade products.
Local Recruitment
We are committed to not using agencies to recruit our staff, instead we offer opportunities to local people. We believe it is important for our venue to support the local community.
