The social housing sector is facing a shortage of skilled professionals in repairs, maintenance and construction, largely due to the perception that construction careers lack appeal. This perception hinders our ability to provide essential maintenance services and build new homes. To tackle this issue, it is crucial to transform how we view construction and housing, […]
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High Achievements at J Tomlinson Terri Walker, who began as a Resident Liaison Officer at J Tomlinson in 2020, quickly stood out for her excellent customer support. Recognised as a rising star, she earned a promotion to Senior Resident Liaison Officer within 18 months and later to Customer Engagement Manager in November 2022. In her
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Creating Employment Through Strategic Partnerships CHIP is our aligned charity to ensure that social value dividends are delivered as a direct result of CHIC’s asset management and procurement activities. One of CHIP’s commitments is to work with and financially support Local Employment Groups (LEGs) in the main regions of CHIC’s active members, to secure permanent
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I started my journey after becoming an economics graduate with an accountancy internship and then working as a customer service representative. What I didn’t anticipate was that the next step of my professional career would be at CHIC as a Graduate Apprentice – which I applied for so I can learn more varied professional skills.
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We invite you to read our first Social Value Annual Report, a testament to the positive progress we’ve made in partnership with our aligned not for profit procurement consortium, CHIC. As we reflect on the past year, you’ll see the achievements and initiatives that have delivered social value outcomes for local communities. In 2022/23, CHIC’s
CHIC and CHIP published their first Social Value Annual Report, which was launched at this September event. CHIP was keen to ask stakeholders to look back over the last year to see if the agreed objectives had been achieved, but primarily to look forward to ensure that the outcomes of CHIP’s activities will achieve the maximum
As part of our Added Value the CHIC team have been engaging in a wide variety of volunteering initiatives across the country. This year, the team have given 108 hours of their time to local community groups and projects, from gardening and local ‘clean-up’ events, to supporting food banks and engaging in charity runs. We
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On 24th May CHIP held its first annual Charity & Awards Dinner at the Telford International Centre. The evening was attended by a range of CHIC’s members and supply chain partners, where we celebrated the social value support CHIP contributes to in the communities which CHIC operates. 120 guests enjoyed great food and company. They
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