CHIC - Launching CHIP

This year CHIC established a new charity. CHIP works proactively with contractors and suppliers to ensure that all contractual social value obligations are achieved. It also works with Local Employment Groups and other voluntary sector organisations to create and support employment opportunities for people who are disadvantaged and distant from the workplace.

The charity will be officially launched at a round table discussion and networking lunch on 13th September. The discussions will focus on what our stakeholders want CHIP to deliver in the short, medium and long term. CHIC’s chair will also outline the consortiums expectations and introduce the new CHIP Chair and Trustees.

There will be five round table discussions, centred around CHIP’s objectives, each chaired by a CHIP Trustee:

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