From Site Visit to Completed Homes Earlier this year, CHIC visited Jardine Crescent in Coventry while refurbishment works were underway, seeing first hand the collaboration taking place to deliver a complex retrofit programme for residents. Recently, CHIC was invited back to celebrate the completion of the project and see the transformation of the four residential […]
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Background & Requirements Wiltshire Council requires a compliant and efficient route to procure a Managing Agent capable of delivering the Warm Homes Local Grant at scale across the county. The Council needs a partner that can support the full lifecycle of the programme, from engaging residents and assessing eligibility through to technical property assessments, installer
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Through the CHIC Healthy Homes Framework, Citizen Housing Group appointed Equans to deliver a major external refurbishment programme at Jardine Crescent in Coventry. The project demonstrates how strong collaboration between housing providers, contractors and specialist consultants can deliver energy efficient homes while maintaining the character and heritage of existing buildings. Improving Homes for
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Challenges and Requirements Barnsley Council required a delivery partner to support a large scale retrofit and decarbonisation programme across the borough, improving energy efficiency, affordability and comfort for residents while contributing to wider health and sustainability ambitions. The £4.8m programme, funded through the Government’s Warm Homes Social Housing Fund Wave 3 and Warm Homes Local
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Evesham Court Retrofit Delivers Sustainable, Healthy Homes in Newport CHIC is proud to share a new case study highlighting the successful delivery of a whole-house retrofit at Evesham Court in Wales, delivered through the CHIC Healthy Homes Framework in partnership with Hedyn and funded by the Welsh Government’s Optimised Retrofit Programme (ORP). Completed in autumn
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This multi-measure decarbonisation scheme is being delivered on behalf of one of CHIC’s members, Citizen for 653 of their customers’ homes in Coventry Worth around £18 million and funded by the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Wave 2.1, it follows the successful completion of an earlier scheme. The latest scheme aims to improve the energy efficiency
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Saxon Weald contacted CHIC to assist with a large-scale procurement need for their Grounds & Tree Maintenance project, for all their housing stock. This exercise saw the sites split into five Lots, four for grounds maintenance and one for trees, with the possibility of a different contractor winning each Lot. CHIC vetted all the interested
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CHIC places great importance on its social value activities, which are featured within each Annual Report. For 2019/20 it is pleasing to report that CHIC recruited 22 apprentices from harder to reach groups, such as NEETS (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) and long-term unemployed. We achieved an impressive retention rate of 81.4%. One of
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