These are the terms and conditions between the user ("you") and the Chartered Institute of Housing ("CIH", "we", "us", “our”). Please read these terms and conditions carefully as they govern your use of the CIH website at www.cih.org, including any contracts for the supply of products or services you seek to enter into with us through the site.
CIH has been incorporated by Royal Charter since 1984 and our registered office is at Suites 5 and 6, First Floor Rowan House, Westwood Business Park, Coventry, CV4 8LE.
We will do our utmost to ensure that availability of the site will be uninterrupted, and transmissions will be error free. However, due to the nature of the Internet, this cannot be guaranteed. Also, your access to the site may also be occasionally suspended or restricted to allow for repairs and maintenance, or the introduction of new facilities and services. We will attempt to limit the frequency and duration of any such suspension or restriction. CIH will not be liable for any loss or damage (whether direct, indirect or consequential) incurred by you resulting from any such interruption or lack of access to the site.
You are acknowledging and agreeing to these terms and conditions by using this site. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, you may not access or use the site in any way. We will not accept any amendment to these terms and conditions. By entering this site you agree to use and continue to use the site and all services provided through it in a manner consistent with all applicable laws and regulations and in accordance with these terms and conditions.
Specific event bookings and certain items available for order through the site may be subject to additional terms and conditions. Those specific terms will be drawn to your attention at the time you are placing the relevant booking or order. Where you are advised that additional terms apply, you will be deemed to have accepted them in full if you continue with your booking or order thereafter. If you have any queries regarding the applicable terms, please contact us at membership.services@cih.org before you book a place on any such event or order any product or service.
CIH reserves the right to change or update these terms and conditions from time to time without prior notice to users. Any changes will take effect from the day they are first posted on the site or the changes are notified to you, whichever is the sooner. The terms and conditions in force at the time of your access the site will apply to you each time you access it.
We have in place a level of security appropriate to the nature of the data received and the harm that might result from a breach of security. Data relating to you and your use of the site is held in our corporate databases. We will:
These terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with English law and the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any matter or dispute arising out of or in connection with them (including any dispute as to interpretation).
The site and its contents are provided on an "as is" basis and CIH does not make any representations or warranties (and expressly disclaim the same to the fullest extent permitted by law) with respect to the site, its contents and the services available on and/or through it. In particular, CIH does not represent or warrant that the material comprised on this site is completely accurate or up-to-date and CIH shall have no liability in respect of such material or for any use of or reliance upon any such material by any person.
Users should take legal, financial or other appropriate advice before taking any action arising out of use of material from the site. The documents and related graphics on the site could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. CIH cannot assume responsibility for any errors or omissions on the site.
All content on the site, including all intellectual property rights and including (but not limited to) text, graphics, logos, and images is the property of CIH, its affiliates or content suppliers. You may not copy, retransmit or deal in any manner with any content of this site without the express written consent of CIH, say that you are hereby granted permission to use documents such as (but not limited to) press releases, consultation papers and briefings from the site, provided that (1) the CIH copyright notice appears in all copies, (2) such permission is only for your personal, non-commercial use, and (3) you do not copy or upload the information to any network computer or broadcast it on any medium whatsoever.
You may not create and/or publish your own database which utilises sections of the site and/or any database on the site or accessible through it without CIH’s express written consent.
No logo, graphic or image from the site may be copied or retransmitted unless expressly permitted in writing by CIH.
The links provided on the site may direct you an external site. These linked sites are not under the control of CIH and CIH is not responsible for their contents, any link contained on a linked site, or any changes and updates to these sites. CIH has included these links for your convenience and the inclusion of a link does not imply or constitute any CIH endorsement of the site or any products or services advertised on or provided through it. CIH accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage you sustain by visiting these websites.
CIH will be responsible for any losses you suffer as a result of us breaching these conditions if the losses were reasonably foreseeable to both you and us when you commenced using the site. We will not in any event and to the maximum extent permitted by law be responsible for any business loss (including loss of profits, revenue, contracts, anticipated savings, data, goodwill or wasted expenditure) or any other indirect or consequential loss, whether or not reasonably foreseeable to both you and us when you commenced using the site. CIH does not limit in any way its liability by law for death or personal injury caused from our negligence or breach of duty or caused by our gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, you consent to receive communications from us electronically and you agree that all notices and other communications sent to you electronically satisfy all legal requirements that such communication be in writing. Information provided by us through the site, including by email, cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. It may also be subject to loss, interception or alteration.
We will not be liable for any loss or damage, howsoever arising, occurring as a result of such electronic communication being lost, intercepted or altered or affected in any way.
You can view our membership terms and conditions here.
Comments are open to all users registered on this site. Users who post and use the comments facility are agreeing to the following terms of use:
CIH reserves the right to edit/delete any postings and comments and/or block or delete users accounts.
Member data may also be used to provide mailing lists to third party suppliers for the purpose of mailing items to you. These lists include names, job titles and addresses. Member data is used to provide mailing lists to regional boards for the purpose of contacting you about events and services that they can offer to you.
We do not provide mailing lists or contact details to third parties for the purposes of marketing, but we may pass your details to members of our group of companies for purposes which relate to your membership and provide you with information about products or events which may be of interest to you. You can opt-out of receiving such correspondence, at any time, free of charge, by contacting us.
CIH has strict agreements with each third-party supplier for the management of your data. These agreements are in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and PECR regulations.
No waiver by us of any breach of these terms and conditions shall be a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision of them.
Certain details are protected and can only be viewed or amended by trained CIH staff e.g. the payment of subscriptions and changes to our corporate databases. In addition, staff some external suppliers will have access to your data and as stated above they are under strict data sharing agreements.
If you use the site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and restricting access to your computer to prevent unauthorised access to your account. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under or using your account or password. You should take all necessary steps to ensure that you password is kept confidential and secure and you should inform us immediately if you have any reason to believe that your password has become known to, or used by anyone else, or if your password is being, or is likely to be, used in an unauthorised manner.
Please ensure that the details you provide to us are up to date and complete and should your details change, you inform us immediately. You can access and update much of the information you have provided to us within the My CIH area of the site or by contacting membership.services@cih.org. To the maximum extent permitted by law, CIH shall bear no responsibility or liability for any failure of transmission, misdirection of correspondence, or loss or damage contributed to or caused by your failure to update your details from time to time.
CIH reserves the right to refuse access to the site, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders at our discretion.
You have certain rights under the Data Protection Act 2018 in relation to the information that we hold about you. These rights include:
Please also see our Privacy Policy here
The terms and conditions contained in this section apply in addition to the terms and conditions set out above and govern your use of any part of the Site which permits you to order goods and/or services from CIH.
Where products supplied are subject to third party intellectual property or licensing arrangements, they are supplied by us to you subject to the terms and conditions of the respective service. You are required to accept such terms and conditions before first using the relevant service. Use of the relevant product or service is deemed to be acceptance of the terms and conditions of such service.
CIH does not bear any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or currency of any information provided on the site including in relation to prices, availability and delivery times (as is covered in more detail elsewhere in these terms and conditions). As such, your placing an order on the site shall be deemed to be an offer to purchase the items in that order for the price shown on the site. After you have successfully completed the order process on the site, we will send you a confirmation email setting out your order reference.
If the items you have ordered are in stock and available for postage to you, that confirmation email shall constitute acceptance of your offer (subject always to these terms and conditions).
If some or all of the items you have ordered are not in stock and/or unavailable for postage to you, that confirmation email shall constitute acceptance of your offer in respect of those items that are in stock and available for postage, but the remainder of the order shall not be accepted by us.
Please see section 3 ("Pricing") and 5 ("Availability") which set out how we deal with the unusual situations where an item you have ordered is wrongly-priced on the site or temporarily unavailable. In such circumstances, we will only accept the relevant offer by you to purchase any item(s) once we have confirmed that you wish to purchase such item(s) and we have processed payment for, and despatched, the same.
For the avoidance of doubt, us processing payment for any order shall not be deemed to be acceptance of that or any other order, as all or part of such payment may be refunded to you in accordance with these terms and conditions without giving rise to any contract for the sale of the items in that order.
CIH always aims to provide the most accurate information on prices. We supply items at published prices except where a specific discount is offered. In the event of a pricing error such that the applicable price is lower than the advertised one, we will charge you the lower price and refund any excess amount already paid. In the event of a pricing error such that the applicable price is higher than the advertised one, howsoever caused, we will check with you to see if you still wish to receive the relevant product or service at the new price and, if you do not, will refund your payment for it. The only currency accepted by the site is UK Pounds Sterling (£) and all prices are displayed in that currency.
Unless we agree to invoice you separately, full payment for all orders is required at the time of ordering. It will be made clear during the order process whether payment in cleared funds is required or whether we will raise an invoice. Goods remain the property of CIH until payment is received. Payment can be made by MasterCard, Visa, Maestro, BACS or personal cheque. We reserve the right to amend the payment methods we accept from time to time.
Books are currently zero-rated for VAT. If there is any change in legislation, VAT will become applicable at the standard rate in accordance with such changes and from the date required by the legislation.
CIH’s VAT registration number is 233 8459 50.
Although we do try to ensure that the site displays the most up-to-date availability information, availability displayed for each product or service advertised is subject to change. Any information regarding availability is subject to the stock level information which we are provided with.
If you order a product or service which is out of stock, you will be informed of this within five days of the date you place the order. Orders for these items will be recorded and supplied when available unless you have cancelled your order prior to such despatch, which you can do by contacting our customer service department at customer@cih.org or on +44 [0] 2476 851700.
Orders placed online and paid for by MasterCard, Visa or Maestro will be posted within five working days, provided goods are in stock at the time of processing the order. Please allow up to 14 days for delivery. We will not be held responsible for any delay or failure to comply with our obligations under these terms and conditions if the delay or failure is as a result of any cause which is beyond our reasonable control.
When ordering goods from the site for delivery overseas, the overseas recipient may be subject to import duties and taxes. Any additional charges for customs clearance shall not be borne by CIH and it is your responsibility to establish whether these may or will be applicable and to make provision for their payment.
Refunds to credit cards will be processed immediately if goods that were shown as being in stock when ordered by you are subsequently unavailable when the relevant order is processed.
We are happy for you to return items which are in their original condition. Such requests must be made within 30 days from date of delivery to you provided prior authorisation has been given by CIH. If you would like to return items to CIH then please contact our customer service department at customer@cih.org or alternatively call them on +44 [0] 2476 851700 who will provide you with instructions for returning items. Please note that any refund will be processed as soon as reasonably possible once the goods have been returned to us in a good and saleable condition.
Please also contact our customer service department if you would like to return an item because of an error on our part (for example, if we delivered the wrong item to you not in accordance with your order – in which case we will refund the related delivery charges) or because an item is defective.
Claims for non-delivery must be made within 30 days from the date of notification of postage for UK orders, 40 days for overseas orders. Claims for shortages and damages must be made within 10 working days from date of receipt. All packaging must be retained for inspection. Claims not received within these periods may not be met. If you would like to make a claim then please contact our customer service department at customer@cih.org or alternatively call us on +44 [0] 2476 851700.
CIH's liability to you for negligence, breach of contract and statutory duty in relation to any contract for the sale of goods by us to you shall be limited to the cost of replacing any goods and/or services ordered by you. It is not intended that any contract between CIH and you for the supply of goods and/or services should be enforceable by any third party.
Attendees: means an individual registered or participating in the event.
Booking Form: means the organiser’s form by which the delegate/sponsor/exhibitor engage with CIH services/products which is accepted by the organiser and supporting organisation.
Cancellations: means terms by which the booking may be cancelled, and the subsequent penalties incurred by the delegate/attendee.
Data Protection Act: means UK Law regarding the rights and responsibilities of the organiser with regards to personal data.
Delegates: means the person attending the event.
Exhibitor: means the party with which the organiser has entered into contract with and granted space at the conference/event and any of its respective employees, servants, contractors, sub-contractors or agents.
Organiser: means the Chartered Institute of Housing.
Sponsor: means the party which the organiser has agreed will sponsor a conference / event and any of its respective employees, servants, contractors, sub-contractors or agents.
Our CIH events are built for our members, with content centred around current issues and inner workings of the sector. We would ask all individuals who attend our CIH event to be kind to all, act with integrity and respect, maintain a professional demeanour, and be accountable and responsible during your time with us.
Attendees: means an individual registered or participating in the event.
Booking form: means the organiser’s form by which the Delegate / Sponsor / Exhibitor engage with CIH services / products which is accepted by the organiser and supporting organisation.
Cancellations: means terms by which the booking may be cancelled, and the subsequent penalties incurred by the delegate/attendee.
Data protection act: means UK Law regarding the rights and responsibilities of the organiser with regards to personal data.
Delegates: means the person attending the event.
Organiser: means the Chartered Institute of Housing.
Sponsor: means the party which the organiser has agreed will sponsor a conference / event and any of its respective employees, servants, contractors, sub-contractors or agents.
Booking information
Multi bookings: Multiple booking discounts only applies where multi discounts are offered and when all places are booked at the same timeIf at the time of booking, you do not know the names of guests, please let us have names no later than two weeks before the event.
An exhibitor shall not be entitled to assign, sublet, share or grant licenses in respect of the whole or part of the space allocated to them, except to permitted assigns listed on the application form. CIH shall be entitled to freely assign its rights and obligations under the terms and conditions.
It is the responsibility of the sponsor/exhibitor to ensure that its contractors’ employees’ and agents’, displays and exhibits comply with current legislation regarding Health & Safety at Work.
The exhibitors and its contractors may not interfere with the exhibition in any way whatsoever, and any damage caused by their acts of negligence shall require them to indemnify CIH and its contractors against any claim arising from such damage.
Purchase order (PO) numbers are required when booking if your organisation requires you to provide one. Failure to do so or providing an incorrect PO number will not invalidate our payment terms.
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These terms and conditions govern your use of the CIH services and website; by registering with the Academy, you accept these terms and conditions in full. If you disagree with these terms and conditions or any part of these terms and conditions, you must not register.
The terms and conditions, in addition to the website terms of use, apply to the purchase of any course by an organisation or individual and the use of the CIH website in relation to the same.
Please read these terms and conditions carefully before purchasing a course and print off a copy for your records. By placing your order for the course you are confirming your agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions.
If there is any conflict between these terms and conditions, and the Website Terms of Use, the conflict shall be resolved according to the following order of priority;
The CIH website uses cookies. By using this website and agreeing to these terms and conditions, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of the CIH Cookie Policy which can be found here.
By entering into a contract with CIH, you the purchaser, where appropriate:
By registering with the CIH you, the individual learner or training delegate is entering into a contract by which you:
CIH Housing Academy roles and responsibilities
CIH reserves the right to refuse a registration request if an individual does not meet the entry requirements for the course or programme of study and is unable to provide copies of certificate when required.
CIH may update or amend these terms from time to time to comply with the law or to meet its changing business requirements without notice to the purchaser. Any updates or amendments will be posted on the CIH website.
CIH may assign, transfer or sub-contract any of its rights or obligations under these terms to any third party at its discretion.
Waiver of a breach of the Terms and Conditions shall not constitute waiver of another breach. Failing to enforce a provision of the Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver or create an estoppel from enforcing such provision. Any waiver must be agreed upon by CIH in writing.
Any notices required to be served by CIH under these terms will be deemed properly served if emailed to the email address, notified by the purchaser at the CIH Housing Academy’s discretion. Email: housing.academy@cih.org
A notice sent by email is deemed to be given on the day it was sent.
The agreement between the purchaser and CIH which is compromised in these terms is not intended to be for the benefit of any third party and shall not be exercised by any other person under the contract (Rights of Third Parties Act 1999) or otherwise.
All parties involved in the contract
These terms and the website terms of use (if you registered on the website) constitute the entire agreement and understanding between the parties and supersede and replaces any other terms and conditions previously published by CIH and any other understanding, undertaking, representation, warranty, arrangement, or statement of any nature whatsoever made by us to you, whether oral, written, or otherwise, relating to the subject matter of these Terms.
If any of these terms are found to be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the rest of these terms shall remain in full force and effect.
These terms, and any other matters arising out of or in relation to these terms, are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. The purchaser agrees to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with these terms.
Cancellation of a booking on any CIH course must be sent to CIH by email within the timeframes stated in Section I, by either the purchaser or individual.
An individual is responsible for notifying the purchaser (where different) that they have cancelled the course.
If you do not receive an acknowledgment of your cancellation within two days of your advice to us, it is your responsibility to contact CIH by phone.
In the event an individual is unable to attend a course on the day, the individual must contact CIH by telephone to receive further instruction.
CIH reserves the right to cancel a course at any time without incurring any additional liability to the individual.
Such circumstances are not limited to weather conditions, fire, flood, transport strikes, closures or delays, or any other Force Majeure or Act of God.
CIH will endeavor to provide alternative dates for the course or session where possible but will not be liable for any additional costs.
For training, all fees are subject to VAT. Regulated qualifications are not subject to VAT.
Individuals or purchasers (making the booking on an individual’s behalf) booking onto all courses are required to pay their full fees within seven days of receipt of the invoice or prior to the start date of the course. Failure to do so may mean that your course date will need to be changed or services stopped. *The start date is the day of the advertised closing date for applications.
Where applicable depending on the contractor, tutor expenses will be charged additionally at cost and invoiced periodically.
If payment for fees is to be made by the individual’s organisation, a purchase order is required; it is the
individual’s responsibility to provide this to CIH at the time of booking.
All VAT chargeable purchases will be charged using the current UK VAT rate for all services carried out in the UK and for all products where VAT is applicable
Anytime prior to the course start date* |
up to £100 admin fee will be charged per individual |
Up to two weeks after the course start* date or access to course materials for bitesize qualifications | 50 percent of the course cost will be charged per individual |
Anytime after these two weeks* | 100 percent of the full course cost per individual |
*The start date is the day the advertised closing date for applications
Open training one week prior to the course start date if an alternative date cannot be provided |
£50 admin fee will be charged |
Open training non-attendance | 50 percent of the contract total will be charged |
Inhouse training one week prior to the first delivery date if an alternative date cannot be provided | 100 percent of the full course cost per individual |
Inhouse training any time after the first delivery date if an alternative date cannot be provided | 100 percent of the full course cost |
CIH makes no representation or warranty that the course materials will not infringe any third-party IP or are error-free.
CIH makes no representations, warranty, or guarantee that an individual will achieve any particular result from undertaking the course.
CIH does not make any commitment that the course materials will be compatible with or operate with the individual’s software or hardware.
All representations, warranties, and/or terms and/or commitments not expressly set out in these terms (Whether implied by law, conduct, statute, or otherwise) are hereby expressly excluded to the maximum extent permissible at law.
At all times, CIH and/or its licensors, remain the owners of the intellectual property in the course materials content.
In consideration of receipt by CIH of the course fee, CIH grants to each individual a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the course material content for the sole purpose of studying for the course.
Save as expressly set out in these terms, you may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, sub-license, sell, upload, broadcast, post, transmit, make available, disseminate, or distribute in any way any of the course materials.
You may not modify, adapt, merge, translate, disassemble, decompile, recompile, or reverse engineer any software forming part of the blended learning and online courses create derivative works based overall of or any of their parts or incorporate these into any software program.
Use of the course materials not expressly permitted in these terms is strictly prohibited and will constitute an infringement of either CIH Housing Academy’s copyright and/or CIH Housing Academy’s other intellectual property rights, and/or the copyright and/or other intellectual property rights of CIH Housing Academy’s licensors.
Individuals are obligated to abide by CIH’s policies and procedures, which are available to all individuals on the website or learning platforms. These policies are regularly reviewed and updated where necessary.
Promoting British values builds on and extends existing commitments to equality, diversity, and inclusion. These accord with CIH’s mission which is ‘to maximise the contribution that housing professionals make to the wellbeing of communities, working to transform the lives of the most vulnerable in society’ and values.
CIH Housing Academy aims to provide the best possible experience for individuals registered on it's courses and programmes. We value feedback as this provides important information on how we can improve our services. We therefore treat complaints positively and handle them sensitively and in a timely fashion.
If you are dissatisfied with any element of our service you have the right to complain. Before you make a formal complaint we would suggest getting in contact with us first to see if we can resolve it straightaway for you.
CIH Housing Academy is committed to delivering a high standard of service to our customers.
The following options are available to support learners whilst studying towards a qualification with the CIH Housing Academy.
This arrangement applies where individuals have ticked the box on the CIH Housing Academy application form to declare that learning and support arrangements are needed to access assessments or locations. These arrangements apply to online learning, and training.
The general definition of disability in the Equality Act 2010 is a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to- day activities. The Equality Act 2010 defines long-term here as having lasted or being likely to last for at least 12 months or the
rest of the person’s life. Substantial is defined as more than minor or trivial. Some people are deemed to be disabled for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010. For example, people with cancer, HIV and multiple sclerosis are protected effectively from the point of diagnosis.
The Equality Act 2010 suggests the reasonable adjustment duty would apply in three specific situations:
CIH Housing Academy is committed to ensuring that its services are accessible to everyone. This arrangement sets out the level of practical support as a training and learning provider, we can offer you throughout your course or programme with us. As we are a membership organisation, rather than an educational institution (like a college or university) offering educational courses, CIH is not required to adhere to SENDA (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Act 2001). However, because of our commitment to and belief in equality and diversity we want to ensure all individuals have the best possible experiences when they are studying through CIH Housing Academy – this includes both online and blended learning, and training programmes. Where courses are delivered on a blended learning basis either in a CIH location, at an employer’s premises or other venue, CIH Housing Academy will ensure that they have appropriate disabled access and facilities.
Sometimes a physical feature of a building or other premise may make it more difficult for you to access or use it. The kind of adjustments which could be made includes removing, changing, or providing a way of avoiding the physical feature, where it is reasonable to do so. You may need aids or equipment to help you
access or do something. Or you may need additional services. The Equality Act calls this auxiliary aids and services.
If you have:
CIH will consider whether you are entitled to reasonable adjustment to support your study. These adjustments may include:
*Further details can be found in Study Skills and Support area on our Moodle
online learning platform.
You will be asked to provide supporting evidence to support your claim. If your application is upheld, then we will be able to make 'reasonable adjustments' such as giving you more time to complete your assignments. Ideally you should state that you need to make a claim for reasonable adjustments when you complete the
online application form, but it is not too late to let us know once you are on the course.
If you wish to apply for reasonable adjustments to support your qualification studies, training, or an apprenticeships programme this is what you need to do:
If agreement cannot be reached between CIH Housing Academy and the individual and/or their representative about what would be a reasonable adjustment the individual and/or their representative will be advised of the CIH Housing Academy position. They will then be given details of our appeals procedure should they wish to pursue appeals.
Due to the length of policy please click below to view.
Due to the length of policy please click below to view.
This policy and procedure sets out the way in which workers may raise any concerns that they have and how those concerns will be investigated by CIH Housing Academy. It applies to all staff and contractors performing roles in relation to CIH Housing Academy, hereafter known as ‘the worker(s) ’.
In the case of CIH Housing Academy, ‘the public’ means learners, apprentices, contractors, staff, member, and other partners.
CIH Housing Academy encourages anyone associated with the organisation to report any concerns that they may have about the conduct of others or the way in which the business is run. Workers are protected by law if they report any of the following:
These concerns are also known as ‘qualifying disclosures’ under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998. Personal grievances, such as bullying, harassment, discrimination will be dealt with through CIH’s policy and procedure if you are a member of staff or through the appropriate CIH Housing Academy Line Manager in the case of contractors.
Any investigations under this policy and procedure will follow the procedures set out in CIH Housing Academy’s Complaints procedure and, in addition, take into account the following considerations:
1. In the first instance, any concerns should be raised with the appropriate CIH Housing Academy Manager who will decide if any action is needed, unless
At this stage, workers must say straightaway if they don’t want anyone else to know it was them who raised the concern. If workers do this the relevant Manager may not be able to take their concerns further if all the information needed can’t be provided.
2. If, on completion of the investigation, the worker feels that the relevant Housing Academy Manager has failed to make a proper investigation he/she should inform the relevant Head of Service, who will arrange for
another manager to review the investigation carried out, make any necessary enquiries and report on their findings.
3. If, once all stages in the Complaints Procedures, have been exhausted the worker reasonably believes that appropriate action has not been taken, he/she should report the matter to the proper authority. The legislation sets out a number of bodies to which qualifying disclosures may be made.
These include:
For more information go to https://www.gov.uk/whistleblowing
Related policies and procedures:
The course materials and contents of the website are copyright. This includes all content unless otherwise noted. The contents may not be copied and republished in any format, whole or in part. This includes (for example, but not limited to) copying text, copying pictures or video, copying images for use in brochures, websites or any other medium, copying review content (narrative, video or pictures), copying backgrounds and borders, or any other content.
All material is the intellectual property of CIH (or the suppliers of the information where this is explicitly stated). Material is made available purely for the benefit of CIH participants for their own personal use. It is not available for commercial use with other organisations. During your use of the website, we gather ‘industry standard’ data from you, which includes: your logged ID, your IP, your browser details etc. Our server maintains a log of your access.
General data collected may be used or shared in an ‘aggregate’ manner, for example, to demonstrate how many hits we have, what countries people are accessing the site from, what browsers people are using, what parts of the site are visited and so on.
We never share any information specific to a particular identifiable user unless requested by law or a similar authority, or an ISP or network administrator investigating abuse of our site. If individuals personally make their contact details available to other individuals, this is to enable networking and sharing of information between them. Under no circumstances are they to be used by individuals or their associates, or made available by individuals/associates to third parties, for mailing lists or other commercial purposes.
Information on the web is made available to individuals and cannot therefore be regarded as confidential. Individuals undertake that all information they provide for the web is free from copyright, confidentiality or other restrictions that would prevent its publication on our website.
By engaging with CIH, you grant a perpetual licence to display, reproduce or use your website postings on the CIH site. You also grant to CIH a perpetual licence to use your postings either in the original form or modified and on any other media for the purpose of promotion of CIH Housing Academy.
You may terminate your registration at any time by notifying CIH Housing Academy. On termination, CIH will deactivate your password.
If you have a complaint about any products or services provided by CIH, please contact us via the website or email housing.academy@cih.org.
One of our managers will contact you within 10 working days (excepting periods of closure, normally Christmas and other bank holidays).
The manager will investigate your complaint and aim to provide a satisfactory way forward within a further 10 working days, subject to the limits outlined in these terms and conditions.
CIH accepts no responsibility for the content of our site, which is provided ‘as is’, and with no warranty express or implied. Reviews and all our other content are offered as our opinion only. We understand that in your engagement with CIH you expect the website to be on-line and available at all times. However, we can make no guarantees as to the ‘up time’ of the site as this is beyond our control. For example, routing, server, Internet, hardware and software problems completely beyond our control may occur. We host with a commercial company that guarantees (to us) 99.9 per cent + up time in order to minimise down time but accept no responsibility if the site goes off-line and it is not our fault.
You are solely responsible for your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of them. You are also solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your username, password and e-mail address and all activities that are conducted through your account.
You must not share your username with anyone else. IP addresses are monitored and any accounts suspected of being shared will be barred. In consideration of being allowed to use the materials provided by CIH Housing Academy, you agree that you will abide by these terms and conditions and in general will not:
Any conduct that in our opinion restricts or inhibits the use of the website by any other subscriber will not be tolerated. We reserve the right to pursue any and all legal and equitable remedies against you, including the posting of your address and the reporting of your activity to your Internet Service Provider (ISP), and other authorities. Any material in any correspondence that we determine to be contrary to our terms and unsuitable for our forum will be edited or deleted. Our decision on these matters is final.
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These terms and conditions were last updated in March 2020.