Tigers announce new partnership with City Health Care Partnership CIC

27 June, 2013

Hull City Tigers is delighted to announce that City Health Care Partnership CIC (CHCP CIC) has joined its elite band of club partners for the 2013/14 Barclays Premier League season.

CHCP CIC is the parent "for better profit" co-owned business of a group of established and developing businesses, providing community health and social care, primary and specialist care primary health and integrated social care services to over half a million people in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire. Their services help minimise the need for acute care in hospital through early interventions, community-based treatment and promotion of healthy lifestyles.

CHCP CIC provide over 75 diverse services in community settings, including End of Life, District Nursing, TB Clinics, Community Paediatric Nursing, Health Visitors, School Nurses, Sexual Health, Dentistry, Public Health, Prison Health, GP Practices, Minor Injury Units, Eating Disorders and Psychological Wellbeing to name but a few. At its core CHCP CIC is a social business, investing all profits from their growing ventures into services, staff and the communities in which they work.

City Health Care Partnership CIC Chief Executive Andrew Burnell explained. “As a local employer and health care provider we’re proud and excited to be taking our support of Hull City to the next level this year. We’re a social business which means we invest not only in our services and staff, but also the wider community and it’s a fantastic opportunity for us to get across our key health messages to a wider audience and promote healthy lifestyles, as well as showing our pride in Hull at a national level.

“In the same way that Hull City delivers premier league football we deliver premier league health care to people across Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire!”

Commenting on the new partnership, Hull City Commercial Manager Linton Brown said. “We are delighted to welcome the CHCP CIC brand to our family of key Commercial Partners. The CHCP CIC brand

is locally recognised through its fantastic community health, and social care services it provides. We at Hull City are thrilled to align our brand to these key health messages which are delivered into our community.

“We very much look forward to working closely with Andrew and his team to make the partnership a success and enhance even further their excellent brand position.”

In addition to becoming an official club partner, City Health Care Partnership CIC will also become the official sponsor of The Ambassadors Club, and see the CHCP brand displayed on the new LED pitchside advertising system at the KC Stadium for all Hull City home games.

Photo: CHCP CIC chief executive Andrew Burnell and Denise Anderton, director of social business and public relations in the dug-out at the KC stadium