Chaz Singh
Chaz Singh
Funding and Training officer
Born and raised in Birmingham.
After leaving school I got involved in retail and spent more than 15 years in this sector. This enabled me to gain firsthand knowledge in business negotiation skills. I also volunteered in my local Gurdwara (Sikh place of worship) for more than 10 years in Birmingham and I am a member of the Council of Sikh Gurdwara’s in Birmingham. Having managed retail shops in Birmingham, a new challenge faced me in 2002. A family decision to purchase a business in Plymouth.
A new beginning, a fresh challenge but one that would begin my passion for Plymouth. It was to become the stepping stone of my community, business and managerial skills being used to the best of my ability. Having ran the store for more than 5 years in Plymouth simultaneously with my community voluntary engagement work in Plymouth the business was sold in 2007.
My community work briefly consisted of engaging, volunteering and delivering work related to Equality & Diversity, community cohesion, race identity and cultural programmes to educational establishments, statutory and multi faith agencies nationally and regionally.
Easily recognized and approachable are two important qualities I possess.
The database of people that I have amassed in Plymouth has proved invaluable to me.
My role as a Funding & Training Officer with Fata He is to work with the diverse communities in Plymouth, Cornwall and Torbay.
I am interested in photography, theatre and the arts. I use the arts as a medium to implement change, challenge and champion perceptions of BME people in Plymouth. Below are some of the accomplishments I have achieved
Voted 3rd Best Newsagent of the year in Plymouth 2004 voted by customers.
National winner of the Modern Day St. George’s title 2007; The National St George’s Day Banquet took place at the Banqueting House in the City of Westminster on Monday 23 April 2007, in front of an audience that included the former Prime Minister, John Major and the Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport.
Exhibited work at the Plymouth Theatre Royal (Jul 2006), Plymstock Library (Aug 2006), The Plough Arts Centre in Torrington (Oct 2006), Barbican Theatre in Plymouth (Mar 2007), at the 30th anniversary of the Race Relations Act held at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in Westminster (Nov 2006) and at the Sikh Women's Conference at the University of East London (May 2007). Exeter University Black History Month (2008). Plymouth council house 2008