Homes for Good
Council Tax bills are set to rise from April 2023, but support may be available to you. Sarah Rogers, Curo’s Customer Accounts Manager, answers some common questions. What is Council Tax? Council Tax is an annual fee you pay to your local council. The cost is set by your council and goes towards funding local services, such as rubbish collections, transport, parking, and…
Show off your creative side in our 2023 VoiceBox Easter bonnet competition. To get involved get in touch with us at VoiceBox@Curo-group.co.uk and request your FREE Easter bonnet starter kit. We would like you to get creative and add your own items to your bonnet to make it EGG-stra special, unique and eye-catching. To enter head over to the VoiceBox forum competition p…
People living in 113 homes owned by Curo are set to benefit from a £2.07m programme of improvements designed to help them save money on energy bills and reduce the carbon emissions of their properties.
Curo is celebrating the end of a successful tree-planting season, which has seen 900 trees planted across its estates. Tree-planting season runs between November and March, when trees are dormant. The success rate of trees planted during this time greatly increases. Curo replace every tree they fell, though not always in the same place or with the same species. Sen…
Pupils at a local primary school in Yatton are enjoying a new play area after Curo made a generous donation towards the purchase.
Curo customer Brigid Nolan describes how Andrea Wyithe, our Money & New Customer Advisor, helped to transform her finances. Brigid says: “I’m so grateful to Andrea. I’m 65 years old and I’ve had a hard life, with a lot of health issues. I was struggling with my rent and had fallen into arrears, when Andrea contacted me to see if she could help. “We made an appointment for Andrea t…
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we asked Julie Evans, Curo’s Executive Director of Property Services, what it’s like to be a female leader in housing. What made you embark on a career in housing? It was never my ambition to work in housing, simply because I never thought of it as a career. I was in my second year studying English Literature at Swansea University w…
Curo has committed to spending £142m on customers’ homes over the next 10 years through our new long-term property investment plan.
Curo’s Customer Diversity Group is an important way for us to listen to residents from ethnic minority backgrounds. Our latest session took place online on Wednesday 22 February. Customers told Curo’s recruitment and training colleagues about what we’re doing well and how we can improve our customer service. We’ll now use this feedback when we plan our training…
In our latest episode, Tania Reason, Benefits Advisor at Curo, talks about the benefits that customers may be missing out on. It’s easy to get lost in the complex benefits maze, but the Money Advice service has the latest information on what support is available. Tania explains how she’s there to support customers every step of the way in their applications. “If you’re e…
