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Curo shows Jacob Rees-Mogg MP how we're helping homeless people this Christmas

Jacob Rees-Mogg, MP for North East Somerset, has toured Curo’s supported homeless accommodation and retirement living housing to hear about the help Curo and our local authority partners provide to make sure homeless people have a safe place to stay this Christmas. As part of the visit, on Friday 9 December, Mr Rees-Mogg met colleagues and residents to share news o…

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Show off your creative side with our free Christmas wreath pack

This Christmas we’re helping customers to get creative with our FREE wreath-making kit and competition. Simply get in touch with us at VoiceBox@Curo-group.co.uk to request your free kit. Let your creativity run wild and add more items as well as those included with the pack to make your wreath as spectacular as possible. Once you’ve made your wreath you can enter our c…

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Curo Christmas celebrations for over-55s help combat loneliness

Curo customers and older people from local communities came together to enjoy festive food, live music and dancing at a Christmas party at Conygre Hall, Timsbury, on Wednesday 7 December. The party is one of three Christmas celebrations Curo is holding for over 55s, with others planned in Bath and Keynsham later in December. Singer Dennis DeMille, who was a semi-fi…

Government support with the cost of living

This is a worrying time for people as rising prices put more pressure on household budgets. On Thursday 17 November, the Government set out how it will support people on lower incomes as part of its Autumn Statement. We’ve rounded up some of the main points below, and you can find more details here. Households on means-tested benefits will receive a Cost of Living Pay…

Metro Mayor Dan Norris meets Ukrainian women refugees on Curo’s Power Up programme

Curo was delighted to welcome Dan Norris, West of England Combined Authority Mayor, on a visit to its Power Up green skills employability programme at The Hub, Mulberry Park, Bath. As part of the visit on Wednesday 23 November, the Mayor met Power Up participants, including a group of Ukrainian women refugees, who told him how the course is helping them to gain new gre…

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Listen to episode two of Curo's Cost of Living podcast

At Curo, we’re really concerned about the effects the rising cost of living is having on our customers. We want you to know that support is available and we’re here to help. That’s why we’ve created our Cost of Living podcast. In each episode, Marianne Rawlins, Communications and Media Manager at Curo, talks to people who can help with everything from money advice to savi…

Over 55? Celebrate Christmas with Curo

Aged over 55? We're holding Christmas Celebrations in Timsbury, Keynsham and Bath. Everyone who is over 55 is welcome and you don’t have to live in Curo sheltered housing to join us. When and where? Timsbsury: Wed 7 December, 12-3pm, Timsbury Conygre Hall, North Road, Timsbury, Bath BA2 0JQ Keynsham: Fri 16 December, 12-3pm, St John’s Church, 1 The Park, Keynsham, Bristol BS31 2BL B…

Get extra data this Christmas

Do you need help staying connected this Christmas? O2 are giving away one million GB of free data! For your free 7GB worth of data read on and join the 14,000 people who have already received an O2 Christmas Sim Card. The National Databank provides free mobile data, texts and calls to people in data poverty. Over 650 UK charities and community organisations have join…