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Watch out for loan sharks

Loan sharks are illegal money lenders who exploit people, including those on low incomes. Unfortunately, as the cost of living rises, more people are falling victim to loan sharks, even using them to cover the costs of everyday basics. We want to let you know that if you’ve borrowed money from a loan shark, help is out there. Stop Loan Sharks is an organisation that pros…

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Join us for our January Facebook Live

Join us on Wednesday 11 January for our Facebook Live Q&A with Curo Executive Director of Customer Experience Paul Harris and Director of Accounts and Lettings Emma Owens. They'll do their best to answer as many of your questions as they can between 7-8pm.

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Santa spreads Christmas magic to Curo customers at The Hub, Mulberry Park

Santa stopped at The Hub, Mulberry Park, to spread Christmas magic to more than 370 Curo residents at a festive family fun day on Saturday 17 December. Santa’s elves had set up a gorgeous grotto, with twinkling lights and a throne, where Santa read a story, Oliver, The Littlest Elf, to the children. He then gave out gifts and there was a chance for families to get a photo wit…

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Local children winners in Curo’s Christmas cards competition

Each year we run a Christmas card competition amongst the schools around the Curo community to select our favourite Christmas card. We have had an overwhelming response this year! School’s from as far as North Bristol entered the race. We received lots of wonderful and creative entries over the past few weeks and it was a tough decision to select the winners. Afte…

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Strength in numbers <+/%->

STRENGTH IN NUMBERS<+/%-> Curo’s Strength in Numbers Programme for adults can build your confidence and skills in basic Maths and Numeracy. Do you struggle with Maths or numeracy? Maybe you have Maths anxiety or had negative learning experiences of maths at school? Get stuck when your kids ask you for help with their Maths homework? Feel your lack of Maths skills is hol…

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…