Homes for Good
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…
Kind Curo colleagues have chosen St Peter’s Hospice to raise funds for as their Charity of the Year 2023. “St Peter’s is a charity which has positively touched the lives of lots of people, including many of us at Curo,” says Victor da Cunha, Curo’s Chief Executive. “We’ll do all we can to raise as much as possible over the coming year to support its incredible work.” St Peter’s Ho…
Over the last twelve months kind Curo colleagues have raised a grand total of £10,842 for Bath City Farm as their chosen Charity of the Year. Each year, Curo colleagues select a local charity to support and for the past year they’ve given their time and effort to support the farm, a place of fun and learning based near Curo’s offices in Twerton. “As a social landlord with a…
More Trees for B&NES have teamed up with Blooming Whiteway and Curo to plant trees in Whiteway Green. The trees will be planted by volunteers on Friday 17 and Saturday 18 February 2023 from 10am to 1.30pm each day. If you’d like to come and help...
