Homes for Good
We’re trialing a new approach to tackling issues and making improvements in some of our larger estates. We'll be listening more carefully to local residents' concerns and ideas around communal cleaning, fly-tipping clearance and repairs.
Curo is privileged to count a number of sports stars among its customers. One is 22-year-old wheelchair basketball player Macauley Tomlinson. Macauley, who grew up in Midsomer Norton, was referred with his partner Chance to a Curo scheme in Bath which provides flats and studios for people who are at risk of being made homeless. “I’d been sofa-surfing and staying with…
We have a detailed map of all our estates and ‘assets’ – such as streetlights, hedges, trees, paths etc. We’re know there are some gaps between our map and Bath & North East Somerset Council’s, and we’re working closely with the council to tackle this. This is an issue that’s arisen across Bath as well as in Twerton and Snow Hill and we understand the frustration people feel whe…
Curo has raised £13,672 for the new Dyson Cancer Centre that will be built at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath. Every year, Curo colleagues choose a ‘Charity of the Year’ and the RUH’s charity, The Forever Friends Appeal was nominated. Rachael Allen, Communications, Brand and PR manager, Curo said: “Choosing The Forever Friends Appeal as our charity of the year was an ea…
Every year the Curo Scholarship enables another Curo resident to go to university or continue their studies. The award, worth £9,000 over three years, is there to help Curo customers access degree-level education.
From 1 April, the Community Connectors service that Curo runs on behalf of South Gloucestershire Council is ending in its current form. The good news is that all the services and support that have been offered by Community Connectors will continue as part of a new service called One You South Gloucestershire.
Michael had worked for most of his adult life on construction sites, but his dream was to use his creative skills in an office-based job. He decided to make the change, researching courses that would help him achieve his ambition. Michael enrolled at Bath College where he gained maths, English and ICT qualifications and received advice from a recruitment agency w…
A young couple and their two children will soon be able to live closer to family and friends as they prepare to move in to a new home at Curo’s Highbury Fields development in Clutton. Beth, who is 26 years old and from Clutton, and Danny, who’s 33 years old and was born and raised just a couple of miles down the road, in Paulton, have been looking to buy their first home together in the village but were struggling to find the right property.
Thanks to everyone who came to the Curo Labs in January. Every Curo customer who came was entered into our prize draw to win a share of £200s worth of Love2Shop vouchers and one overall winner received a Google Home Hub.
Our new community building, The Hub, is hosting free cardio drumming workshops for children and adults in February and March.
