Building skills & confidence in the great outdoors
Curo Learning & Development Worker Ed Ascott reflects on the positive power of three days of outdoor adventure… and limited sleep.
Written by: Ed Ascott
Curo Blogs
Seven tips for acing a job interview
Most people find job interviews incredibly nerve wracking and intimidating. Becky Simmons from Curo’s Employability Services team gives her tips for improving your job interview skills with her 7 tips for successful job interviews.
Written by: Becky Simmons
Why safety starts at home
At Curo our mission is to provide great homes, support communities and improve lives. We take an approach we call SHAW which is to ensure homes are Safe, Healthy, Affordable and Warm with safety being our paramount concern. In 2017 Curo resolved to further strengthen our programme of inspections of various safety critical components across our customers’ homes…
Written by: David Dodds
Apprenticeships at Curo: why you should ‘go for it’
For National Apprenticeship Week 2018, Melissa Moon shares her experience as a Curo apprentice working in Curo’s Independent Lives team.
Written by: Guest bloggers
“In a few short months my life has changed”
Bath resident and Curo customer Rebecca recently completed an administration work placement at Mulberry Park with construction contractor Rydon. The experience transformed not only her career but her life. Here’s what she had to say:
Written by: Guest bloggers
"My seven housing predictions for 2018"
Curo Chief Executive Victor da Cunha dusts off the Curo crystal ball to make some bold housing predictions for 2018:
Written by: Victor da Cunha
We asked: How would you like to see Curo using digital tech?
Before Christmas we launched a survey for our customers to tell us your thoughts on how we could improve our services through better use of digital. We had an amazing response to the survey, with over 3,100 people completing the form, and a number of happy customers have since been notified that they have won Love to Shop vouchers as a result.
Written by: Paul Harris
How will digital technologies give Curo customers more choice & better service?
Over the last five years or so we have seen many digital technologies become proven in sectors across the UK and beyond. While we aren’t all going to be replaced by robots tomorrow, many of the futuristic ideas that have been talked about are here today. We’re at the start of this journey but are very clear on a few things – we want to provide our customers with a range of choices for how they get in contact with us, and we want to improve our services.
Written by: Paul Harris
Mediation – making time to talk when things in the family home aren’t going so well
Since 2010, Curo has offered a mediation service, free of charge, to young people aged 16-25 who are at risk of homelessness. Since April this year our mediation services has already prevented 31 young people from becoming homeless.
Written by: Sarah Wilson
Transformation – the first five years
Seven ways to business transformation Donna Baddeley joined Curo five years ago with a brief to transform a collection of three housing associations into a single, modern organisation with one mission. In her final blog post before she takes up the reins as Chief Executive of Valleys to Coast Housing Association, Donna takes a look at seven areas that have been key to Curo’s transformation…
Written by: Donna Baddeley