Curo News

Spring Photography Competition

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:18:42 Z

With the days getting longer and the sunshine finally making an appearance, Spring is the perfect time to step outside and celebrate the places we call home. We’re excited to launch our Spring Photography Competition, inviting you to share what makes your neighbourhood special.

Whether it’s a splash of floral colour, a favourite green space, a colourful street corner or the character of local homes, we want to see the outdoor places that fill you with pride. We've included a few shots as inspiration to get your creative juices flowing.

Entering is as easy as 1-2-3

Take a high‑resolution, landscape‑oriented photo of an outdoor scene you love
Make sure the image doesn’t include identifiable people or personal information
Submit your photo by Friday 17 April by emailing communications@curo-group.co.uk - please include your name, email address and telephone number.

The winning entries will be shown on social media and the Curo website

After the closing date, we’ll choose three standout photos to receive £50 in high street vouchers and show them off on our Facebook and Instagram pages too.

Get involved!

Whether you’re an experienced photographer or just enjoy snapping moments on your phone, this competition is for everyone. Let’s celebrate the places that make our communities feel like home. We can’t wait to see your Spring scenes.

T&Cs available here Competitions

Christmas card competition

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 09:00:00 Z

Christmas is coming... that must mean it's time for our Christmas Card Competition 🎄

With four age categories, each winning designer gets £50 in Love2Shop vouchers, just in time for Christmas. Be as creative as you like. We’ll use our favourite designs for the official 2024 Curo Christmas cards.

Age categories: 0-4, 5-11, 12-16, adults

Click here to download the entry form.

If you don't have a printer, just use a blank piece of paper or card to make your masterpiece.

The closing date is Sunday 24 November 2024, so get creative!

Check out last year's winning designs.

Full T's & C's here.

Chance to win

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:15:56 Z

The Communications Team at Curo look after the main Curo website, social media channels, monthly Facebook Live events, e-newsletter Open and printed magazine Prime Time News. We also help teams with the letters and leaflets that we provide to customers.

In the survey linked to below we’d love to get your feedback on these communications so that we can make sure they’re meeting your needs. If you take a few minutes to complete the survey, you’ll be entered into a prize draw to win one of two £50 Love2shop vouchers. Your responses will help us to improve how we communicate with you. Take the survey here.

We’ll share the results of the survey on our website and social media.

Time to get EGG-sited

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 14:47:00 Z

Show off your creative side in our 2023 VoiceBox Easter bonnet competition.

To get involved get in touch with us at VoiceBox@Curo-group.co.uk and request your FREE Easter bonnet starter kit. We would like you to get creative and add your own items to your bonnet to make it EGG-stra special, unique and eye-catching.

To enter head over to the VoiceBox forum competition page and post photos of your creation.

If you are not a VoiceBox member its free to join here.

Entries will be judged in three categories:

0-8 years, 9-15 years, 16 and over.

For each category the prizes are as follows:

First place - £25
Second place - £15
Third place - £10

*All prizes are supplied in Love2Shop gift vouchers. Entry deadline Sunday 23rd April 2023. Full T’s & C’s can be found here.

Countdown to Christmas competition 2022

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 11:08:03 Z

Our big Countdown to Christmas competition is back for 2022!

Here’s all you need to know about the competition and most importantly, how to enter!

As we look forward to the festive season, we want to bring some welcome cheer and help make your Christmas that little bit more magical. So, this year we’re giving you even more chances to win – with a prize giveaway every day!

Each day during the competition we’ll be giving away a £100 Love2shop Gift card, which you can use at lots of great places from M&S to Boots, The Entertainer, TK Maxx, Argos and many more.

For more information on where you can shop click here

The competition opens Thursday 1 December and closes on Friday 16 December (with the final winner picked on Monday 19 December).

So, how do you enter?

You just need to be registered with MyCuro and VoiceBox to be in with a chance of winning a £100 Love2shop Giftcard.

At the end of each day (Saturday and Sunday’s winners will be drawn on a Monday), we’ll pick out a name at random from everyone who’s entered.

You only need to register once to be in with a chance to win each day. If you are already registered with MyCuro and VoiceBox, you don’t have to do a thing, you’ll be automatically entered into the draw.

It only takes a couple of minutes to register, just click on the links below.

MyCuro

You’ll need to have your tenancy/account number handy before you start your registration.

Voicebox

Good luck! We’ll be announcing the winners here (see below winners so far!), and on our social media too.

Day one - Miss Craft, Bath

Day two - Mr Hucal, Bath

Day three - Mrs Rendall, Bristol

Day four - Mr Beacham, Bath

Day five - Miss Dawes, Bath

Day six - Miss Simmons, Bath

Day seven - Mrs Lake, Bath

Day eight - Mrs Mohiuddin, Radstock

Day nine - Miss D Lear, Bristol

Day ten - Mrs C Edwards, Bath

Day eleven - Ms M Webb, Bath

Day twelve - Miss L Woodington, Wotton-Under-Edge

Day thirteen - Mr M Jones, Bath

Click here for competition terms and conditions.

We’re looking for imaginative gardens created by our customers!

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 10:02:36 Z

Show off your glorious garden and dazzling displays to see if you can win some great prizes with our VoiceBox Curo in Bloom competition. Whether you have a window box, hanging basket or giant garden, there's a category for everyone.

All shapes, styles and sizes of garden are eligible, balconies, large gardens and even a communal garden that you are involved in maintaining. We even have a category dedicated to cheery sunflowers.

How to enter

Just log on to VoiceBox (if you’re not a member it’s free to join), look for the category you wish to enter and upload your pictures to enter your garden in to the Curo in Bloom 2022 competition.

Our gardens have proved more valuable than ever during the pandemic, so if yours has been your sanctuary, please tell us a little about how you made your garden your own and what it means to you.

We’ve had some blooming marvellous entries in previous years and we would love to see them again this year and more!

If you need any help please email us at VoiceBox@curo-group.co.uk and someone will get in touch

Curo in Bloom 2022 categories

Balcony/Baskets
Small garden
Large garden
Community garden
Vegetable/sensory garden
Best sunflower

First prize for each category is a £50 gift voucher and trophy. Second place prize is £25 and Third place prize is £15, all in Love2Shop gift vouchers. Closing date for entries is midnight Wednesday 24th August 2022.

For full T's and C's click here.

Get egg-cited about Easter with the return of the VoiceBox Mini Makes competition!

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 13:50:22 Z

Time to get EGG-cited!

Show off your creative side in our Easter bonnet competition.

To get involved just get in touch with us at VoiceBox@Curo-group.co.uk and we'll send you a FREE Easter bonnet kit.

To enter just post photos of your creation in our VoiceBox forum competition page.

Please remember to add your own items to make it more unique and eye-catching.

If you are not a VoiceBox member its free to join here.

Entries will be judged in three categories: 0-8 years, 9-16 years, 16 and over. For each category the prizes are as follows:

First place - £25

Second place - £15

Third place - £10

*All prizes are supplied in Love2Shop gift vouchers. Entry deadline Sunday 24th April 2022. Full T’s & C’s can be found here.

All of us at VoiceBox hope you have an Egg-stra special Easter!

Getting to know you

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 15:00:00 Z

We’ve asked an independent market research agency called Ragdoll to help us undertake some important customer research. If you get an email or letter from Ragdoll, we hope you’ll take part in this survey.

If you complete this survey by Thursday 10 March 2022, we’ll enter you into a prize draw to win £100 in Love2shop vouchers!

This is not the same as our regular customer satisfaction surveys. This research will help us get to know our customers better so we can provide services in ways that meet all our customers' needs.

What's happening?

During Feb and March 2022, we’ll be carrying out a survey of our customers with the help of Ragdoll. The results of the survey, which will take around 4 minutes to complete, will help us better understand who our customers are.

"We want to know more about you, your household, your views on your home and housing generally."

Why are we carrying out this research?

We want to make sure that customers are at the heart of everything we do and that the services we deliver are designed with you in mind. We’ll only be able to achieve this if we know who our customers are and what you need from us. The results from these surveys will be used to help us improve the way we do things for current and future customers.

How are the surveys conducted?

If we have an email address for you, we'll email you the survey. Otherwise, you'll receive a paper survey in the post.

Who’s running the survey?

We have asked a Bristol-based company called Ragdoll carry out this research. Ragdoll is an independent market research agency. Ragdoll is registered as a data handler by the Information Commissioner's Office and is bound by the Market Research Society Code of Conduct and the General Data Protection Regulation (2018). You can read Ragdoll's full privacy policy here.

How did Ragdoll get my information? Is this survey legitimate?

Yes, this survey is legitimate. We’ve provided name and contact details to Ragdoll. Ragdoll are experts in helping organisations understand what and how they can improve, and being independent of Curo they will ensure an impartial view. Your information is kept secure and in line with the Market Research Society Code of Conduct and the General Data Protection Regulation. If you’d like to opt out of further customer surveys, please let us know and we’ll update your preferences. If you’d like more information about how we look after your data, please see our privacy statement here.

Thanks for taking the time to read this - we hope you'll take part. If we haven't answered your question here, please get in touch and ask for our Performance & Insight Team.

Prize draw competitions terms and conditions here.

Design Curo's 2021 Christmas Card... you could win £50

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 08:54:55 Z

We’d like you to design the 2021 Curo Christmas card!

Age categories: 0-4, 5-9, 10-16, 17+

If you don't have a printer, just use a blank piece of paper or card to make your masterpiece.

The closing date is Sunday 5 December 2021, so get creative!

Click here to download the entry form

Check out last year's winning designs.

Full T's & C's here.

MyCuro Data Drive - Win a tablet!

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 12:40:21 Z

We want to check that we have some really important information about you - information which would help us make sure our services meet your needs.

Here's Lesley our Director of Customer Contact to tell you a bit more about why it's important we have the right information about you.

Just click here to log in/register with MyCuro

Update your profile and you could win an iPad or tablet!

Between 9 November and 20 December, we're giving away an iPad or a Lenovo 11 Pro tablet each fortnight to one Curo resident who has completed their profile information on MyCuro.

It only takes a couple minutes, watch the video below to see how, or head straight to the 'My Details' page of MyCuro, and click on 'Update My Diversity Details'.

If your profile information is already complete you’ll be included in the prize draws automatically. You might still like to check your details are up to date.

Most of the profile questions we ask are optional – so if you don’t feel comfortable sharing this information with us that’s fine.

Thanks for helping us to shape the services we offer to better suit you.

And good luck in the prize draw!

How to update your diversity information

Full T's & C's here.

Hello Summer

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:42:03 Z

Celebrate in style this summer!

To spread a bit of joy this summer, we’re giving away a weekly prize throughout the summer holidays. Each week you can win Love2shop vouchers, with our final mega week prize including an iPad too (just in time for those autumn days, perfect for watching films or back to school learning!).

Below are the details you need to know about the competition and most importantly, how to enter.

Week one: Win £100 Love2shop vouchers
Open from Thursday 22 July - Wednesday 28 July
Week two: Win £100 Love2shop vouchers
Open from Thursday 29 July - Wednesday 4 August
Week three: Win £100 Love2shop vouchers
Open from Thursday 5 August - Wednesday 11 August
Week four: Win £100 Love2shop vouchers
Open from Thursday 12 August - Wednesday 18 August
Week five: Win £100 Love2shop vouchers
Open from Thursday 19 August - Wednesday 25 August
Week six: Mega Week worth over £600 - Win £200 Love2shop vouchers and an iPad
Open from Thursday 26 August - Wednesday 1 September

So, how do you enter?

All you need to do to be in for a chance to win one of the above prizes is register with both MyCuro and VoiceBox. At the end of each week we will pick out a name at random who will win the prize from that week. You only need to register the once across both to be in with a chance to win each week. Check back here to see who's won each week.

Winner week one: Sophie from Twerton (won £100 Love2shop vouchers).

Winner week two: Mitzi from Twerton (won £100 Love2shop vouchers).

Winner week three: Lauren from Bath (won £100 Love2shop vouchers).

Winner week four: Alison from Radstock (won £100 Love2shop vouchers).

Winner week five: Theresa and Rebecca from Weston (won £100 Love2shop vouchers).

Winner week six: Graham from Keynsham (won £200 Love2shop vouchers and an iPad).

If you are already registered with MyCuro and VoiceBox, you don’t have to do anything you’ll be automatically entered into the draw.

Not registered to either MyCuro or Voicebox or both, then click on the links below to take you to the registration pages, fill in the details and hit submit!

Register with MyCuro here - What is MyCuro?

Register with Voicebox here - What is Voicebox?

Good luck! Oh and if you register within the first week and you’ll have five further chances of winning!

Click here to see the full competition terms and conditions.

'Pick up your poo - we want to play too!' - local children's appeal to dog walkers

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 10:36:59 Z

Children who play in a community park in Bath are appealing to local people to clean up after their dogs so they can enjoy their green space. Aliena, Freya and Miles, who all live near The Oval Community Green in Bath, have designed signs that Curo have put up around the park.

The children's signs were the winning designs in a competition organised by Oval Community Group who have worked with Curo to transform the open space that overlooks the city.

Curo's Curo Head of Estates Services, Carl McMurtry, said: “It’s always a pleasure seeing communities pulling together to tackle anti-social behaviour and the Oval Community Group are a great example of this, creating a great space for all to enjoy.

"It’s disheartening that a small minority of people think it’s OK to leave their dogs’ mess in these open spaces, however the young people across our city are now saying enough is enough. These signs look great and we would encourage more initiatives such as this! Well done and thank you.”

Oval Community Group founder Hannah Cameron McKenna said: "We’ve already had some really positive feedback about the posters, which is brilliant. Thanks for all your continued support."

Here are Aliena, Freya and Miles with their designs:

Aliena, aged 8

Freya, aged 6

Miles, aged 6

Pictured at top of page, left to right: Ward councillor Cllr Jess David with 'Bodhi' the husky, Miles, Hannah Cameron McKenna (at back), Aliena, Freya and Carl McMurtry.

Show off your lockdown gardening creations - enter Curo in Bloom

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 17:07:19 Z

If you live in one of our homes, why not enter the 2020 Curo in Bloom competition and help brighten up your street over the lockdown summer.

Curo Resident Engagement Coordinator Michelle Sage (pictured in her garden) said: “Through the COVID-19 lockdown we know loads more people have been discovering they have a real gift for gardening. We thought this was the perfect time to bring back our Curo in Bloom competition so our residents could show off their glorious gardens and dazzling displays and win one of our great prizes too.

“Our competition is for anyone living in a Curo property, so whether you have a window box, hanging basket or giant garden, or help out with a community garden – we’d love to hear from you.

“With the lockdown restrictions we won’t be visiting properties, so we’re simply asking our residents to send us photos which showcase their entry by the end of Friday 4 September 2020.”

Full details are on at www.curo-group.co.uk/cib2020. Residents with no access to the internet can call 01225 366000 to find out more.

There are categories for best window box, balcony or hanging basket, best veg or sensory garden, best community garden, best small or large garden, and a tallest sunflower competition.

Winners will receive gift vouchers and a trophy, plus the honour of being a Curo in Bloom champion. All entries must be received by midnight Friday 4 Sept 2020.

Congratulations to our 2019 Christmas Card Competition winners!

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 08:43:27 Z

Six-year-old Twerton resident Brooke has seen her design chosen as Curo’s official Christmas card for 2019!

Brooke won our annual children’s design competition.

One of the judging panel, Curo graphic designer Elliot Guise, said: “Thanks to everyone who took part - we had so many fantastic designs sent in this year. We loved Brooke’s colourful design which features a night sky and festive Christmas tree.”

Curo Chief Executive Victor da Cunha presented Brooke (pictured above) with her prize – a £50 gift voucher, winner’s certificate and framed print of her design – at a prize-giving ceremony held on 19 December at Curo’s offices in Bath.

Four runners-up each won a £25 gift voucher and framed prints. The runners-up – Amelia (from Mulberry Park, Bath), Ezra (from Snow Hill, Bath), Lola (from Odd Down, Bath) and Tilly Mae (from Southdown, Bath) – were all invited in to see their designs on display and to collect their prizes.

Members of the public are welcome to drop in to The Maltings, Bath, BA2 1EP to see the winning designs on display and enjoy a free hot chocolate. Curo’s Christmas office opening hours are at www.curo-group.co.uk/christmasopening

Pictured left-right: Curo Christmas card competition winners Lola, Tilly Mae, Brooke and Amelia, with Curo Chief Executive Victor da Cunha. Photo courtesy of Paul Gillis (paulgillisphoto.com)

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Congrats to Ellen, our first Countdown to Christmas winner

Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:45:25 Z

Ellen Giles the first winner from our Digital Countdown to Christmas competition popped into the office this week to pick up her prize of £100 Love2Shop vouchers!

Happy shopping Ellen. The second week of our competition is well and truly underway, could it be you this week? Not entered yet? You have until midnight Thursday.

Here's how to enter

Plans for new Bath park given the green light – but what should it be called?

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 13:47:28 Z

Image above: illustrative bird's eye view of the new park

Curo have secured planning consent to create a new park at their development of almost 700 homes at Mulberry Park in Combe Down, Bath. Now, the housing association and housebuilder is asking local residents to get involved in a competition to find a name for the new community open space.

This is the final major planning application to be determined by Bath & North East Somerset Council for Mulberry Park, after the fourth and last phase of development was granted detailed planning permission in July this year.

Curo Chief Executive, Victor da Cunha, says: “Local residents, stakeholders and B&NES officers have helped us to develop and refine proposals for a new park that is beautiful, inclusive and can be enjoyed by people of all ages; we’re delighted to be able to start works on the public open space soon.

“We want to continue the tradition we’ve established at Mulberry Park, of celebrating the area’s history, its people and their contributions to community and country and we’re inviting residents once more to choose a name – this time, for their new park.

“The development itself was named by local resident Ken Cookes in 2014, to reflect the city’s long military history and celebrate the Mulberry Harbours, designed in Bath by the Admiralty and used for the D-Day landings in World War 2 – while the streets in Phases 1 and 2 at Mulberry Park have been named after the young men of Combe Down who served in the First World War. We’re keen to continue working with the residents in naming these new local landmarks.

“So if you have an idea for a great name for the park, we’d love to hear from you!”

The new park will include an equipped play area for ages 2-11, as well as a picnic zone, flexible event spaces, areas of wildflower meadow, sensory planting, and hedge and tree planting to encourage biodiversity. Curo will also look at developing a centrepiece for the park, such as a bandstand, to support cultural activities.

In addition, footpath links will facilitate access to the park from the development and the wider area, while the Woodland Walk, which will be created north of the park, will connect the community to other places in Bath via Pope’s Walk.

The park, which was granted planning permission by B&NES officers via delegated decision, will open in 2022. The case officer’s report highlighted that “the proposed park will provide an attractive area of public open space with a mix of uses and activities which will cater to the needs of the newly established community at Mulberry Park.”

Local residents choose names for Curo’s developments in Lawrence Weston, Bristol

Fri, 19 Apr 2019 08:55:24 Z

‘Century Park’ and ‘The Willows’ are today revealed as the new names for Curo’s developments in Lawrence Weston, Bristol.

The names were suggested by local residents Becky Cockle and Rhiannon Beail, following a campaign by Curo to find new identities for the two sites - previously referred to as Henacre Road and Corbet Close.

The winning residents were thanked for their contributions and given vouchers by Curo Chief Executive, Victor da Cunha. Victor says: “We wanted to make sure we chose names that reflected the local area, its community, history and landmarks - what better way to do so than ask local people who live here for their input.

“The competition was a great opportunity to engage with the local community and we’ve received many inspiring suggestions. Thanks to everyone who got involved and congratulations to Becky and Rhiannon for putting forward the winning names.”

Over the next few years, Curo plans to develop 185 new homes in Lawrence Weston with more than half – 95 homes – as affordable housing for social/affordable rent and shared ownership.

Century Park at Henacre Road will deliver 128 new homes, including 30% affordable housing. The Willows at Corbet Close is a 100% affordable housing scheme and will provide another 57 much-needed new homes.

Rhiannon Beail, who suggested ‘The Willows’, is a 21-year-old college student. She said: “The development is located very close to the local nature reserve and wetlands where there are many willow trees. As a resident of Lawrence Weston I have visited these wetlands many times since I was little and thought it would be nice to acknowledge the close connection to nature we have in this area.

“There was also a large willow tree that stood just up the street from Corbet Close, I used to walk past it every day on my way to school.”

Century Park was suggested by local resident Becky Cockle, who is a Trainee Community Development Worker for the resident-driven organisation Ambition Lawrence Weston. Becky’s choice recognises the 100th anniversary since the first ‘homes for heroes’ were built in the wider area. She said: “I support the development and look forward to these much-needed new homes being built. I’m even more excited about it now that I can tell friends and family I actually named the site!”

Curo Labs prize draw winners revealed

Fri, 08 Feb 2019 14:07:06 Z

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 £200-worth of Love2Shop vouchers and one overall winner received a Google Home Hub.

£50 in Love2Shop vouchers were won by:

Clive, Keynsham
Liesel, Radstock
Tony, Keynsham
Ivor, Bishop Sutton

Top prize of an Google Home Hub went to Jennifer who lives in Bath. In addition Veronica of Twerton won an Amazon Echo Dot in our chatbots survey prize draw. Congratulations to all our lucky winners!

You can read about the Curo Labs, what customers told us and what we'll be doing as a result in this blog post by Paul Harris.