Set on the outskirts of Cockermouth, Cumbria, Hames Hall is a 25-bed care home offering palliative, residential and respite care. Providing 18 beds, Chichester Hall is close to the seaside town of Silloth and offers the same specialisms, as well as dementia care.

Set in the town of Marple, Stockport, Marple Lodge is a 20-bed care home recognised for its specialisms in residential, mental health and dementia care. Providing 19 beds, Grove Lodge is in the nearby village of Hazel Grove and shares the same specialisms.

All four homes have a CQC (Care Quality Commission) rating of Good and bring Curo’s portfolio to nine homes across the North West and Yorkshire.

All care homes owned by Curo are rated Outstanding or Good by the CQC and are in areas of high demand for beds. As with all homes owned by Curo, the four newly acquired homes will be managed as individual, independent homes with strong links to their local communities.

Curo Managing Director, Mike Kneafsey, was raised in one of the homes now owned by the company and continues to manage the home together with his wife Beverley.

He said: “It’s a responsibility and a privilege to give our residents a home and we take great care to make sure each of our care homes have a welcoming, friendly atmosphere where employees are supported and empowered and where strong bonds are formed with local communities. We look for homes that share this ethos and where we can give management teams the autonomy they need to provide personalised care that’s best for their residents. Each of the new homes are ideal additions to the group.”

Tom Procter, Senior Relationship Manager at Triodos Bank UK, added: “As a bank that finances organisations working for a world where everyone can thrive at any stage of life, we have extensive experience in the care sector. Curo’s ethos as a care provider is closely aligned with our own values as a bank, including its efforts to prioritise environmental responsibility such as its work towards improving the EPC ratings of its homes. As demand for care home spaces continues to rise across the country, we welcome the opportunity to support organisations like Curo in their ambitions to grow.”

Commercial finance brokers YB Financial Advisory Ltd introduced Curo to Triodos Bank UK.

Paul Grace, Managing Director at YB Financial Advisory Ltd,said: “I was delighted to work with Curo & Triodos on this funding application. There was a real cultural alignment between ourselves, Curo & Triodos as we were all looking to achieve a common aim of working together on a project that will benefit the wider communities we live and work in.”

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About Triodos Bank 

Founded in 1980, Triodos Bank has become a frontrunner in sustainable banking globally. Triodos Bank is a listed independent bank that promotes responsible and transparent banking. It does not see any conflict between a focus on people and the planet and a good financial return. Instead, it believes that they reinforce each other in the long-term.

Triodos Bank has banking activities in the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK, Spain and Germany as well as Investment Management activities based in the Netherlands but active globally. Triodos Bank co-founded the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV), a network of sustainable banks. Together these banks want to grow sustainable banking and its impact on the real economy substantially.

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