Founded in 2000, The Calico Group brings together specialist companies and charities with a shared purpose:
To provide quality services that make a real difference to people’s lives.
Based in Burnley, the group operates across the North West, with a workforce of around 1,000 colleagues delivering services throughout the region. Calico approaches its work with both commercial discipline and social purpose, measuring success by the impact achieved for individuals and communities. To help fulfil this purpose, Calico’s vision is to be:
A ‘One Calico’ community, working side by side with customers, creating opportunities for people to live the best life they can.
While housing remains central to Calico’s work, it now operates across a wider range of services. This breadth strengthens the Group’s ability to invest in quality, develop its people and continually improve how it responds to changing needs.
Each part of The Calico Group brings distinct expertise, reflected in a governance structure designed to support its diverse specialisms.
Together, the Group has a strong track record of delivering joined‑up community services across housing, health, support, employability and construction.
As a group of charities and social businesses, Calico works collaboratively to generate social value, and by keeping customers and colleagues central to decision‑making, the Group delivers high‑quality services across the North West.
Calico’s structure and breadth of services enable it to respond effectively to a changing environment and provide more integrated support within communities.
Calico Homes provides affordable housing for people with a range of needs, including families, single people, older residents and those who may be at risk. We manage more than 5,500 homes in and around Burnley, and continues to invest in new housing.
Alongside housing provision, Calico Homes offers support to help customers manage financial or personal challenges, enabling them to remain safe, secure and well in their homes.
The Calico Homes Website
Syncora companies form a distinct element within the Calico Group and work closely with a wide range of commissioners and other delivery partners to provide accessible and relevant services in communities across Lancashire and Greater Manchester.
Syncora provides specialist services across substance misuse, care provision for older people, homelessness and prevention interventions, domestic abuse community and accommodation-based services and skills & employability provision.
The Sycnora Website