Calico Group

The Calico Group - innovative charities and businesses working together to make social profit, rather than financial profit, the driving force behind our wide range of high quality services.

Acorn Recovery Projects is a registered charity that provides a range of innovative drug and alcohol rehabilitation services across the North West.

Calico Enterprise Limited is a registered charity that undertakes a range of activities including housing related support, provision of worklessness initiatives, and information and advice services.

Calico Homes Limited is a housing association whose principal activity is owning and managing approximately 4,600 properties. In April 2013, it became a registered charity.

Delphi Medical specialises in the clinical and psychosocial treatment of substance misuse, and delivers flexible and innovative solutions in the community and in the custodial setting.

Hobstones Homes is committed to building well-designed, affordable homes and offering new homeowners across Pennine Lancashire a range of ways to get onto the property ladder.

Ring Stones Maintenance and Construction LLP undertakes maintenance and house building contracts on a commercial basis.

SafeNet is a registered charity that empowers women and children to live free from domestic violence and abuse.

The Calico Group: innovative charities and businesses working together to make social profit, rather than financial profit, the driving force behind our wide range of high quality services.

We define “social profit” as the positive difference we make to people’s lives, across all the communities in which we work.

We create social profit by developing innovative services, and harnessing the opportunities of our unique group structure.

We’re bringing different parts of our group together for maximum social impact – We can combine our growing range of complementary services to create innovative, new opportunities for the benefit of the community.

We’re harnessing the strengths of our unique group structure – The Calico Group brings together the widest possible range of expertise: from our motivated service users, to our stakeholders who come from commercial, public and not-for-profit sectors.

We’re succeeding within private and public markets – Working together, the Calico Group delivers cost-effective, sustainable services, with profits returning to the communities we serve.

We learn from organisations within Placeshapers which ultimately helps us deliver improved services to our customers. Our membership helps us build up relationships with other housing providers both regionally and nationally.