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Great Places just hosted an inspiring careers visit for Year 5 pupils from Manor Park Primary School, aiming to ignite their aspirations.

Great Places has provided £5,000 funding to an Accrington charity to help its customers access counselling services. The money has been given to Maundy Relief, based on Abbey Street, where it offers a range of services including: adult and young people’s mental health therapy including anger management, one-to-one counselling, group work and CBT wrap around […]

We are reviewing our Repairs Service after you told us that this was one of your priorities in our Corporate Priorities consultation last year. Before we do that, we want to understand what is most important to you. Your views are really important to us and we will use the information you share with us […]

A generous £800 donation brought early Christmas joy to the residents of Great Places supported living scheme in Bolton.

Great Places has been selected as one of the development partners for Peel Land’s Mosley Common project in Wigan. This transformational scheme, granted planning permission earlier this year, will see 1,044 new family and affordable homes created, alongside substantial investments in transport infrastructure, ecological enhancements and community facilities. Great Places in partnership with homebuilder Kellen […]

Our offices will be closed during the Christmas and New Year period.

Insight customer scrutiny group has been looking at the support provided to customers by the Employability & Skills service. Thank you to all customers who gave feedback, which helped the group understand more about the service and benefits to customers. Members were encouraged to hear such positive comments about people’s achievements following receipt of support […]

We understand that there will be times where maintaining your tenancy can be difficult, whether for a long or short period, and for a variety of reasons. In these cases, our Tenancy Coach Team is on hand to provide extra support, including: Helping you settle into your first tenancy, for instance with obtaining furniture, or […]

Many of the things we enjoy over the festive period, such as fairy lights and candles, can all be fire hazards when proper care is not taken. Here’s a few things to bear in mind to keep your Christmas and New Year safe. Electrics More than half of accidental fires are caused by electrics, particularly […]