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Great Places has been shortlisted in four categories at the Northern Housing Awards. We have been shortlisted in the following categories: Supported/Sheltered Housing Scheme of the Year – Docherty House Best Affordable Housing Development ( £15M+) – Worrall Street, Salford Home Builder of the Year Best Customer Experience (Plumlife) The awards will be presented at […]

Our team on the ground have partnered with local organisation Cafeology to train our customers and kickstart potential careers.

Angie’s Angels in Rochdale launched an inspiring cooking project designed to enhance the cooking skills and independence of local community members. Thanks to the generous support of Markhams, who donated £1,000, the initiative successfully conducted ten engaging cooking sessions that provided invaluable training and resources to participants. The project saw 25 individuals take part in […]

Great Places and Kellen Homes have joined forces to bring forward a neighbourhood of new houses for the people of East Manchester, almost half of which will be affordable homes. Working in partnership with Kellen Homes we have submitted a planning application for 498 new homes on the former Riverpark Trading Estate in East Manchester. […]

Great Places has teamed up with a Football League club to help people live a healthier lifestyle. The FIT Blackpool Programme is a weight management initiative which helps educate people around improving fitness levels, nutrition and general wellbeing, being run by Blackpool FC. The programme, which will run in different cohorts across 2025, runs separate […]

Great Places Housing Group hosted Stockport MP, Navendu Mishra, on a visit to a specialist housing scheme and recent affordable housing developments in his constituency. Mr Mishra was joined by Great Places’ Chief Executive Alison Dean, Executive Director of Growth Helen Spencer, and representatives from Homes England’s Affordable Housing Delivery team. The first part of […]

Energy prices are set to rise 6% on April 1st with many households facing higher energy bills. The price cap, which sets the maximum rate that energy suppliers can charge for each unit of energy and daily standing charges, will increase, bringing the annual cost for a typical household to £1,849. For the majority of […]

Insight recently started a scrutiny review to test what it’s like if a customer has to report anti-social behaviour to Great Places. The group are gathering evidence to understand more about this service, and shortly plan to contact customers to ask about their experiences. Customer feedback is crucial to the success of scrutiny reviews, it’s […]

On Friday (14 March), we hosted a Greater Manchester Housing Partnership customer voice session at our Head Office with customers from across the region. The GMHP customer voice group is made up of 24 housing organisations from across the city who work together to share knowledge and good practice for the benefit of our customers […]