News & Blog

Customers from across Lancashire have been sharing gardening tips around communal food growing. A group of customers from Bowland House in Blackburn travelled to Thorncross in Fleetwood where they met another Great Places customer who is running a similar project. Aateeka Bashir, Community Partnership Manager, said: We had a really good session with some peer-to-peer […]

Great Places Housing Group is set to deliver more than 500 new homes across Greater Manchester after a new grant from Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s(GMCA) Brownfield Housing Fund. Great Places has received an allocation of £8.4million in the 2023 round of funding, on top of the £4.3million allocation it secured in 2022, to unlock the […]

As part of HouseProud North West, Great Places are taking part in Manchester Pride once again! We would like to encourage any of our customers from the LGBTQ+ community to come and join us in the parade to represent Great Places in our entry at this year’s parade on Saturday 26th August, please get in touch […]

We’re celebrating the reopening of Richmond Park Community Centre on Thursday 24 August with fun for all the family to enjoy. There will be lots of activities for the kids to enjoy, with a bouncy castle, face-painting and arts and crafts – as well as sports activities run by Sheffield Wednesday Football Club Community Partnership. […]

Recently Great Places made a furniture donation to SAWN – Support and Action for Women’s Network, after both our Oldham Office and Keyworker Accommodation (Great Places temporary accommodation for NHS workers) refurbishment. SAWN are an organisation dedicated to uplifting women from diverse backgrounds, empowering them to lead independent and fulfilling lives. They’re based in Stockfield […]

Cube Homes, a member of the Great Places Housing Group, has started work on the £5 million development of seven new luxury homes in Woodley, Stockport. Located on Werneth Road, Lime Grove will offer large four and five bedroom bespoke detached homes built on a vacant site once occupied by the Further Hey care home. […]

In a bid to enhance customer satisfaction and ensure a comfortable living experience, Great Places recently underwent a comprehensive review from our Insight team of their communications relating to damp, mould, and condensation. Insight was impressed with the extent of the work that has been conducted to raise awareness of this subject area with customers […]

Work has started on The Groves a 51 home housing scheme in Bispham, which will comprise an affordable element to be managed by Great Places Housing Group. The scheme, will provide two-, three- and four-bedroom executive homes, with total of 16 homes available for affordable rent through Great Places. Each home will feature off-road parking […]

Our funding has supported the Sheffield-based organisation to upcycle food for the local community. Food Works are a Sheffield-based organisation centred on the philosophy of taking greater care of our planet and people. Their unique model provides locally sourced nutritious food to the community by upcycling food and reducing waste, and we’re proud to be […]