News & Blog

Today we will be celebrating Starts at Home Day 2022, a day to celebrate Supported Housing and the difference this makes to thousands of people’s lives, ensuring those people that need extra support have a safe home that meets their needs. Great Places provides Supported Housing through specialist services and expert support that promotes independence […]

Longsight Art Space is a new project led by Proforma, a non-profit visual art, performance and curating platform collective. The vision is to make Longsight Art Space an independent exhibition and live arts venue, with a real focus on community engagement.

Great Places is beyond delighted to announce that we have won, alongside our fellow Houseproud North-West members, Best Parade Entry Overall at this year's Manchester Pride. We were proud to be a part of this weekend of celebrations and show our unequivocal support for the LGTB+ community.

Great Places has started work on 32 new affordable homes in Higher Blackley. The new scheme on Chain Road is the fourth development being delivered by Great Places' in-house construction company, Terra Nova.

Our Community Investment has helped to set up a programme called “Step into Care” that helps people into care-based employment and we have two events coming up soon in Northmoor and Oldham to help you find out more about the programme. Step into Care is a 5 week social care recruitment programme, and the ultimate […]

The Off-Site Homes Alliance, an alliance of 23 Housing Associations, is launching a national construction framework that, with the support of Local Authorities, will deliver off-site homes, with the objective of developing 10,000 homes per year by upgrading to MMC technology.

We are now live with MyPlace – our new and improved customer portal that allows you to manage key aspects of your tenancy on any device, at a time that suits you. You can view your rent balance, make payments, log repairs and much more.

Great Places is a proud supporter of the Respect Campaign launched by the Institute of Costumer Service (ICS). The campaign aims to create a better and more respectful relationship between the front-line workers, who can be sometimes subjected to abuse whilst carrying out their jobs, with the costumers.

Our joint venture Forge New Homes has secured planning permission for its second development on the site of the old Bolsover hospital, near Chesterfield. The development of 58 high-quality three-and four-bedroom homes follows on from the launch of their inaugural development, The Hedgerows, at nearby Pilsley, which is currently open for sales and will be […]