News & Blog

Forge New Homes, our partnership with four Sheffield housing providers has appointed Justin Martin as its technical lead. Justin has over 19 years of experience working in a range of development, construction and regeneration roles.  He joins Forge New Homes from ENGIE where as a Design Manager he was responsible for supporting the Land and Partnerships Team […]

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Community Investment team has been supporting our customers with their employment needs, by helping them secure positions in work, training and volunteering. The Government’s Kickstart scheme has provided a unique opportunity to continue this by offering placements across different teams at Great Places. Currently, we are excited […]

Great Places has joined other leading housing providers to partner with Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) to pilot a new project that will deliver vital mental health support to tenants in their homes. The integrated care partnership between the NHS and registered housing providers based within Manchester’s central locality; MSV Housing Group, […]

Great Places Housing Group is using Earth Day, the annual international event to demonstrate support for environmental protection, to launch its three-year plan outlining how it will work towards realising its ambition of becoming a net zero carbon business. The Group’s Carbon Management Strategy sets out how the group will reduce its carbon emissions by […]

Over the past several months, our residents and Great Places colleagues at Pomona Gardens have been running their own gardening club; a project set up with the aim of growing organic produce that could be used to cook exciting and healthy recipes from scratch. With the help of our Housing and Wellbeing team, the residents […]

Customers at Bowland House will benefit from new technology thanks to the partnership between Great Places and contractors Casey’s. The contractor for the £3.4million refurbishment project that is currently underway at the Blackburn tower block has donated tablets valued at £1000 to help with digital training. Community Partnership Manager Aateeka Bashir took delivery of the […]

Great Places Affordable Development and Environmental Teams are celebrating being shortlisted for the prestigious Inside Housing Development Awards. Our Affordable Development team’s work with ENGIE, Rotherham Council, Sanctuary Homes and Wise Living on £28m redevelopment of a brownfield site at Whinney Hill and Chesterhill Avenue, in the Thrybergh area has been shortlisted for a best […]

THE £3.4million Bowland House refurbishment project in Blackburn will transform lives in more ways than one. For Great Places tenant Nicola Campbell, it’s been a step on to the employment ladder thanks to the More Positive Together project. Nicola, 50, a mum-of-four, signed up to MPT project to help her find a job that she […]

1 April marks the first anniversary of our new business following the merger between Great Places and Equity Housing Groups on 1 April 2020. One year on we’re continuing to deliver on our vision of Great Homes, Great Communities, Great People as a bigger and stronger organisation. We are still vision-driven and values-led. Our new Corporate Plan is […]