News & Blog

The Social Impact Bond (SIB) a three-year project Great Places has partnered in to tackle homelessness in Greater Manchester ends this month and has exceeded all expectations thanks to its new and innovative approach to tackling the issue of entrenched rough sleeping. Led by GM Homes Partnership and working with the support of the Greater […]

Great Places social value programme has helped to make the lives of those on the Greater Manchester Housing First a little easier. Organisations who carry out services for Great Places agree to deliver a social value investment to our tenants through our service networks. And these have been of massive benefit to Greater Manchester Housing […]

It’s our responsibility as landlord to insure the structure of your home but this does not include what’s inside, like your furniture and personal possessions. As a customer of Great Places you are eligible for a home contents insurance scheme, created just for Great Places starting from just £2.99 a fortnight for £9,000 Standard cover*. […]

Great Places has published an update on its work as part of the Neighbourhood Plans. Prior to the pandemic, Great Places consulted with residents, colleagues and partners across its four anchor neighbourhoods to find out what’s important about the areas, and the top priorities people wanted us to focus on for the next year. From […]

Great Places, Manchester City Council and Manchester Life have launched a community consultation with Ancoats and New Islington residents and businesses to gather feedback on how the neighbourhood needs to evolve as a home for families, aspirational young people and local businesses. The joined-up approach will ensure Ancoats & New Islington continue to develop in […]

Everybody needs a little help and Great Places has teamed up with the Greater Manchester Housing First pilot to provide a service to make life a little easier. The Greater Manchester Housing First pilot aims to rehouse people for who the traditional support networks haven’t worked and use housing as a basis for their recovery journey. […]

Our Environmental Team’s ground-breaking work with Knauf Energy Solutions (KES) and Knauf Insulation Northern Europe (KINE) on the renovation of 28 of our homes in Trafford is helping pave the way for a radical new approach to making UK homes more energy efficient and millions of families more comfortable. Carol Valentine, is one of our […]

Planning has been approved on our joint venture Forge New Homes’ first site in Pilsley. The group, a partnership between five Sheffield housing providers, formed in September last year, has had approval to move forward with plans for a 98 home development in Pilsley, North East Derbyshire The development, close to Clay Cross and Chesterfield, […]

Eight modular housing suppliers have been successfully appointed to a new Dynamic Purchasing System offered as part of Great Places Housing Group’s £750m Innovation Chain North (ICN) procurement framework. A total of eight firms were successful in the first wave of appointments. The successful suppliers selected are Ilke Homes ltd, Adston, Cygnum Timber Frame Ltd, […]