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Reporting a repair? Whether it’s a blocked toilet or drains, a stuck door or broken handle, don’t wait around on the phone to report it our Live Chat is 4 times quicker. It’s quicker than sending an email. It’s much quicker than phoning us. It’s available on a mobile phone, tablet and laptop from 8am […]

Toolkits for people rehoused by the Greater Manchester Housing First pilot have been kindly donated by a Great Places supply chain partner. TN Robinson Ltd, a wholesale electrical distributor, are a supplier of electrical products across the North West and Wales, have donated 25 toolkits to be given to people on the pilot to help […]

Today we’re officially launching our annual report for 2020. It’s packed full of interesting stories and stats about what we’ve been up to this past year, how we’ve performed and what we have done as a business to grow, adapt and evolve in what has been a hugely significant 12 months. The last year has undoubtedly […]

Great Places were double winners at the Housing Heroes Awards today. The awards, which recognise excellence in the housing sector, were held virtually due to the ongoing pandemic and hosted by comedian Jo Caulfield. The Great Places Repairs team won the Development or Maintenance Team of the Year and tenant Stuart Hutton-Brown carried off the […]

We’re delighted to be taking part in a ground-breaking new artist residency project that will shed light on LGBT people’s experiences of sheltered housing and independent living schemes while looking at how LGBT visibility can be improved in these settings. The Back in the Closet project will see five artists paired with five older persons’ housing schemes […]

The Deputy City Mayor of Salford (and Lead Member for Housing & Neighbourhoods), Cllr Tracy Kelly, joined representatives from Great Places Housing Group, Dérive and Watson Homes to visit the first phase of a new affordable housing development at Jane Street, Salford. Delivered by Great Places and Dérive and built by Watson Homes, the new […]

Work has started on transforming a former abattoir into a £5.5million housing development in Royton. Great Places have worked in partnership with Grasscroft Property and Wiggett Construction, to enable delivery of 39 new homes on Edge Lane. The site has been derelict since 2014 when it was last used as the Harvey Ashworth abattoir. The […]

Great Places Housing Group has chosen Aareon as its provider of housing management software and digital solutions. Great Places has procured Aareon QL ERP solution, 1st Touch Mobile for staff remote working, 1st Touch Self-Service App and 360 Customer Portal for tenant engagement & 360 Contractor Portal for its contractor management. Commenting Aareon’s appointment, Sharon Hayes, […]

What is Hate Crime? A Hate Crime is any behaviour that someone thinks was caused by hostility, prejudice or hatred of: Disability (including physical impairments, Mental Health problems, learning disabilities, hearing and visual impairment) Gender identity (people who are transgender, transsexual or transvestite) Race, skin colour, nationality, ethnicity or heritage Religion, faith or belief (including people without […]