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Great Places tenant Stuart Hutton-Brown’s career journey has taken him from retail to counselling – but it’s his new career that is giving him the most satisfaction as well as providing an increasingly vital service in the wake of coronavirus pandemic. And his dedication to his new-found calling has been recognised as he has been […]

Great Places has teamed up with a number of other housing providers in Oldham to help support Action Together’s COVID-19 recovery fund through a £70,000 joint donation. The monetary contribution will mean voluntary groups from across Oldham, who have been working hard to support those in the local community through the pandemic, will have access […]

Universal Credit is a single monthly payment for people in or out of work, the main difference is that your rent will no longer be paid directly to your landlord and will be included in your monthly payment. Many of our customers have made embarked on their journey to make the switch to Universal Credit. Before you […]

Blackpool based mental health support service, Stand Together and Recover (STAR), is receiving expert advice from legal specialists Bevan Brittan, thanks to social value support offered as part of its involvement with Great Places’ Legal Services Procurement Framework. Bevan Brittan responded to STAR’s request for help in securing new premises as part of its plans […]

Here at Great Places, we are committed to supporting our customers and communities and we recognise that the recent COVID-19 pandemic has had a detrimental impact across some of our neighbourhoods. Community groups and charitable organisations have been hit the hardest and we want to make sure that we are doing all that we can […]

A Sheffield customer is aiming high after Great Places was able to buy him a laptop to help improve his life chances. The 29-year-old man, originally from Eritrea, has a diagnosis of PTSD from his treatment in his home country and has been in the UK for around a year. The man had been taking […]

Great Places has been shortlisted for two prestigious Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Housing Hero Awards. Our Repairs Team is in the running for the Development or maintenance team of the year accolade, while Great Places customer, Stuart Hutton has been shortlisted for the coveted Tenant Innovator award. Stuart’s shortlisting is in recognition for his […]

This Friday marks the fifth annual UK Employability Day and here at Great Places we want to raise awareness of how we can support you to break down barriers that can lead to meaningful employment. Employability Day is the UK’s largest celebration for organisations like us to highlight the support we can offer our customers […]

At Great Places we put our customers first, and it’s been great to see how different teams across the business have responded to COVID-19 and adapted their ways of working to continue to support our customers. This week we checked in with the Community Investment Team to find out what life in lockdown has been like […]