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Awards

We’re proud to have won, and been shortlisted for, a lengthy list of industry awards since the Group was first formed over ten years ago; highlighting our commitment to excellence in housing, development, and customer care.

Here’s a snapshot of the awards we’ve scooped in more recent years.

Winners

2024

Northern Housing Awards

  • Great Places Affordable Development Team – Best Affordable Housing Development (£10M TO £20M) – Ancoats Dispensary
  • Greater Manchester Housing First – Northern Housing Partnership of the Year (Highly Commended)

Housing Hero Awards

  • Matthew Harrison – Lifetime achievement in housing

Cowgill’s North West Homebuilder Awards

  • Great Places Affordable Development Team – Best Conversion (Ancoats Dispensary)

UK Housing Awards

  • Great Places Affordable Development Team – Homebuilder of the year

2023

Northern Housing Awards

  • Great Places’ Affordable Development Team – Developer of the Year award

RESI Awards

  • Hive Homes – Newcomer of the Year category at this year’s prestigious RESI Awards.

2022

Insider’s North West Residential Property Awards

  • Cube Homes – Boutique Housing Development of the Year (Holcombe View)

Northern Housing Awards

  • Greater Manchester Housing First – Best Initiative for Tackling Homelessness at the Northern Housing Awards.

2021

CIH Northern Housing Awards

  • GMHF – Housing Team of the Year

First Time Buyers

  • Plumlife – Best New Development in the North (Highly Commended)

2020

Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Housing Hero Awards

  • Our Repairs Team – Development or maintenance team of the year
  • Stuart Hutton – Tenant Innovator award.

First Time Buyer Awards

  • Plumlife – Affordable Housing Provider of the Year
  • Plumlife – Best Off-Plan Development (Highly Commended)

2019

First Time Buyer Readers Awards

  • Plumlife – Best Large Development category

North West Employee Engagement Group (NWEEG) awards  

  • OD Team – Excellence in Engagement

Inside Housing Development Awards

  • Foxhalls Village – Best Partnership of the Year (with Blackpool Council)

2018

Women in Housing Awards

  • Emma Richman, Director of Assets – Woman of the Year

North West Employee Engagement Group

  • HR and OD Team – Top Team 2018

2017

  • National Housing Federation’s ‘Better Communities’ Community Impact Award 2017 – The Secret Garden of Springfields (Knutsford)

2016

  • Groundwork Green Business Awards 2016 – Platinum Award
  • Guardian Public Service Awards 2016 – Sustainability Award (Warm Homes Oldham)
  • TPAS Awards 2016 – Excellence in Annual Reports Award
  • Carbon Literate Organisation Award 2016 – Silver Award

2015

  • Building and Energy Efficiency Awards 2015 – Behavioural Change Award (Go Green Project, Claremont)
  • Great Place to Work Survey 2015 – 24th Best Large UK Workplace
  • Northern Marketing Awards 2015 – Best Low-Budget Campaign (Tribe Apartments)
  • Rochdale Diversity Awards 2015 – Diversity in Apprenticeship Award (Great Places’ Apprenticeship Program)
  • Women in Housing Awards 2015 – Leading Female Mentor/Coach Award (Melanie Price)