Awards

Winners

2025

Northern Housing Awards

• Great Places Housing Group, Docherty House Project – Supported/Sheltered Housing Scheme of the Year
• Great Places Housing Group – Homebuilder of the Year

2024

UK Housing Awards

• Great Places Housing Group – Homebuilder of the Year

First Time Buyer awards

• Plumlife Homes – Best Off-Plan Development (Mulino Walk)
• Plumlife Homes – Best New Development in the North (Hollins Grange – Highly Commended)
• Hive Homes – Best Partnership (Highly Commended)

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)

2023

Northern Housing Awards

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

RESI Awards

• Hive Homes – Newcomer of the Year.

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

North West Employee Engagement Group (NWEEG) awards  

• OD Team – Excellence in Engagement

Inside Housing Development Awards

• Foxhall 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)