Modern Slavery Statement 2025/26
Modern slavery encompasses slavery, human trafficking, forced labour and domestic servitude. Traffickers and slave masters use whatever means they have at their disposal to coerce, deceive and force individuals into a life of abuse, servitude and inhumane treatment. Great Places is committed to eradicating modern slavery in all forms throughout our direct operations and our wider supply chain.
Who is Great Places?
Great Places Housing Group is a registered, not for profit, social housing provider working across 37 local authorities in the North of England providing rented homes, low cost home ownership opportunities, private management services and support services for people in need.
We have over 27,000 homes in our portfolio, and in 2025/26 achieved a turnover of over £194M. We employ approximately 1072 colleagues and are a real living wage employer with a strong commitment to supporting and developing our employees to achieve their potential.
Our risk areas
Within each of our directorates, an assessment has been undertaken to identify any high risk activities or functions where modern slavery and/or human trafficking are known to be more prevalent. This exercise identified the following risk areas:
- Development / construction activity – particularly supply chain risks
- Procurement of electronic devices and component parts
- Procurement of repairs materials, parts, etc.
- Use of sub-contractors within our repairs and asset management framework – particularly unskilled labour / facilities management
- Customers experiencing modern slavery
Within each of these areas, we will liaise with our colleagues, contractors and supply chain partners to ensure that risks are managed effectively and that employment practices are in line with our expectations.
As standard within procurement processes, modern slavery is a mandatory exclusion ground in Conditions of Participation, the initial stage of procurement evaluation in line with the Procurement Act 2023.
Great Places Modern Slavery policy is issued as part of the Contract Award process for procurement processes and suppliers must confirm within their Form of Contract/Declarations that they will comply with Great Places Modern Slavery policy.
This process is further reinforced with all suppliers being required to confirm that they will comply with Great Places Modern Slavery policy as part of the New Supplier approval process. Modern Slavery is also explicitly referenced in Great Places standard Terms and Conditions.
Our structure
The legal structure of Great Places Housing Group comprises the following companies and is overseen day to day by the Chief Executive (Alison Dean) and five Executive Directors.
Great Places’ Board is currently made up as below:
| Committee | Make-up |
|---|---|
| Group Board | 11 Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) plus the Chief Executive and is chaired by Cath Purdy |
| Audit and Assurance Committee | Four NEDs from the Board |
| Remuneration and Appraisal Committee | Three NEDs from the Board |
| Customer Committee | Two NEDs from the Board and seven customer representatives |
| Growth Committee | Two NEDs from the Board and five Independent Growth Committee members |
The structure chart below outlines the legal relationships between the members of the Group (accessible alternative at the bottom of the page).
What have we achieved in the past 12 months?
During 2025/26, we committed to deliver a number of actions in order to address the priority areas that we had identified. The information below summarises our progress against these actions:
| Action identified | Update as at the end of 2025/26 |
|---|---|
| Deliver modern slavery awareness training to the Board | Deferred and scheduled to undertake in 2026/27 due to intake of new members. |
Deliver procurement activity across the following areas:
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All procurement activity as identified opposite is complete.
In addition we have further developed the Terra Nova DPS to reduce the need for procurement outside of this. |
Through the year we have also continued to provide compulsory online modern slavery training to all new and existing colleagues.
We have also promoted awareness of “cuckooing” and “mate crime” through regular ‘eyes wide open’ campaigns, both of which could indicate modern slavery risk.
This is in addition to compulsory, role specific safeguarding training for new and existing colleagues.
What are our future actions for 2026/27
Over the next 12 months, we will:
- Review our policy in line with the policy review cycle and compare against other similar policies and good practice developments (complete)
- Review our departmental risk assessments
- Reprocure some potential higher risk areas with controls in place to mitigate modern slavery risk, including repairs contractors, Distribution Centre materials, tree maintenance and security services
- Continue to promote our ‘Eyes Wide Open’ campaign to protect customers from safeguarding concerns including modern slavery
- Continue to improve our approach to contract management through the Contract Management Framework
- Provide training to Board members to ensure awareness of responsibilities to ensure that appropriate systems are in place to prevent modern slavery
Conclusion
We are not aware of any modern slavery or human trafficking incidents that have occurred within Great Places or our supply chain within 2025/26. We will continue to act vigilantly and in line with the Modern Slavery Act throughout 2026/27.
Signed: Alison Dean, Chief Executive
Date: 21 May 2026
Accessible alternative to Group Structure Chart
Great Places Housing Group – Non-charitable RP Community Benefit Registered Society No. 30045R has 100% ownership of:
- Plumlife Homes Ltd – 100% Subsidiary Non-charitable RP Community Benefit Registered Society No. 202302R
- Great Places Housing Association – 100% Subsidiary Charitable RP Community Benefit Registered Society No. 19564R
Great Places Housing Association has 100% ownership of:
- Cube Homes Ltd – Company Limited by Shares No. 06342867
- Terra Nova Developments Ltd – Company Limited by Shares No. 05096482
Cube Homes Ltd has less than 100% ownership of:
- Forge New Homes LLP – OC428954 five RPs each own 20%
- GMJV Fundco LLP – OC424690 hold 10% along with nine other RPs
GMJV Fundco LLP has less than 100% ownership of:
- Hive Homes (Greater Manchester) LLP – OC425096 80% owned by GMJV Fundco LLP, 20% owned by GMCA
Great Places Housing Group also has less than 100% ownership of:
- KGP (SHC) Ltd – Hold 10% Associate. Other party is Keepmoat Ltd. Holding Company No. 07541787
- Inspiral Oldham Holding Company Ltd – Hold 5% (JLIF Holdings holds 95%) – 100% owner of Inspiral Oldham Ltd
KGP (SHC) Ltd has less than 100% ownership of:
- Sheffield Housing Company Ltd – KGP (SHC) holds 50% with Sheffield City Council. No. 07549600
Inspiral Oldham Holding Company Ltd has less than 100% ownership of:
- Inspiral Oldham Ltd – 25 year contract with Oldham Council Gateways to Oldham project
