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Great Places has partnered with Oldham College students to transform communal spaces at Oak and Beech House, key worker accommodation located within the grounds of The Royal Oldham Hospital. Oak and Beech House provide 52 single rooms with shared lounges, kitchens and bathrooms, offering temporary accommodation for NHS staff, including doctors and nurses from overseas. […]

Great Places has secured national funding to carry out a fully funded optimisation study of the heat network at Fernbank House in Blackburn. The funding comes from the Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES), which has awarded £15.6 million across England and Wales to improve heating and hot water systems for more than 10,400 residents. At […]

Emily is one of our customers in Wybourn. Through attending Wybourn Works, one discussion around council tax led to more holistic support with her finances.

Tina is an active participant of Wybourn Works. Whilst this is known to be our thriving employability programme, many of our participants like Tina have engaged in it for other areas of support. As part of the programme, our Money Matters Team are on hand to provide advice and support around finances, and Tina is […]

Our employability programme, Wybourn Works, has helped over fifty of our customers and residents into work - but alongside this, participants of the programme can also make use of the other avenues of support, whether that’s with their health and wellbeing, or their finances.

We have recently delivered two successful working from home courses, designed to support customers who are interested in exploring remote employment opportunities. The sessions took place at our Oldham Office, with six customers attending the first session. A second session followed, with a further seven customers in attendance. Each workshop ran for three hours and […]

Great Places recently hosted Blackburn MP Adnan Hussain for a visit to see first-hand how we are investing in homes, communities and specialist support services across the constituency. The visit began at Bowland House, where Mr Hussain met our Chief Executive Alison Dean, colleagues and customers, before touring In Partnership, Great Places’ independence and wellbeing […]

Great Places recently organised a “Coffee with a Cop” session in Fleetwood, to allow people the chance to raise any issues with the police at the Heart of the Hub café. Great Places and the Police got a better understanding of the current issues affecting customers and residents and Sarah Holt from the Restorative Justice […]

On a sunny Friday 8 May, a dozen of us came out in our high vis vests, ready to clean up our key neighbourhood of Richmond Park, Sheffield.