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10/06/2026
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10/06/2026
A decade of dedication: Paul’s story at The Primrose Centre
For more than ten years, Paul, a Great Places customer from Primrose Bank, has been at the heart of the Primrose Centre. Since becoming a volunteer in 2015, Paul has supported the centre every single day – opening up first thing in the morning, setting up and clearing away for groups, keeping the building clean […]
08/06/2026
Have you tried the new allpayments?
Allpay has launched a new all-in-one payment app and web portal designed to make managing your payments easier than ever. Here’s what you’ll find in the new allpayments: 📱📱 Easy navigation 🔁🔁 Quick repeat payments with ‘Pay again’ 🔔🔔 Real-time push notifications 🧾🧾 View and download payment receipts 🔐🔐 Secure login with Face ID (app […]
05/06/2026
Seen adverts about housing disrepair?
Talk to us first – we’re here to help We know how important your home is to you. It should feel safe, comfortable and well looked after—and if something goes wrong, you need it putting right. Recently, you may have seen adverts from companies encouraging people to make housing disrepair claims. While everyone has the […]
04/06/2026
Work starts on affordable homes in Rotherham
Great Places and Keepmoat have started work on site for 120 new affordable homes at Midland Road in Rotherham. The development will transform a brownfield site formerly used as a bus depot into a high‑quality new residential neighbourhood, delivering much‑needed homes for social rent and supporting the regeneration of the area. Great Places is investing […]
03/06/2026
Article by: Great Places
Great Places and SAFE Group deliver £10k Social Value boost for communities
This fund will support vital projects like House to Home and Household Assistance in Northmoor.
02/06/2026
Kids Love Yoga – a growing Richmond Park club
Our Community Investment Team are committed to building healthy communities in our neighbourhoods. This has seen a real shake up in Richmond Park, with Healthwatch Sheffield consulting with local residents to find out what provisions they’d most like to see, as well as hosting drop-in wellbeing events. One key theme that kept coming up was […]
27/05/2026
Article by: Great Places
The Bread and Butter Thing comes to The Welcome
The Bread and Butter Thing has relocated to The Welcome Café in Knutsford, bringing its service to even more local families.
26/05/2026
Work set to begin on 65 new affordable homes in Wigan
Work is set to begin on a new development of 65 affordable homes in Wigan, as Great Places and Stonebond move forward with plans for the Christopher Street site. Following planning approval, Great Places and Stonebond are preparing to start on site in the coming weeks, bringing a long-vacant brownfield site back into use. Located […]