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Amy Davies receives Churchill Fellowship to research LGBTQ+ housing provision in Europe Amy Davies, our Head of Independent Living, has been awarded a coveted Churchill Fellowship which will enable her to travel to Berlin, Lyon and Madrid, and conduct online learning with organisations in Sweden and the USA, as part of a research study into […]

Young people in Knutsford would like to see more provision for youth activities and support for young carers according to the findings of a survey organised by our Community Investment Team. The survey of young people between 5 and 19 ran earlier this year in collaboration with Knutsford Town Council and Cheshire East Youth Support […]

Great Places donated £6,000 to Rochdale-based charity Become United through our Greater Together Foundation. Become United is a charity, led by Black Minority Ethnic (BME) people. Their advisory team members have a broad range of skills, experience, and knowledge, which they have gained from working with the South Asian and BME communities across Greater Manchester […]

As part of her regional tours, our new CEO Alison Dean and Chief Financial Officer Mike Gerrard visited our Park Hill Office and met our colleagues and customers around our neighbourhoods and schemes, getting a deeper sense of the key projects, issues and priorities in the region.

Our joint venture company Forge New Homes, has completed the purchase of a seven-acre greenfield site from Wildgoose Homes Limited. The deal enables Forge to acquire the site in Beckingham, an attractive commuter village on the Lincolnshire/Nottinghamshire border. Having worked on the site prior to its acquisition, Forge New Homes has already secured planning permission, […]

On the latest leg of her regional tour, our new CEO, Alison Dean, visited colleagues and customers in Preston, Leyland and Blackburn, accompanied by Chief Financial Officer Mike Gerrard. The tour was expertly hosted by colleagues Fee, Julie, Jeff, Nosh, Jake and Suzi, and took in a wide range of our homes and communities, shining […]

We will soon be writing our new Customer Voice Strategy, this is the document that sets out how customers will have a strong voice in the design, delivery, and scrutiny of the services Great Places offer. It is important to us that we continue to listen to the views of our customers and so we’d […]

How one organisation we’re supporting is thriving in its delivery of language lessons across Sheffield.