News & Blog

Customer scrutiny group, Insight, has looked at how we manage and maintain estates and neighbourhoods. Findings will be revealed in May.

Cllr Colin Macalister, Stockport Council’s Cabinet Member for Housing, recently joined us on a visit to our affordable development at King Street West. Cllr Macallister accompanied by Paul Richards, Chief Executive, Stockport Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) were joined by Matthew Harrison, Chief Executive of Great Places, and members of the project team on a tour […]

Over the past few months, we have been gathering information about Northmoor, its residents and their needs. These are the results so far.

Following the latest round of recruitment, we’re pleased to announce news of our five new board members. The five new board members will be: Board member profiles John-Paul Case – Cube Homes Board John-Paul has extensive experience across the property sector, predominantly within Residential Sales, Lettings and Property Management. He was the founder and Managing […]

We are looking for ethnically diverse social housing customers, and community groups who support these customers, to join us for our first ever Racial Equality Community Partnership Event. The event will help us explore the experiences of ethnically diverse customers within social housing so that we can learn from these experiences and provide better services […]

A fantastic community event was held at the Pat Midgley Community Hub in our anchor neighbourhood of Wybourn, Sheffield, to mark International Women’s Day. Centre co-ordinator Christina Grant had her hands full organising the buffet of cakes, sandwiches and snacks as well as a range of activities.   Our customer Lydia set up an arts […]

Councillor Gareth Staples-Jones, Deputy Cabinet Member for Strategic Growth, recently joined us to view progress on its £17 million affordable housing development at Green Street in Radcliffe.   Part of the wider masterplan for Radcliffe Town Centre Great Places, in partnership with Salford based builder Watson Homes, is building 97 affordable homes at the site […]

With Building Safety a key focus for Great Places, in particular for our high-rise residential buildings, our Building Safety Team has commissioned an organisation that use drone technology to create a digital model of one of our buildings, the Vibe in Salford. This will enable us to capture vital information about the building to give […]

Andy Bonnington, our Director of Sustainable Assets recently joined Contracts Surveyor John Rosler to meet with members of the project team and look at recently completed works at our Dermot Murphy Close scheme in Withington. John has recently been working with contractors Emmanuel Whittaker overseeing the renovation 22 wet rooms, five staff/communal kitchens and upgrades […]