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Great Places has partnered with Burnley FC in the Community and UK Youth to support young people in entering the workforce through the Hatch programme. Hatch, an employability initiative in collaboration with KFC, offers workshops and paid work experience placements for individuals aged 16-25 who are not in education, employment, or training, or are at […]

We will soon begin recruitment for a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Great Places following the news that Matt Harrison has decided to step down. Matt, who became CEO in 2013 after serving for 20 years as Director of Development at Great Places, plans to remain in post until the end of June 2024. […]

Great Places transforms Campbell Road Estate in Swinton by resolving severe waterlogging issues and rehabilitating our residents' gardens.

Christmas is a time for celebration, spreading festive cheer and giving back to communities during what can be a difficult time for many. At Great Places, we launched the Cheery Christmas campaign to do just that, using Social Value funding contributed by our suppliers. The latest project saw Great Place’s suppliers Emanuel Whittaker, John Southworth […]

Great Places has launched a public consultation on our proposals for a plan to create the UK’s first purpose-built and co-produced majority LGBTQ+ Extra Care housing scheme in Whalley Range, south Manchester. The development is planned for the site of the former Spire Hospital in Russell Road, Whalley Range, which was demolished in 2019 and […]

Councillor Graham Greenhalgh, the Mayor of Stockport, was the guest of honour at festive celebrations to mark the completion of a £1 million improvement works project at our Clifford Court development in Heaviley. Councillor Greenhalgh was joined by Councillor Colin McAllister, Cabinet Member for Housing, and local Ward Councillor, Helen Hibbert at the scheme of […]

The December update from our Money Matters Team. Introducing Conversational Platform technology into Universal Credit (UC) telephone On 30 November the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) introduced a new technology called Conversational Platform onto the Department’s telephony channels, starting with Universal Credit. This will transform the customer journey by replacing traditional Interactive Voice Response […]

Great Places’ In Partnership (IPP) unit teamed up with home furnishing giant Dunelm to make Christmas a little brighter. IPP provides support and accommodation for women aged 16 – 55 who are homeless and who also need help with drug or alcohol issues in Blackburn and Olaiyah Yousaf, Housing and Wellbeing Manager, reached out to […]

Insight has completed their third scrutiny review of 2023, they looked to assess Great Places offer to support customers with the increasing costs of living. Members found customers who had received direct support from the Financial Resilience Team fed back positive comments saying the support had helped to manage finances and contact debtors. There were […]