News & Blog

Wigan Council has approved our plans to build 106 affordable homes in the borough. The scheme, on the brownfield site of the former Enterprise House, in Ince, will be built in partnership with developers Stonebond, with grant funding to support the redevelopment of the site from Homes England and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. Half […]

Work continues to move forward with the plans for the first purpose-built LGBTQ+ majority Extra Care scheme in the UK at Russell Rd. All partners are working towards the pre-planning works as quickly as possible with preparations underway to begin site investigations which will help to inform the design.   Despite some slight delays we envisage […]

Today marks the start of National Care Leavers Week (Wednesday 25 October to 1 November 2023), which is an opportunity to reflect on the experiences of care-experienced young people and raise awareness of support and opportunities on offer. We know life as a care leaver can be hard. Without the safety nets so many of […]

Rising energy costs are making it difficult for people nationwide to cook nutritious meals. In response, The Crossley Centre with support from Great Places has secured funding from HUBBUB to deliver a new project in partnership with Cracking Good Food to provide slow cookers to people in need from The Crossley Centre in Oldham. Slow cookers […]

Innovation Chain North’s (ICN) pan-Northern construction framework valued at £1.5bn is now open for bids from consultant and contractor suppliers interested in delivering mixed-use housing and associated social infrastructure across the North of England. The latest procurement framework from ICN will run for four years (2024 – 2028) and suppliers will be able to secure […]

Our Chief Executive Matthew Harrison recently joined project partners and local councillors at an event to mark the start of work at Fitton Hill ‘Hartshead View’ which will deliver 365 new homes at the development in Oldham. Matt was joined by partners from Countryside Partnerships, Sigma, and Oldham Council to the site situated on the […]

Building on the previous success of our grants to organisations offering support to Great Places customers and the local community with the cost-of-living crisis, we are pleased to launch our Resilience Fund for 2023. £100k in grants will be available through this year’s Greater Together Foundation Resilience Fund. These will be distributed on a commissioning […]

Our joint venture, Forge New Homes has been granted planning permission for its fourth development in Sheffield City Region and completed the purchase of the site from Harworth Group plc. Its latest venture is at the heart of Harworth Group’s Olive Lane mixed-use development at Waverley, which aims to transform the area into a new […]

We continue to take our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments seriously, and our ESG Report for 2022/23 is now live. Published as part of our commitments to the Sustainability Reporting Standard for social housing providers, our latest annual update outlines how we’re doing as an organisation in relation to the standard’s 48 criteria, covering […]