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Great Places, Wates and the Oldham and Saddleworth Round Table have been working in partnership with Cllr Alicia Marland, Ward Councillor for Saddleworth West and Lees, and the Primrose and Crossley Community Associations to provide funding to enable three defibrillators to be installed across Oldham. Defibrillators are small machines that can shock a person’s heart […]

Great Places makes a splash at the Inside Housing Development Awards Great Places is in the running for a record number of Inside Housing Development Awards. The Affordable Development Team is shortlisted in four categories including: Best development (101-500 homes) for its Worrall Street development in Salford Best affordable housing development (less than £20m) for […]

As part of last week’s Housing 2023 Conference at Manchester Central, colleagues from across Great Places were out in force at the first ever Housing Jobs Fair.

Sheffield has been selected as one of six flagship locations to be part of HRH Prince William's new homelessness programme, 'Homewards', and Great Places were involved in the launch event at Burngreave, attended by Prince William.

Great Places Housing Group is asking local community groups and people in the Longridge and Shaw Heath area to take part in a survey to help shape its plans and priorities in the area. With around 400 properties in Longridge and Shaw Heath, we’re currently in the process of reviewing our Neighbourhood Master Plan for […]

Great Places has established a partnership agreement with Stonebond, the land-led partnerships developer, that will see the two partners initially deliver over 600 affordable homes. The partnership is an open-ended agreement which provides a long-term strategic framework between the two parties, with the potential to deliver further homes in the future. The homes will be […]

Great Places recently hosted senior executives from Homes England and Blackpool Council at a visit to mark the official start of work on the final phase of Blackpool’s flagship Foxhall Village West site. The group including the Chief Executive Officer of Homes England, Peter Denton and Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Tourism, […]

Our In-house construction company Terra Nova was delighted to support The Friends of Hollingworth’s Festival on the Green that took place at Wedneshough Green on 17 June. A donation towards the local community group’s annual summer event, was made possible thanks to donations from key contractors working on Terra Nova’s Hollins Grange site in the […]

Great Places is responsible for arranging improvement work in your home when these are needed. We employ specialist contractors to do this work in your home on our behalf. These works include replacing your kitchen or bathroom, fitting new windows or doors, replacing your roof and other works to make your home more energy efficient. […]