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03/04/2025

Article by: Great Places

Empowering communities through radio

Great Places and ALL FM have teamed up to empower communities through radio, boosting residents' skills, confidence and mental well-being.

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01/04/2025

St. Vincent’s Furniture Project – supporting each other

St. Vincent's Furniture Store are part of the wider SVP organisation, working to alleviate furniture poverty in Sheffield. Here's how we work with them to support their mission and our customers.

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27/03/2025

Great Places shortlisted in Northern Housing Awards

Great Places has been shortlisted in four categories at the Northern Housing Awards. We have been shortlisted in the following categories: Supported/Sheltered Housing Scheme of the Year – Docherty House Best Affordable Housing Development ( £15M+) – Worrall Street, Salford Home Builder of the Year Best Customer Experience (Plumlife) The awards will be presented at […]

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26/03/2025

Barista training with Wybourn Works

Our team on the ground have partnered with local organisation Cafeology to train our customers and kickstart potential careers.

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26/03/2025

Empowering people through cooking skills

Angie’s Angels in Rochdale launched an inspiring cooking project designed to enhance the cooking skills and independence of local community members. Thanks to the generous support of Markhams, who donated £1,000, the initiative successfully conducted ten engaging cooking sessions that provided invaluable training and resources to participants. The project saw 25 individuals take part in […]

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25/03/2025

Riverpark to provide vital new homes for East Manchester

Great Places and Kellen Homes have joined forces to bring forward a neighbourhood of new houses for the people of East Manchester, almost half of which will be affordable homes. Working in partnership with Kellen Homes we have submitted a planning application for 498 new homes on the former Riverpark Trading Estate in East Manchester. […]

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24/03/2025

Great Places aims for goal with EFL Club

Great Places has teamed up with a Football League club to help people live a healthier lifestyle. The FIT Blackpool Programme is a weight management initiative which helps educate people around improving fitness levels, nutrition and general wellbeing, being run by Blackpool FC. The programme, which will run in different cohorts across 2025, runs separate […]

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24/03/2025

Navendu Mishra MP Visits Developments in Stockport

Great Places Housing Group hosted Stockport MP, Navendu Mishra, on a visit to a specialist housing scheme and recent affordable housing developments in his constituency. Mr Mishra was joined by Great Places’ Chief Executive Alison Dean, Executive Director of Growth Helen Spencer, and representatives from Homes England’s Affordable Housing Delivery team. The first part of […]

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20/03/2025

Switch to save before energy prices go up in April

Energy prices are set to rise 6% on April 1st with many households facing higher energy bills. The price cap, which sets the maximum rate that energy suppliers can charge for each unit of energy and daily standing charges, will increase, bringing the annual cost for a typical household to £1,849. For the majority of […]

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