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20/02/2023

Oldham History Project celebrates 10th anniversary

Great Places Housing Group teams up with Manchester Histories to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Gateways to Oldham.

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16/02/2023

Our latest ESG Report is now live

We take our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments very seriously and were an early adopter of an industry-led sustainability reporting standard designed to unlock institutional investment to help tackle the UK’s deepening housing crisis. As part of our commitment to the new standard, from 2021 we’ve committed to report against the standard annually. Our […]

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14/02/2023

On Universal Credit? And your rent has changed?

You don’t need to do anything in your Universal Credit journal until after 3 April and when they send you a prompt. Have questions? Click here to get answers to your questions.

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09/02/2023

Heat Networks – Energy Discount Scheme

Some Great Places and Plumlife customers who are on a heat network and pay a service charge will receive a letter from us about the Energy Bill Relief Scheme shortly. This is a Government scheme introduced to provide financial support for energy bills. The scheme is giving financial relief to commercial gas buyers like us […]

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09/02/2023

Work starts on Great Places’ £35 million 160 home development in Ordsall

Our Affordable Development Team has started work on a flagship development of 160 new affordable homes on Worrall Street in Salford. The site is located close to the Manchester Ship Canal and forms part of the Ordsall Waterfront regeneration corridor which stretches from Salford Quays to Regent Road. The site’s historic use was as a […]

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07/02/2023

Article by: Great Places

Do you know what your rent pays for?

Rents are changing in 2023 and for most of our customers will go up by 7%. Here are 5 things you may not know about what your rent pays for.

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02/02/2023

Work starts on £3 million supported housing scheme in Stalybridge

Work has started on our £3.2 million new build specialist supported living development in Stalybridge. Our specialist development on Grosvenor Street, will provide 17 self-contained apartments with 24 hour on-site care commissioned by the Tameside Adult Social Care Team. The plans will provide much-needed homes for adults within the local community needing health and wellbeing […]

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27/01/2023

Greater Together School visits

Great Places Housing Group’s partnership with Manor Park Primary school was formed to help build and sustain the local community’s financial resilience by raising its young people’s aspirations.  Great Places is facilitating a series of events, including trips to Manchester Airport and local business Amelia Knight.  The first visit will be to Great Places’ Head […]

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26/01/2023

Winners announced for £2bn OSHA MMC framework

The Off-Site Homes Alliance (OSHA), the alliance currently consisting of 23 Housing Associations and Local Authorities including Great Places, has revealed the volumetric and panelised home manufacturers which have won a place on its new £2billion MMC framework. The national construction framework for volumetric (CAT 1) and panelised (CAT 2) Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), […]

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