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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. […]

Our award-winning Growing Greatness programme is once again expanding as we look to recruit new individuals to apprentice roles in our Repairs service. Filling these vacancies, will mean we’re welcoming an extra 10 people to the 13 apprentices who have joined our Repairs service in the last 12 months. You can see all the open […]

Moving into a new home or getting in touch; paying your rent or reporting a repair. Our commitments are more than just words.  Our commitments set out the timescales for our service delivery offer and covers what we do to meet your expectations of us as your landlord. We’ve made it easier for you to […]

Great Places and Stockport County Community Trust have provided another successful free half term holiday club at St Mary’s Primary School in Stockport.

Chatty Café are a not-for-profit organisation that tackles loneliness and social isolation across the UK, and we've been working with them to address this issue in our communities.

Great Places has teamed up with Premier League side Burnley and UK Youth to help vulnerable young people in to work via the Hatch programme. Hatch is an employability programme, run in partnership with KFC, which provides workshops and paid work experience placements for young people aged 16-25 who are not in education employment or […]

Great Places’ Crossley Community Centre in Oldham has recently received funding from award-winning environmental organisation Hubbub to set up a Community Fridge. A site where local people can share food, including surplus from supermarkets, local food businesses, producers, households and gardens, a Community Fridge helps prevent food waste. The Fridge locations also create a space […]