News & Blog

Manchester-based award-winning photographer and writer Len Grant has been commissioned by Great Places Housing Group to produce a book documenting the history and £10 million renovation of the iconic Ancoats Dispensary in Manchester. The venture supported by Manchester City Council, contractors Eric Wright Construction, Turner and Townsend and PGIM looks to celebrate changes from how […]

Come and cook with us… We’re holding a cook-and-eat class on Wednesday 14 September from 11am – 1pm at Primrose Community Centre. This is a free event, if you’re interested email Jan.Wade@greatplaces.org.uk.

Today we will be celebrating Starts at Home Day 2022, a day to celebrate Supported Housing and the difference this makes to thousands of people’s lives, ensuring those people that need extra support have a safe home that meets their needs. Great Places provides Supported Housing through specialist services and expert support that promotes independence […]

Longsight Art Space is a new project led by Proforma, a non-profit visual art, performance and curating platform collective. The vision is to make Longsight Art Space an independent exhibition and live arts venue, with a real focus on community engagement.

Great Places is beyond delighted to announce that we have won, alongside our fellow Houseproud North-West members, Best Parade Entry Overall at this year's Manchester Pride. We were proud to be a part of this weekend of celebrations and show our unequivocal support for the LGTB+ community.

Great Places has started work on 32 new affordable homes in Higher Blackley. The new scheme on Chain Road is the fourth development being delivered by Great Places' in-house construction company, Terra Nova.

Our Community Investment has helped to set up a programme called “Step into Care” that helps people into care-based employment and we have two events coming up soon in Northmoor and Oldham to help you find out more about the programme. Step into Care is a 5 week social care recruitment programme, and the ultimate […]

The Off-Site Homes Alliance, an alliance of 23 Housing Associations, is launching a national construction framework that, with the support of Local Authorities, will deliver off-site homes, with the objective of developing 10,000 homes per year by upgrading to MMC technology.

We are now live with MyPlace – our new and improved customer portal that allows you to manage key aspects of your tenancy on any device, at a time that suits you. You can view your rent balance, make payments, log repairs and much more.