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Great Places Housing Group is calling on the history buffs of Oswaldtwistle to help shed some light on a mystery. The social landlord is developing 53 new homes, a £7.4million investment, on Victoria Street and they came across a key stone as they were clearing the site in February. The stone reads: Laid by Mrs […]

Great Places is teaming up with a group of local businesses to partner on a design competition aimed at primary school children in the South Yorkshire and Peak District areas. The “˜Design-A-Den’ competition has been devised in partnership with architectural practice Peak Architects, aluminium glazing systems manufacturer Senior Architectural Systems, and commercial interior design and […]

Blackpool based mental health support service, Stand Together and Recover (STAR), is receiving expert advice from legal specialists Bevan Brittan, thanks to social value support offered as part of its involvement with Great Places’ Legal Services Procurement Framework. Bevan Brittan responded to STAR’s request for help in securing new premises as part of its plans […]

Partnership and cross-organisational working is so important when it comes to tackling all aspects of homelessness. When Great Places met Charlie, through our Social Impact Bond outreach work his primary need was a home. He had a long history of failed tenancies, homelessness and going in and out of custody. His most recent accommodation was […]

Sally is just one of our customers that has benefitted from our Hardship Fund.  Sally is a well-known Great Places Customer who lives alone and relies heavily on her Local Community Centre for support and advice. Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic and the closure of the community centre, she has been struggling to access […]

Phil Elvy, Executive Director of Finance at Great Places Housing Group, said: “The completion of the merger between Great Places and Equity Housing gives our new organisation greater business resilience, greater financial strength and greater geographical focus to enable us to respond to the impact of Coronavirus and support our colleagues and customers. With additional […]

Welcome to the new Great Places Housing Group. From April 1, 2020, Great Places and Equity Housing Group joined together to form the new Great Places Housing Group. The new landlord will manage more than 24,000 homes in more than 30 local authority areas and employ more than 700 colleagues. Nothing will change for existing […]

We are proud to work with organisations supporting women and girls in our communities and to coincide with International Women’s Day at the start of this week we  wanted to highlight the Community Investment Team’s ongoing support for the  Idle Women project in in Lancashire. Idle Women is an arts and social justice project that […]

Chloe, one of our customers in Trafford, has lived in a Great Places property for just under 10 years. After being diagnosed with anxiety, depression and an autism spectrum condition (ASC), Chloe decided it was about time she grabbed her dream with both hands and set up her own business! It’s been two months since Chloe […]