News & Blog

With e-bikes and e-scooters rising in popularity, it's vital to understand the risks and how to charge them safely before you use them. We've outlined the key things to be aware of to avoid risks of fire to your home.

Great Places will be one of the employers at Chris Webb MP’s job fair in Blackpool on February 27. We will be one of more than 100 employers at the Blackpool Winter Gardens Conference Centre in Partnership with Job Centre Plus. From small businesses to national Chains, Emergency Services, and the Armed Forces, there will […]

The first phase of the development of 303 new homes and a youth, community and sporting hub has recently begun.

Great Places to partner with MCI Developments to transform former mill site in Oldham Great Places is to partner with MCI Developments, a subsidiary of the national housebuilder, Keepmoat to deliver 53 affordable homes at the site of the former Bedford Cotton Mill in Oldham. The project, which will be part-funded through Greater Manchester Combined […]

Every April, rents change across the country. We set our rents using Government guidance and to calculate the increase, we use the September 2024 Consumer Price Index plus 1%. This means that rents usually go up by slightly more than the rate of inflation. This year, for most of Great Places’ Neighbourhoods and Independence and […]

We start this new year tying up some loose ends for our last scrutiny review which explored Employment and Skills support for customers. Firstly and most importantly, we would like to thank all customers who spoke with us about their experience of the support provided. Your feedback genuinely helped us understand more about the service […]

Announcing the organisations receiving funding from us this year…

Great Places just hosted an inspiring careers visit for Year 5 pupils from Manor Park Primary School, aiming to ignite their aspirations.

Great Places has provided £5,000 funding to an Accrington charity to help its customers access counselling services. The money has been given to Maundy Relief, based on Abbey Street, where it offers a range of services including: adult and young people’s mental health therapy including anger management, one-to-one counselling, group work and CBT wrap around […]