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In response to the restrictions imposed by lockdown, the Community Investment Team had to adapt the Great Places employability offer. Previously Great Places held regular jobs fairs in different venues, including local community centres. The challenge was to deliver a similar experience for our customers online, providing relevant information, advice and guidance. In December the […]

What was John’s situation? John moved into his property in June 2020. Previously he’d been living in a campervan on an industrial estate, and before this on a friend’s field in a tin shed with two horses. John’s living situations were the result of a relationship breakdown. John had been in this situation for around […]

Many of our customers have shared spaces where they live, and pay a service charge to Great Places for the services they receive. This can include things like lighting, window cleaning, communal cleaning, maintenance and repair of equipment such as lifts or grounds maintenance. If you pay a service charge to us, we’ll send you […]

Your notification letter tells you exactly what you'll pay as well as any increase in service charge if you pay one from 1 April 2022.

Rents are changing from April 2022 and for most of our customers will go up by 4.1%. The government sets the amount we can charge based on the Consumer Price Index.

Manchester City Council has granted planning permission for our development on Laystall Street, located just off Great Ancoats Street, Manchester.

Great Places teamed up with ReelMcr to work with young people in Salford to make a documentary about the impact knife crime in the area.

Great Places Community Investment Team has partnered up with performance makers Quarantine, to create a new audio piece along Northmoor Road in Longsight

Our rents are changing from April 2022 and for most of our customers will go up by 4.1%. This is in line with government guidance that tells us what we can charge.