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A review of the last year and how we are working to make our Anchor Neighbourhoods great places to live Last year Great Places put together Neighbourhood Plans for each of the four Anchor Neighbourhoods: Longridge & Shaw Heath, Northmoor, Seedley & Langworthy, and Wybourn. Consultations with customers, colleagues and partners took place to find out […]

In the heart of Longsight on Northmoor Road, an iconic Grade II listed building has been in situ for over 100 years. The Great Places building houses 19 apartments, a thriving Northmoor Community Association (which is home to a community centre providing a wide range of services and activities for residents), and three recently refurbished […]

At Great Places, our social purpose ethos means we exist to be more than just a landlord and to improve the lives of the people living in our homes. Many of our colleagues work with disadvantaged and vulnerable people, striving to support them through a wide range of support services. This month, we saw a […]

This week is Volunteer’s Week (1-7 June 2021), and at Great Places, we want to recognise volunteers for the fantastic contribution they make to our communities as well as share how volunteering impacts the work we do as an organisation. Great Places’ social purpose ethos means we exist to support some of the most disadvantaged […]

Innovation Chain North adds modular construction offer with the launch of new DPS Eight modular housing suppliers have been successfully appointed to a new Dynamic Purchasing System offered as part of Great Places Housing Group’s £750m Innovation Chain North (ICN) procurement framework. A total of eight firms were successful in the first wave of appointments. […]

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 […]

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 […]