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Some of our best bits from Housing 2022
We were really pleased to join some familiar faces and meet plenty of new ones at Housing 2022 last week. Here are some of our best bits from the festival.
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Steve Ashton joins Places for People as our first ever Group Partnerships Director
Steve will lead our strategy for everything related to mergers, acquisitions, contract negotiations and Group-level partnerships.
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Homes for Ukraine: Our colleague, Paul McPartlan, shares his story
Paul McPartlan, CEO for Places Leisure, welcomed a Ukrainian family into his home in April 2022. Here, he shares his experience and explains the positive impact on everyone involved.
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Oliver Lee OBE joins Places Leisure as the new CEO
Oliver Lee OBE has been appointed as the new CEO of Places Leisure, Places for People’s leisure arm which manages over 100 leisure facilities on behalf of local authorities across the UK.
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Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity opens the Edinburgh Tool Library
The Edinburgh Tool Library's new space was provided by Places for People as part of our #SocialSpace initiative, which offered commercial spaces and support to social enterprises or good causes.
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The Big Sister project has officially launched
The Big Sister project provides free gym memberships, period products and a free-to-use online hub to support teenage girls into sports.
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Places for People named one of UK’s Best Workplaces™
We are one of 38 Super Large organisations to make the UK Best Workplaces™ list spotlighting organisations that put their people first.
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Partnership tackles homelessness in Cambridgeshire
Places for People Living Plus has partnered with a team of organisations to tackle homelessness in Cambridgeshire, creating new homes and job opportunities for local people.
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Places for People named as Best Workplace for Wellbeing
Places for People is one of a handful of organisations in the country to earn a spot on the first ever UK's Best Workplaces™ for Wellbeing list by Great Place to Work®.
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Introducing Unlock Next Gen
Learn about the new Unlock Next Gen hub, a community for young people to take action against climate change.
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Places for People and the University of Cambridge launch new report into self and custom build homes
Places for People, working in collaboration with the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Housing and Planning Research, has released a new report into self and custom build.
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Places for People's Good Neighbour Awards 2021 winners
Watch our latest Good Neighbour Awards film
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Places for People welcomes Greg Reed as Group Chief Executive
Places for People Group has announced that Greg Reed, former CEO of HomeServe UK, will succeed Group Chief Executive David Cowans, taking up the role on December 1st 2021.
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£1m of funding to help increase teenage girls’ confidence and activity levels
We have been awarded £1m as part of a consortium of organisations to deliver the ‘Big Sister’ project which helps to improve confidence, wellbeing and activity levels among teenage girls.
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Places for People publishes its ESG Report for 2021
We have launched our ESG Report for 2021 which reaffirms our commitment to creating places that are good for people and the planet, and makes us the first UK placemaking company to report against the Certified Sustainable Housing Label.
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Touchstone earns two wins at the Bath Property Awards
Touchstone, part of Places for People, was thrilled to earn two wins at the Bath Property Awards.
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Our latest report explores how to tackle the complex picture of UK housing in 2021
A report which explores the UK housing crisis and makes recommendations on how the sector can not only achieve the target of 300,000 new homes per year, but how it can help more people into home ownership.
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The University of Cambridge appoints David Cowans as an Associate Member
David Cowans as associate member
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Places for People and ilke Homes strike a two-development deal to deliver 472 homes
We have partnered with ilke Homes to deliver hundreds of modular homes in the South East and South West.
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Places for People supports Charity Bank to help charities and social enterprises access vital funding
Places for People has invested £250,000 and become a shareholder in Charity Bank – the loans and savings bank for charities and social enterprises.
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Places for People announced as a Homes England strategic partner – with £250m funding to create thousands more affordable homes
The Government’s housing agency Homes England has announced that the Group will be a strategic partner to deliver over 4,400 new homes across the country.
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Places for People launches its Women into Trades Programme
We are proud to be supporting more Women into Trades
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A first look at Nightingale Lodge with two new virtual tours
A first virtual look at our extra care development, Nightingale Lodge.
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The Group joins industry leaders to create the Future Homes Consortium
12 industry leaders have created the Future Homes Consortium to tackle sustainability and safety in housing.
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#SocialSpace initiative launched!
We have launched a new pilot scheme to help charities and social enterprises establish themselves in local communities.
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Emerging Talent applications now open!
The Emerging Talent programme welcomes enthusiastic individuals into businesses across the Group, providing them with bespoke learning and development opportunities.
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Group Chief Executive announces retirement
Group Chief Executive, David Cowans, has announced his retirement.
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Latest News
Some of our best bits from Housing 2022
Steve Ashton joins Places for People as our first ever Group Partnerships Director
Strategic partnership announced as Places for People Living Plus and Lovell Later Living accelerate much needed homes
Looking into the first carbon neutral Commonwealth Games
Works start on Places for People Living Plus extra care community in New Milton
