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12 August 2022 – 2 min read

Celebrating one great year of Places Leisure Camberley

The community came out in full force to celebrate our Camberley leisure centre’s first birthday, with entertainment, music and discounts available for everyone to enjoy.

20 July 2022 – 2 min read

Places for People named one of UK’s Best Workplaces™ for Women

We are one of 39 Super Large organisations to make the list by Great Place to Work®.

19 July 2022 – 2 min read

Matt Cross joins Places for People as new Chief Information Officer

We're pleased to welcome Matt Cross to Places for People as our new Chief Information Officer, who will join the organisation this coming autumn.

12 July 2022 – 1 min read

Celebrating this year's British Citizen Award winners at the Palace of Westminster

We are proud to have sponsored this year's British Citizen Awards, and our colleague, Wendy Pretten, was given the wonderful job of presenting medallists with their awards.

06 July 2022 – 5 min read

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.

01 July 2022 – 1 min read

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.

20 June 2022 – 4 min read

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.

09 June 2022 – 2 min read

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.

06 June 2022 – 2 min read

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.

11 May 2022 – 2 min read

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.

28 April 2022 – 1 min read

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.

20 April 2022 – 4 min read

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.

17 February 2022 – 1 min read

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®.

15 February 2022 – 1 min read

Introducing Unlock Next Gen

Learn about the new Unlock Next Gen hub, a community for young people to take action against climate change.

01 February 2022 – 3 min read

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.

12 January 2022 – 1 min read

Places for People's Good Neighbour Awards 2021 winners

Watch our latest Good Neighbour Awards film

22 November 2021 – 3 min read

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.

17 November 2021 – 3 min read

£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.

11 November 2021 – 3 min read

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.

09 November 2021 – 1 min read

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.

28 October 2021 – 4 min read

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.

21 October 2021 – 1 min read

The University of Cambridge appoints David Cowans as an Associate Member

David Cowans as associate member

11 October 2021 – 3 min read

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.

11 October 2021 – 3 min read

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.

09 September 2021 – 2 min read

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.