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70 years strong
By Dr Andrew Bickerdike3 July, 2019In 2018, Relationships Australia Victoria (RAV) celebrated our 70th anniversary – an important...
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2019
By Paula Mance12 June, 2019In 2017-18 more than 10,900 calls were made to elder abuse hotlines across Australia according to new...
Infant Mental Health Awareness Week
By Deborah Lockwood5 June, 2019This Infant Mental Health week will see the launch of new free web-based resources Let’s Talk about...
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National Sorry Day
By Mel Ruthen29 May 2019National Sorry Day is held on 26 May each year to remember and commemorate the mistreatment of the country’s...
Rebuilding from the inside out: Supporting children through a community trauma event
by Nicola Palfrey22 May 2019Community trauma eventsA community trauma event is defined as an event that has a significant impact on a...
And that was Neighbour Day 2019
By Sam Robinson, Neighbour Day Campaign Manager It was a huge year for Neighbour Day in 2019, with communities from all corners of...
What Neighbours Can Do to Create Connections
By Nick Tebbey, National Executive Officer Relationships Australia Neighbour Day is finally upon us, and I am excited to see how it has...
The importance of neighbours in emergencies
By Jamie Devenish, Manager of Emergency Management Planning at the Victorian SES In 2018, members of three emergency management agencies:...
A different kind of happy hour
By Gina Olivieri I recently got interested in positive psychology. What’s that? Think of it as the study of the stuff you can do to be...
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New website dedicated to supporting dads Men, particularly fathers, often don’t use existing support services or have access to...
How to host a Neighbour Day event
By Sam Robinson, Neighbour Day Campaign Manager Every year, hundreds of communities throughout Australia host Neighbour Day events – from...
Challenging Loneliness
By Nick Tebbey, National Executive Officer Relationships Australia Today Neighbour Day is issuing a Loneliness Challenge to all...
Connecting neighbours, one hobby at a time
By Gina Olivieri What do meditation, gardening, picking up rubbish, craft, reducing food waste, dancing, reading, writing, and happiness...
Relationships Australia calls for increased resourcing for family services
By Nick Tebbey20 February 2019For this year’s Budget, Relationships Australia has called for increased funding of services currently...
Finding companionship in volunteering
By Sonia Oke, Conservation Volunteers Australia and New Zealand15 February, 2019Every year, tens of thousands of people volunteer across...
Finding companionship in volunteering
By Sonia Oke, Conservation Volunteers Australia and New Zealand Every year, tens of thousands of people volunteer across Australia to help...
Pedaling our way to a more connected neighbourhood
By Gina Olivieri Organising a Neighbour Day event is as easy as riding a bike! Or at least, it would have been, had the weather forecast...
Neighbour Day 2019 – Tell Us Your Story
By Sam Robinson, Neighbour Day Campaign Manager One of the things we look forward to most in the Neighbour Day office each year is when we...
Neighbour Day 2019 – Loneliness – what neighbours can do to create connections
By Sam Robinson, Neighbour Day Campaign Manager30 January, 2019 The Beatles asked many years ago, “All the lonely people where do they all...
Sharing our dinner tables this Christmas
By Penny Elsley12 December, 2018My strongest childhood memories of Christmas time are of steaming hot weather, pavlovas and pelican itch...
Good Choices
by (Rev) Karen Paull5 December 2018‘And the winner of most items in their handbag is…Karen!’ My embarrassing ‘win’ was many years ago now,...
Loneliness is a health issue – how do we ensure programs to tackle it are successful?
By Dr Michelle H Lim 28 November, 2018 The Australian Government has announced in its budget $46 million towards the community visitors...